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From the Ted Talk by Enric Sala: Glimpses of a pristine ocean
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Which takes us to the third reason, why we don't have many more reserves, is that the funding models have been wrong. NGOs and governments senpd a lot of time and energy and rosreeucs in a few small aeras, usually. So marine conservation and coastal protection has become a sink for government or philanthropic moeny, and this is not stnluabsaie. So the solutions are just fixing these three issues. First, we need to develop a global awareness campaign to inspire local communities and governments to create no-take reserves that are better than what we have now. It's the savings accounts versus the debit accounts with no deposits. Second, we need to redesign our gcroenvnae so cveonitoarsn efforts can be decentralized, so conservation efforts don't dpneed on work from NGOs or from government agencies and can be created by the lacol communities, like it happens in the Philippines and a few other places. And third, and very imtponrat, we need to deevlop new business models. The philanthropy sink as the only way to create reserves is not sustainable. We really need to develop models, buesinss models, where coastal conservation is an investment, because we already know that these marine reserves provide social, ecological and economic benefits.
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Which takes us to the third reason, why we don't have many more reserves, is that the funding models have been wrong. NGOs and governments _____ a lot of time and energy and _________ in a few small _____, usually. So marine conservation and coastal protection has become a sink for government or philanthropic _____, and this is not ___________. So the solutions are just fixing these three issues. First, we need to develop a global awareness campaign to inspire local communities and governments to create no-take reserves that are better than what we have now. It's the savings accounts versus the debit accounts with no deposits. Second, we need to redesign our __________ so ____________ efforts can be decentralized, so conservation efforts don't ______ on work from NGOs or from government agencies and can be created by the _____ communities, like it happens in the Philippines and a few other places. And third, and very _________, we need to _______ new business models. The philanthropy sink as the only way to create reserves is not sustainable. We really need to develop models, ________ models, where coastal conservation is an investment, because we already know that these marine reserves provide social, ecological and economic benefits.
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Original Text
Which takes us to the third reason, why we don't have many more reserves, is that the funding models have been wrong. NGOs and governments spend a lot of time and energy and resources in a few small areas, usually. So marine conservation and coastal protection has become a sink for government or philanthropic money, and this is not sustainable. So the solutions are just fixing these three issues. First, we need to develop a global awareness campaign to inspire local communities and governments to create no-take reserves that are better than what we have now. It's the savings accounts versus the debit accounts with no deposits. Second, we need to redesign our governance so conservation efforts can be decentralized, so conservation efforts don't depend on work from NGOs or from government agencies and can be created by the local communities, like it happens in the Philippines and a few other places. And third, and very important, we need to develop new business models. The philanthropy sink as the only way to create reserves is not sustainable. We really need to develop models, business models, where coastal conservation is an investment, because we already know that these marine reserves provide social, ecological and economic benefits.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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global warming |
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marine reserves |
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