the world wildlife fund, many people have asked me this question, why is the world wildlife fund have a security and defense conference? what is your role. >> i think the previous speakers did a complete job. conservation and natural resource management is absolutely consequential to food security. that is the first case. there is his notion that even democracies fight over food. many people in this review not know that 25% of that during the cold war was overfished. that is a remarkable data point that we need to be careful about. you had russia and china to conflicting engagements about this invaluable commodity. the risks are increasing. getting to the left of this problem. we are very excited to have today a new platform that gives audiences around the world the potential to understand global hotspots. so we can start having preventive, -- conversations. i was really glad to hear them talking about using the nature of the military for preventive action. that will lead to food insecurity. that is why they suggested that i join this panel. >> thank you very much. i wanted to follow-

the world wildlife fund, i do quite a few pills as to this question so good as good as well. well. why is a world wildlife fund had a security and defense conference? what is your role here? >> thank you. it's a fair question. i think the previous speakers did a great job, conservation and natural resources management is absolutely fundamental to good approaches to food security and to getting to the left of conflict. i think that's the first piece. the second piece is that there's an issue that troubles me tremendously and has done for many, many years and senator coons as welcome well, s notion even democracies fight over food. there's one commodity the matters a lot to us in the oceans community and that is fish. i bet a lot of people in this room does not know that 25% of all conflicts during the cold war between democracies was over fish. so that's a a remarkable data point we need be careful about. after the cold war you add russia and china to engagement about this invaluable commodity, and the risks are increases. so we have tremendous environmentalists come scientists who t

joining us at the world wildlife fund. helping us reduce plastic pollution. she spent 10 years working as a packaging engineer and knows a lot about the packaging side. we are joined by roberto, founder and gfl of up cycling. making them intoke new products. thank you for the time for sharing your expertise with the committee. i will turn it w i over to rankg member for his remarks. as a long history of studying plastics while we may not agree on the solution, we definitely are in search of a solution to a problem. maybe it's coming from different angles. tai would like to start by thanking our witnesses for obtaining this hearing. thank you for taking the time to be with us. it is a challenge. sometimes thankless. you are not getting paid. we appreciate your time. time is valuable and you don't ever receive that back. everyone knows plastic exists in almost every aspect of our day-to-day life from consumer bgoods. single use plastics can contribute to the plastic waste issuesf. to be discussing alternatives. a few examples include syringes, to helpng modern

the world wildlife fund has helped create a safe haven for a pod of endangered irrawaddy river dolphinsof newborn calves are rising. researchers hope this indicates that the health of the river is being restored. further downstream, however, the mekong has other gifts to give — sand. river sand is much more coarse than the sand you'd find on a beach, which makes it idealfor concrete and construction. large barges dredge it from the river to supply developing south—east asian cities. 25—year—old kunthea was jailed for more than a year for organising a protest to preserve the mekong. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry i about the mekong's fate and its impact on the cambodian people as a whole. does your mother, does your family, worry about you? yes, she's worried, but she's never told me to stop doing what i do. at first, of course, a parent will always worry about their child. however, i try to tell her that this problem on the mekong is a problem for all of us. the mekong's sediment—rich sand has played a key part in the rapid urbanisation and transformation of phnom penh.

this according to the world wildlife fund monitoring report.chs are now officially classified as endangered by the international union of conservation for nature. migration takes them thousands of miles across the continent but the major drivers in the decline is the use of herbicides in the u.s. which results in the loss of milk weed and the climate variations in north america during the summers and the deforestation aspect have also affected both the presence of milk weed and the butterflies' life cycle. in order to conserve the plant, the enthusiasts did their own research, which i was very impressed by, documenting every step from the seed to the first flight. >> if you think about it, it's very very amazing how that all of the chemistry and biology and everything happened in that short period of time. >> interestingly, we planted the milk weed, and people said they would just come, and sure enough, one day i was here with somebody else, and all of a sudden, here's a butterfly. the first one we've seen, and since then we've had quite a numb

the king is also the world wildlife fund's president and well —— and wetlands can help us reach our netd earlier public service was a privilege and i genuinely meant that. it gives is a chance to change things for everyday families and to champion those who deserve or need our support. it also allows the hardest working prime minister i have known, and i have known quite a view. my baby was three months old and i think she had met three prime ministers at the same time. but he shows the country week in and week out how we can bring long—term change against global headwinds. and i second this loyal address allows. == global headwinds. and i second this loyal address allows.— loyal address allows. -- to the house. loyal address allows. -- to the house- the _ loyal address allows. -- to the house. the question _ loyal address allows. -- to the house. the question is - loyal address allows. -- to the house. the question is that - loyal address allows. -- to the | house. the question is that the humble — house. the question is that the humble address be presented to his majesty— humble addre

the world wildlife fund has helped create a safe haven for a pod of endangered irrawaddy river dolphins much more coarse than the sand you'd find on a beach, which makes it idealfor concrete and construction. large barges dredge it from the river to supply developing south—east asian cities. 25—year—old kunthea was jailed for more than a year for organising a protest to preserve the mekong. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry i about the mekong's fate and its impact on the cambodian people as a whole. does your mother, does your family, worry about you? yes, she's worried, but she's never told me to stop doing what i do. at first, of course, a parent will always worry about their child. however, i try to tell her that this problem on the mekong is a problem for all of us. the mekong's sediment—rich sand has played a key part in the rapid urbanisation and transformation of phnom penh. kunthea organised a one—woman march after hearing that the government was using it to fill in lakes and rivers and create new land for real estate and shopping malls. before i was arrested, i an