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Lines on a map: Has the gap between ocean pledges and reality grown?

June 19, 2026

“This is ultimately a systems challenge,” said Rocky Sanchez Tirona, Managing Director of Regional Programs at Rare. “Effectively protecting 30% of the ocean will depend not only on political will, but on sustained investment in the people, institutions, relationships, and regional and local leadership needed to make conservation endure.”

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