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Completed
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FELLOWSHIP DETAILS: |
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2004 Fellow
Patagonia
South Atlantic
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SEA AND SKY - PATAGONIA |
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Sea & Sky has developed a database containing the most complete information ever produced on the PLME (Patagonian Large Marine Ecosystem). The international collaboration involved in the project is a noteworthy achievement, bringing together more than 20 scientists from Argentina, the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom and the United States. |
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SELECTED MEDIA
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
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Campagna is using his Pew Fellowship to expand, strengthen and publicize a project he founded in 2001 called Sea & Sky ('Mar y Cielo' in Spanish). Sea & Sky is working to establish a protected 'park' in the waters of Patagonian Large Marine Ecosystem (PLME). Covering an area two-thirds the size of Argentina itself, the PLME extends from one of the world's most productive continental shelves to deep seas hundreds of miles from shore. These waters support resident top predators and seasonal migrants coming from as far as Antarctica, South Georgia and New Zealand. The PLME's breeding and feeding aggregations of albatrosses, penguins, whales, sea lions and seals constitute one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth. Yet this marine area suffers from overfishing, pollution, coastal degradation, loss of habitat and depleted populations of marine animals.
Campagna plans to strengthen Sea & Sky's scientific groundwork, increase collaboration among stakeholders, develop a strategy to communicate the vision of the program and take steps to ensure its sustainability by creating an international alliance. |
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MORE INFORMATION |
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Sea and Sky Website
Sea and Sky on Wildlife Conservation site
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