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Urge the U.S. Government to Protect the Pacific Remote Islands

24,328 signatures. Let’s get to 30K

Secure marine protections and honor Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander culture.

The Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) contain some of the last wild and healthy ecosystems in the world’s ocean. PRI is home to resilient coral reefs, threatened and endangered wildlife, endemic species found nowhere else on Earth, and the waterways of ancient and modern Indigenous voyagers.

PRI is a complex and interconnected ecosystem that highlights the interdependence of pelagic, nearshore, and terrestrial species, including sharks, rays, whales, turtles, sea birds, and fish. In order to ensure the continued health of the land and nearshore areas that are already a part of PRI, we must secure the protections for this area and demonstrate this support across various communities. 

Only One has joined forces with the community-driven Pacific Remote Islands Coalition (PRI Coalition) to call on U.S. President Joseph Biden to expand and protect some of the last wild and healthy ecosystems in the world’s ocean. The expansion would also bring the U.S. to successfully protect 30% of their ocean before 2030.

Lauren M. Beauregard
Andrew S. Wright
Andrew S. Wright

Protect PRI's healthy ecosystem and defend the area from industrial fishing and deep sea mining

Protecting PRI would honor the memory and sacrifice of the members of Hui Panalaʻau, 130 mostly Native Hawaiian young men who were sent to Howland, Baker and Jarvis from 1935-1942 and enabled the U.S. to claim jurisdiction of this area.

Currently, Papahānaumokuākea serves as the only intact cultural voyaging seascape within the Hawaiian Islands. Expanding protection could likewise preserve PRI as a premier classroom for ancestral voyaging, preserving and promoting the culture and history of Pacific seafaring peoples.

Honor and secure the cultural and biological legacies of the Pacific Ocean through a sanctuary designation.

Kydd Pollock
Sheila Sarhangi
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Together we can protect our precious ocean and secure the way of life for Pacific Islander cultures. 

The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument was originally established in 2009 by President George W. Bush, and was expanded in 2014 by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act. The PRI coalition has been requesting that President Joseph Biden expand the monument boundaries around Howland and Baker Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef to 200 nautical miles, from the current 50 nautical miles of protection, making PRIMNM the largest highly protected marine protected area in the world. On March 21st, 2023, President Biden committed to support the process to designate PRI as a National Marine Sanctuary. 

Join us in urging President Biden to swiftly advance the designation of a new National Marine Sanctuary to better protect nature & culture.

Supporters
Sian M

So i can help protect the wildlife

1 week ago
Maz S

We would be mad to let the oceans get any worse, the marine life is critical and so is the purity of the water, we need to leave our world better not…

1 week ago
Hélène A

la Mer nous permet de nous nourrir tout les jours .. c'est indispensable dans notre culture..

1 week ago
Joanne M

because I care

2 weeks ago
Louisa u

het erg nodig is

2 weeks ago
KENDRA H

The oceans aren't just for fishing and for diving. Their ecosystem helps to regulate our entire world's climate and food chain. The oceans deserve pro…

2 weeks ago
Hilda M

there‘s only one world

2 weeks ago
catherine l

I am signing because we have one world and we are currently destroying it.

2 weeks ago
Candida L

we need to care kindly for our natural world… it is really struggling because of humankind, and if we are not careful every good sign of nature will b…

2 weeks ago
Terry P

These islands are vital to wildlife as well as the environment in general

2 weeks ago
Karin M

for the sake of my grandchildren and my greatgrandchildren life and their future

2 weeks ago
Louise B

we must act now to save our planet.

2 weeks ago
Claire T

I am deeply concerned about our oceans and all that lives in them. The future. of our planet is perilous unless we act immediately.

2 weeks ago
Darren N

Seing images of sea life tangled up in fishing nets makes me so angry, its heart breaking when you see turtles, orca, seals and the giants of the ocea…

2 weeks ago
Catherine J S

because I love all the sealife that lives there..

2 weeks ago
alex m

i believe that we have no hope without protecting our oceans

2 weeks ago
Jade W

I am signing becuase, THE OCEAN MATTERS

3 weeks ago
Maarten W

If the US can't do the right thing, what is the hope for the rest of us.

3 weeks ago
Sam S

I value the environment intrinsically and strongly believe in Leopold's "Land Ethic" which proclaims that we view conserving the earths many ecosystem…

3 weeks ago
Elen T

I nature is our home so we have to live with it in harmony

3 weeks ago
Marnice H

I am signing because these ecosystems are crucial for the overall health of our planet. These islands support diverse marine life, provide a vital hab…

3 weeks ago
Jessica D

Islands are to be protected.

3 weeks ago
Camilla L

it is now ore never

4 weeks ago
Linda P

I must

4 weeks ago
Michelle O

Our oceans are our lifeline

1 month ago
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