{"id":3800,"date":"2026-03-27T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:47:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:47:50","slug":"what-went-right-this-week-social-medias-big-tobacco-moment-plus-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/?p=3800","title":{"rendered":"What went right this week: social media\u2019s \u2018big tobacco\u2019 moment, plus more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n                                    <span class=\"half-and-half__title h5\">Chile made waves with its conservation plans <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400 ,\">In the race to conserve our oceans, Chile has emerged as a frontrunner after its president signed a decree to create one of the world\u2019s largest marine reserves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400 ,\">Following a campaign led by ecologists and coastal communities, President Gabriel Boric signed off plans to protect 337,000 sq km of ocean around the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez archipelago. The region teems with species, including whales, seabirds and the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez fur seal (pictured), once thought to be extinct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400 ,\">Once implemented, the protected area will link up two other marine reserves, covering a combined total of 899,268 sq km, which is roughly the size of Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400 ,\">\u201cFor generations, our community has lived in harmony with the sea, relying on it for food, livelihoods, and identity,\u201d said Julio Chamorro Sol\u00eds, president of the Organizaci\u00f3n Comunitaria Funcional Mar de Juan Fern\u00e1ndez. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400 ,\">\u201cBy expanding our marine protections, we ensure that future generations will inherit healthy oceans, thriving fisheries, and the cultural traditions that bind us to our home.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400 ,\">The designation means that Chile will soon have more than 50% of its waters under protection, far exceeding the 30% by 2030 target agreed by 190 nations in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400 ,\">Image: Flavien Saboureau<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chile made waves with its conservation plans In the race to conserve our oceans, Chile has emerged as a frontrunner after its president signed a decree to create one of the world\u2019s largest marine reserves.\u00a0 Following a campaign led by ecologists and coastal communities, President Gabriel Boric signed off plans to protect 337,000 sq km [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[238,818,240,819],"class_list":["post-3800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adaptation-lifestyle","tag-good-news","tag-marine","tag-social-media","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3802,"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions\/3802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}