Julia Butterfly Hill lived for over two years in a 2000-year-old redwood in Northern California, protecting it from a logging company's chainsaws.

During her first winter, a severe storm nearly killed her on her tiny perch. Julia recounts the horror and profound life lessons learned from those terrifying hours.

Join our mission to tackle excessive plastic use by supermarkets. We need your ideas to demand change.

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For 45 years, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) has provided vital protections for dolphins, whales, and seals in U.S. waters.

Unfortunately, a new congressional bill threatens these safeguards. It would facilitate harmful activities like seismic airgun blasting—a loud, dangerous process used for oil and gas exploration—making it easier to injure these iconic animals.

Tell Congress to #DefendMarineMammals and #StandForOceans. Learn more and take action: http://bit.ly/2yEtHRe

Thousands of sea turtles die annually because about half of shrimp trawls operate without Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs). These devices are 97% effective at allowing turtles to escape nets. A proposed rule from December 2016 would expand TED requirements, but the administration has stalled its implementation, allowing the killing to continue.

This delay jeopardizes sea turtle conservation and negatively impacts shrimp fishermen by hindering sustainability and economic opportunities. We must act now to urge Secretary Ross to implement this vital rule.

Click here to take action: Oceana Action

The U.S. Pacific coast seafloor teems with vital marine life, providing essential habitat for fish and other animals. However, these beautiful coral gardens and spongebeds face destruction from bottom trawl nets. Stronger government protections are crucial to safeguard this precious ecosystem.

To learn how you can help stop this destructive practice, visit Oceana.org.

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Support ocean creatures, like killer whales, through a symbolic adoption.

Visit our store to find your adoption package and help protect marine life: Find them here.

Support marine life conservation by symbolically adopting a sea otter today.

Your adoption helps protect these vital creatures. Click here to make a difference.

Shark finning is an inhumane and wasteful practice where fins are cut from sharks, whose bodies are then discarded at sea. Up to 73 million shark fins enter the global trade annually.

While illegal in American waters, shark fins are still bought and sold in the U.S. A nationwide ban on this trade is crucial to ensure the U.S. does not support finning and to protect sharks worldwide.

Add your name to our petition and tell Congress to prohibit the sale and trade of all shark fin products in the U.S.: http://bit.ly/2aZhHw0

Global Fishing Watch provides a powerful platform for monitoring global fishing activity. It leverages satellite technology and public data to visualize, track, and analyze vessel movements worldwide, promoting transparency in our oceans.

This initiative is crucial for combating illegal fishing, supporting marine conservation, and driving sustainable management of marine resources. Explore their work and data at globalfishingwatch.org.

Global Fishing Watch is an international nonprofit dedicated to increasing transparency of human activity at sea. They leverage satellite technology, artificial intelligence, and data analysis to monitor and visualize global fishing efforts.

Their primary goal is to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, promote sustainable fisheries, and protect marine ecosystems. By making fishing activity visible, they empower governments, researchers, and the public to make informed decisions.

A key output is their free, public map, accessible at globalfishingwatch.org, which provides unprecedented insights into vessel movements worldwide.

Global Fishing Watch is an independent organization dedicated to advancing ocean transparency through cutting-edge technology.

It utilizes satellite data and machine learning to visualize, track, and analyze global commercial fishing activity. This platform helps combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, promoting sustainable practices worldwide.

Their free, public platform provides critical data and tools for governments, researchers, and the public to better understand and manage marine resources.

Global Fishing Watch (GFW), a free online tool from Oceana, SkyTruth, and Google, reveals the apparent fishing activity of over 35,000 commercial vessels globally. Regularly updated with data since 2012, GFW publicly shares vital information to enhance ocean health, support fishery management, and combat illegal fishing. This revolutionary tool empowers governments, journalists, and citizens to track vessels, enforce rules, and protect marine ecosystems.

GFW uses public Automatic Identification System (AIS) data, collected by satellite and terrestrial receivers. Over 20 million data points are added daily, enabling GFW to track vessel movement and classify it as "fishing" or "non-fishing" activity.

In March 2016, the Obama administration removed the Atlantic from oil drilling plans for five years, a decision influenced by coastal residents. This marked a significant victory for Oceana and the people of the East Coast, demonstrating that their voices were heard in Washington.

Learn more about Oceana's campaigns: Oceana Climate & Energy Campaign

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Nearly 800 million people lack sufficient food, and two billion suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. As the global population grows, food production must dramatically increase. Our oceans offer a powerful solution: by restoring them, we can feed the world.

Fish are a "perfect protein"—nutritious, inexpensive to produce, and require no farmland or freshwater. A fully restored ocean could sustainably provide a healthy fish meal daily for over one billion people. We can achieve this by implementing three basic steps in just 25 countries: managing catch and protecting vital habitats.

To learn more, visit Oceana.org.

The ocean profoundly impacts everyone, even those far from the coast. It regulates our climate, stores carbon, and provides essential nutrients that sustain forests.

Oceana is dedicated to protecting these vital marine environments. Through efforts against offshore drilling, seafood fraud, and other threats, Oceana works to safeguard our oceans now and in the future.

This video features two excerpts from Mark Plotkin's speeches. His October 2014 TED Global talk in Rio de Janeiro addresses the critical endangerment of Amazonian indigenous cultures and uncontacted tribes, arguing they are the rainforest's most vulnerable species, not jaguars or eagles. Mark's Speech.

A second excerpt, from his August 2006 Authors@Google speech, emphasizes his view that protecting the earth is spiritually beneficial. Mark's August 2006 talk.

Published on December 1, 2014.

This film documents the Harakbut people's discovery of an enormous, ancient carved stone face in the Peruvian Amazon. This significant find could help prevent gold mining and petroleum companies from encroaching on their territories. Explore similar short films at If Not Us Then Who.

Produced by Handcrafted Films, this is one of many stories from over two years of participatory filming, articulating individual narratives from Indonesia to Peru.

These powerful visuals will be featured in a global roadshow leading up to COP21 in Paris. The initiative aims to draw attention to deforestation, promote community-based solutions, and pressure governments to commit to slowing climate change.

In an interview with Jungle Bird, Rebecca Moore, a computer scientist and software professional at Google, discussed her impactful work. She famously used Google Earth to halt the logging of over a thousand acres of redwoods in her Santa Cruz Mountain community.

Moore also initiated and leads the development of Google Earth Engine, a new technology platform supporting global-scale data-mining of satellite imagery for societal benefit. She holds a bachelor's degree in AI from Brown University, a master's from Stanford, and is on leave from a Stanford Ph.D. program. This interview was published on Sep 16, 2014.

The Global Ocean Commission, an independent body of international leaders, launched in London on February 12. Its aim is to reverse ocean degradation and restore its full health and productivity.

Chaired by former Costa Rican President José María Figueres, South African minister Trevor Manuel, and former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, the Commission brings together senior political figures, business leaders, and development specialists from around the world.

On January 1, 2013, Shell's Kulluk drilling platform ran aground on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, amidst 40 mph winds and 20-foot seas. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew overflew the scene, captured in a U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

This incident highlighted ongoing concerns about Arctic drilling. For further insight, read the Ocean Doctor blog post, "Lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon: Unlearned and Now Unleashed in Alaska."