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SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON: Winning the environmental war
will require a commitment far beyond any commitment ever made
by any society in the history of man.
Are we able?
Yes.
Are we willing?
That's the unanswered question.
NOBEL LAUREATE WANGARI MAATHAI: Today, we
are faced with a challenge that calls
for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity
stops threatening its life support system.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY: The oceans
are being assaulted by carbon dioxide, plastic,
and pollution, illegal fishing, and too much fishing
in some places.
It's huge, and it's powerful, and it's big, but it's fragile.
Together, citizens of the world, we
will work to save our planet from ourselves.
EXPLORER IN RESIDENCE ENRIC SALA:
There is a place in Baja California called Cabo Pulmo.
30 years ago, its fish populations
were completely decimated.
And then, one brave family decided to prohibit fishing
on their own reef.
In a single human generation, the fish
have come back spectacularly.
The ocean has an extraordinary capacity
to regenerate when it is protected.
SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY: We're not
going to meet this challenge unless the community of nations
comes together around a single comprehensive global ocean
strategy.
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Today, I can
announce we are taking steps to create
two new marine sanctuaries.
PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY: The New Zealand government
will establish a 620,000 square kilometer ocean sanctuary
in the Kermadec region.
PRESIDENT ANOTE TONG: Kiribas has taken the decision
to fully close all commercial fishing
activities within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area.
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MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BORGE BRENDE:
Norway will do its part to combat marine plastic waste
and microplastics.
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SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY: We know
what we need to do to address the threats facing the ocean.
There's nothing that we're looking at that
doesn't have a solution.
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