Defining Priorities for Meaningful Protection - Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2020

Across the globe, nations are expanding marine and freshwater protected areas to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services, mitigate the effects of climate change, and safeguard areas critical to communities and sustainable food production. While the percentage of protected waters grows, however, we are still losing species and habitats at an ever-accelerating rate. How can we effectively halt this trend? What does effective protection mean?

Opening Remarks
Ms. Molly Fogarty, Senior Vice President Corporate & Government Affairs, Nestlé

Introduction to Topic
Dr. Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic

Moderator
Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, Executive Director, Waitt Institute
Speakers
Dr. J. Emmett Duffy, Director, Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
Ms. Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf, Executive Director, Kawerak Eskimo Walrus Commission
Dr. Douglas Pearsall, Senior Conservation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy-Michigan

Plenary sponsored by Nestle