{"id":384153,"date":"2023-01-27T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=384153"},"modified":"2023-01-27T06:00:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:00:55","slug":"proposed-national-marine-sanctuaries-offer-path-to-indigenous-led-ocean-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/proposed-national-marine-sanctuaries-offer-path-to-indigenous-led-ocean-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed national marine sanctuaries offer path to indigenous-led ocean conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong>\u2014The United States can move closer to its goal of\u00a0supporting locally led and locally designed conservation efforts and honoring Tribal sovereignty and supporting the priorities of Tribal Nations\u00a0by approving five new Indigenous-led marine sanctuaries, according to a\u00a0new report\u00a0co-authored by Angelo Villagomez\u00a0from the Center for American Progress.<\/p>\n<p>The report focuses on five sites with various levels of Indigenous leadership and engagement that have already been placed into consideration for possible designation as national marine sanctuaries. These areas have the potential to advance not only the Biden administration\u2019s America the Beautiful initiative but also the environmental justice priorities underscored in the Inflation Reduction Act. They would be some of the first national marine sanctuaries to be led and potentially co-managed by Indigenous communities\u00a0and governments.<\/p>\n<p>These sites include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ala\u011dum Kanuux\u0302 National Marine Sanctuary<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Marine National Monument Sanctuary<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mariana Trench National Marine Sanctuary<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary<\/p>\n<p>The report also urges the Biden administration to take the following steps to center Indigenous voices in the designation for new national marine sanctuaries:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Begin, advance, and complete designation for all five proposed sanctuaries in consultation with local communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Engage with Indigenous communities and explore co-management opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ensure commercial, recreational, and traditional fishing continue to be regulated under state and federal law.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provide adequate funds to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Establish a pre-designation advisory council that would eventually form the official sanctuary advisory council after designation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Establish protocols for Indigenous naming practices. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014The United States can move closer to its goal of\u00a0supporting locally led and locally&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":384151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1589],"class_list":["post-384153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}