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President Obama: Protect Papahānaumokuākea

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President Obama:

To secure the future of our planet, we need to protect the beautiful biodiversity that sustains it. The proposed marine national monument at Papahānaumokuākea is an opportunity for your government and the world to take the kind of dramatic steps we need. As concerned citizens with a stake in our seas, we call on you to make Papahānaumokuākea the largest protected space in the world, a place we can look to for hope and inspiration.
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President Obama: Protect Papahānaumokuākea
A new proposal could create the largest protected area on the planet, land or sea, in a spectacular part of our ocean home to sharks, turtles, and coral that could be the oldest living organism on Earth. 

Hawaiʻian locals have put a proposal on President Obama's desk to turn the Papahānaumokuākea area into a marine reserve bigger than South Africa. But a powerful fishing lobby is trying to make it look like local opinion is badly divided, convincing dozens of state politicians to speak out against the proposal.

When it comes to our oceans and the critical biodiversity they house, all of us are locals -- reserves like this protect the planet and future we all share equally.

Obama will decide in the next few weeks and is consulting public opinion right now. Insiders say that includes wanting to hear from the international community. Add your name now to show him we're all in this together -- when enough people have signed, we'll deliver the petition directly to the White House and to the local leaders in Hawaiʻi who need our support.

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