Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Enric Sala is a full-time conservationist as a National Geographic Explorer in Residence. In 2008, he founded National Geographic Pristine Seas, a project that combines exploration, research, public policy and media ___(1)___. The project aims to protect at least 30 percent of the ocean by 2030 for the benefit of nature and humanity and ___(2)___.
The ongoing marine protection efforts are an expression of a lifelong passion for Sala. He says. “The exotic places, the daring underwater explorers, the spectacular creatures. It was all I wanted to do with my life,” he adds. “Sometimes dreams do come true.”
“Over the last century alone, we have removed over 90 percent of the ocean’s large fish, yet less than eight percent of the ocean is under some kind of protection. We’re still learning about the damage from fishing activities, like bottom trawling, ___(3)___ - the world’s largest carbon storehouse,” Sala writes. “But it is possible to restore the ocean’s benefits to people and the planet. All we must do is rewild the sea. The only catch is that we can’t wait. We have less than a decade to act.”
Sala claims that preserving the planet’s wild places, on land and in the ocean, is a matter of human survival and economic importance in ___(4)___, The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild, published in 2020. The process ___(5)___, “allows nature to do the hard work for us,” he explains.
“Our natural world can be a sustainable engine of regeneration, we just ___(6)___,” he adds, citing wildlife restoration successes in Yellowstone and Mozambique national parks, and the Southern Line Islands.
Adapted from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/article/enric-sala-protecting-the-last-wild-places-in-the-ocean