{"id":5689,"date":"2026-06-18T16:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:21:26","slug":"david-martin-addresses-paris-conference-for-world-oceans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/david-martin-addresses-paris-conference-for-world-oceans-day\/","title":{"rendered":"David Martin Addresses Paris Conference for World Oceans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OFA founder David Martin spoke in Paris recently, presenting on how sharks keep our oceans healthy. The session was listed on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/unworldoceansday.org\/event-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Nations World Oceans Day<\/a> events calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadefrancais.com\/haras-lupin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Haras Lupin<\/a>, Martin challenged the long-standing misconceptions that surround these predators. He used field data to show how sharks regulate marine food webs, protect seagrass meadows from overgrazing, and keep coral reefs stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talk focused heavily on practical conservation. Martin shared updates from our nursery, where we breed and release vulnerable species back into the wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Protecting sharks isn&#8217;t just about saving an endangered species. It directly affects climate stability and the resilience of our oceans. With our work shared in Paris, we hope to build better international partnerships and speed up real habitat restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFA founder David Martin spoke in Paris recently, presenting on how sharks keep our oceans healthy. The session was listed on the official United Nations World Oceans Day events calendar. Speaking at Haras Lupin, Martin challenged the long-standing misconceptions that surround these predators. He used field data to show how sharks regulate marine food webs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-timeline"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5693,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions\/5693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceansforallfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}