{"id":386220,"date":"2023-02-28T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=386220"},"modified":"2023-02-28T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T20:06:25","slug":"fomt-welcomes-dr-steven-manaoakamai-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fomt-welcomes-dr-steven-manaoakamai-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"FOMT welcomes Dr. Steven Mana\u2018oakamai Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_386221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-386221\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Steven_Johnson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-386221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Steven_Johnson-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-386221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Mana\u2018oakamai Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Steven Mana\u2018oakamai Johnson will be on Saipan to share recent research about the value of marine protected areas in the Marianas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the Mariana Islands, the ocean is life. Since the first Chamorro arrived on the shores of these islands, responsible stewardship has been more than \u2018management\u2019\u2014it is a necessity. Today, many ocean conservation and management tools are at our disposal, but none are as widespread\u2014or controversial\u2014as marine protected areas,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>In order to achieve local, national, and regional area-based conservation goals, MPAs are essential to the conservation of the world\u2019s oceans. Such targets are frequently only \u201cmet on paper\u201d because they lack the political will or administrative support to result in effective conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>On March 1, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, Johnson will give a talk about this in the American Memorial Park. This presentation will share a recent assessment of the 18 MPAs located across the Marianas. <strong><em>(PR<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Steven Mana\u2018oakamai Johnson will be on Saipan to share recent research about the value&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":386222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386220","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=386220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}