Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

PROTECT PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT: CREATE THE WORLD’S LARGEST MARINE CONSERVATION AREA >>
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Chances are you haven’t heard about Papahanaumokuakea (pa-pa-hah-now-mo-koo-ah-keh-ah), but it’s more important than you know.
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is one of the world’s most significant marine conservation sites and a place of incredible cultural significance to native Hawaiian islanders. In fact, it’s so important it was designated a UENSCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
But protections granted to the Hawaiian icon have not gone far enough, especially in the face of rapidly dying species of monk seals and other marine life. So Native Hawaiians are banding together to request President Obama expand the monument
For native Haiwaiians, it holds major religious significance, celebrating the union of two Hawaiian ancestors who rise to the Hawaiian Archipelago and the Hawaiian
The native Hawaiian proposal would expand the nearly 140,000 square miles of land and Pacific Ocean by FIVE TIMES, protecting more than 7,000 marine species – 1/4 of which are found ONLY in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
The rainforests of coral sea and wide array of natural and cultural resources protected by such an expansion make you wonder, who would oppose such a project? The smart answer is nobody. But first we need environmental advocates like you, <>, to stand up and ask President Obama to protect Papahanaumokuakea.
Safeguard Hawaiian cultural heritage: Protect Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument >>
Six U.S. presidents have taken actions to protect Papahanaumokuakea from human and environmental dangers, including the last two. We can’t allow this issue to be ignored, or worse, risk it fail altogether in the face of a new president.
Tell President Obama to heed the calls of Native Hawaiians and accept their proposal to expand Papahanaumokuakea so that Hawaiians and Americans alike can enjoy the beauty of the world’s largest marine conservation