Tell state leaders: Expand and strengthen marine protected areas

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Tell state leaders: Expand and strengthen marine protected areas

Governor Gavin Newsom, Commissioner Samantha Murray

The wild places we love and need are under siege from oil drilling, overfishing and other threats. That’s why we want to set a national target of protecting 30 percent of our land and 30 percent of our ocean by 2030.

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To: Governor Gavin Newsom, Commissioner Samantha Murray
From: [Your Name]

While approximately 16% of California's coastal waters are conserved, only 9% have the level of protection scientists say is needed to defend against biodiversity loss and climate impacts. California's unique network of 124 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) makes the state a global leader in protecting the critical habitats and life existing in and around our oceans.

However, with a warming planet, rising sea level, and historic species extinctions, it is clear that California must strengthen and expand our existing network of protections with highly and fully protected MPAs. Highly protected areas only allow light extractive activities, while fully protected areas do not allow any extractive or environmentally destructive activities.

I am asking you to call for the adoption of more highly and fully protected marine areas, which must be the standard for protecting 30% of our ocean by 2030.