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To get more scientists applying their understanding to marine conservation decision-making, he founded Marine Conservation Biology Institute in 1996 (which became Marine Conservation Institute in 2011).
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began bringing scientists together in workshops to examine major threats to living oceans and ways to reduce those threats.
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They issued Troubled Waters: A Call for Action, signed by 1,605 scientists. They declared that the world’s oceans are imperiled and urged nations to act now.
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At their urging, President Clinton called for a national system of marine protected areas.
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Again, they began bringing scientists together in workshops to examine major threats to living oceans and ways to reduce those threats.
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They brought this information together in the first textbook in this space: Marine Conservation Biology.
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They persuaded President Bush to establish three colossal marine protected areas in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Again, They persuaded President Bush to establish three colossal marine protected areas in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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They changed logos and the name and they aimed their focus more to the more populated areas of the seas.
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Under his leadership, the organization has envisioned, and is moving forward with, a major new initiative
