179: What We Can Do After Rio+20
From: World Ocean Radio
Series: World Ocean Radio: The Sea Connects All Things
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The reports on Rio+20 are in, and they are not good for the ocean. Many experts and activists from around the globe worked hard to formulate serious policy recommendations and priorities, and went to Rio to advocate for inclusion of ocean sustainability in the final report. Many of these hard working individuals and groups left Rio disappointed.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest ways in which we might move beyond Rio+20 and will invite us to mobilize as CITIZENS of the OCEAN in order to begin to demonstrate our commitment through individual responsibility and collective action.
Take the CITIZENS of the OCEAN pledge today!
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Peter Neill, Director of the W2O and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide.
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The reports on Rio+20 are in, and they are not good for the ocean. Many experts and activists from around the globe worked hard to formulate serious policy recommendations and priorities, and went to Rio to advocate for inclusion of ocean sustainability in the final report. Many of these hard working individuals and groups left Rio disappointed.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest ways in which we might move beyond Rio+20 and will invite us to mobilize as CITIZENS of the OCEAN in order to begin to demonstrate our commitment through individual responsibility and collective action.
Take the CITIZENS of the OCEAN pledge today!
_____________________________________________________________________
Peter Neill, Director of the W2O and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide.
world ocean observatory, radio, peter neill, weekly broadcast, listen, climate talks, united nations, comsumption-based, conservation, management, ocean issues, governance, rio+20, sustainability, citizens of the ocean
Broadcast History
WERU 89.9 FM, Blue Hill, ME; California Academy of Sciences/Steinhart Aquarium; KSER-FM, Everett, WA; Erie Maritime Museum, Mystic Seaport, Maine Boats Homes & Harbors; 3CR Melbourne: Out of the Blue; thew2o.net/world-ocean-radio.
Transcript
179: What we can do after Rio+20
The reports on Rio+20 are in, and they are not good for the ocean. As discussed a prior edition of World Ocean Radio, many experts and activists from around the globe worked hard to formulate serious policy recommendations and priorities, and went to Rio to advocate for inclusion of ocean sustainability in the final report. The details of that recommendation included seven focus areas, from integrated governance to climate change mitigation to biodiversity protection to the prevention of unregulated fishing to the needs of small island nations to the control of marine pollution to the building of a “Blue Economy” that advances alternative policies and behaviors.
Those good people are right to be disappointed, terribly disappointed. We need now to be honest in our assessment of future strategies and tactics. We need evermore to persevere. But how? It is su...
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Peter Neill, Host; Trisha Badger, Associate Producer
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