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Thoughts from Ocean Leaders

leaders at Monaco Ocean Week

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Hugo Tagholm Charlie Gough Yolanda Sánchez Harriet
United Kingdom United Kingdom Spain - Latin America Harden-Davies
A surfer with an honorary A PhD student and Through marine education Australia - USA
doctorate in ecology, he technical adviser at Blue programmes, she A researcher at the
manages the national Ventures, she pursues builds bridges between University of Wollongong,
marine conservation a community approach oceanography and people she is working with the
charity Surfers Against to management and to promote marine United Nations to develop
Sewage. Highly committed conservation of local conservation in Latin a new treaty for the high
to the fight against plastic fisheries with ocean America. seas as well as sustainable
pollution, he also works in conservation in mind, and fair ocean governance,
water quality, climate and mainly in Madagascar. “Everyone is responsible plus she is the deputy
highly protected marine for the future of the chief editor of the journal
areas. “We need more effective ocean. The most Marine Policy.
collaboration and less important thing is to
“We need greater competition if we want identify links with the “The United Nations
protection for life and to achieve our collective ocean, to understand Ocean Decade began
ocean ecosystems, goals!” how it influences our this year. We need strong
by focusing on total lives and how we leadership to allow
protection of 30% of influence it, in order to everyone dependent on
the ocean during this make more responsible the oceans to make their
decade. Ocean life can decisions. Education is voice heard in policy.”
recover if we give it the essential to identify these
necessary space. ” connections which have
stayed invisible for many
years.”