BEAUTIFUL FOOTPRINT: Jul 10, 2016

"Hillary R. Clinton" by Marie Venezia. 20x20" Original Oil on Gallery Canvas.
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"POP-ART POTUS" by Marie Venezia. 30x45" White Poster Stock (no outline)
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"Abraham Lincoln" by Marie Venezia. 20x20" Original Oil on Gallery Canvas.
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"Theodore Roosevelt" by Marie Venezia. 20x20" Original Oil on Gallery Canvas. © Copyright 2016-2017 MarieVenezia. All Rights Reserved. MarieVenezia.com

"John F. Kennedy" by Marie Venezia. 20x20" Original Oil on Gallery Canvas.
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"Richard M. Nixon" by Marie Venezia. 20x20" Original Oil on Gallery Canvas.
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"Ronald Reagan" by Marie Venezia. 20x20" Original Oil on Gallery Canvas.
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WHY HEALTHY OCEANS NEED SEA TURTLES

There are five major oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic. They are all connected, comprising a single vast body of water that covers 71% of Earth’s surface.

Sea turtles play a vital role in maintaining the health of the world’s oceans for more than 100 million years. These roles include: maintaining productive coral reef ecosystems, transporting essential nutrients from the oceans to beaches and coastal dunes (nutrient cycle), maintaining predator-prey relations and animal densities, and devouring invasive species that destroy grassbeds (jellyfish), kelp forests (sea urchin), coral reefs (sea sponge), and clog our waterways (crustaceans).

Commercial fishing, loss of nesting habitat and ocean habitat, egg harvesting, and climate change are among the human-caused threats pushing all sea turtles toward extinction. As their numbers continue to decline, so does their unique ability to fulfill vital functions in the ocean ecosystems.

Despite being protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for over 30 years, sea turtles once numbering in the tens-of-millions per species, remain severely endangered due to these man-made pressures. As a result, major global changes have occurred in our oceans.

It is time for us to protect sea turtles and to rebuild their populations to ensure the health and resilience for our oceans and for the future.

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