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00:00 it's crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
00:02 Now the Darwin 200 expedition has reached one of its most important destinations,
00:07 Rio de Janeiro.
00:08 This is just one of 32 ports visited by Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle.
00:14 Using his voyage as a reference,
00:15 the objective is to train the best young conservationists of the world.
00:19 Naturally speaking,
00:21 the inspiration is derived from the namesake of the project.
00:24 When you say the word Charles Darwin, many people remember
00:27 an old man with a beard that wrote lots of important books on evolution and other subjects.
00:32 But of course when he started this five-year voyage around the world,
00:36 he was a little older than this, he was 22 years old,
00:39 and went on this incredible journey
00:41 to discover so many different aspects of natural history and science.
00:46 At each stop, a group of carefully selected young naturalists
00:49 arrive and meet with local scientists,
00:52 promoting an exchange of scientific knowledge and environmental activism.
00:56 I come from a focus of marine mammals and physical oceanography,
01:02 and now I will be learning about the invading corals and sea turtles.
01:06 The Osterschralde ship serves as a base from where local expeditions take place,
01:13 spending two weeks at each port,
01:15 like here in Tenerife, where participants study the situation of pilot whales.
01:20 Overfishing has completely depicted our fish stocks in the ocean,
01:24 so the more we overfish, the less food there is in the ocean for animals like whales.
01:28 From reforestation and monkey reintroduction,
01:31 to dolphin and bird population studies,
01:34 up to 200 young naturalists are expected to participate,
01:37 hoping, just like Darwin, to change the world of tomorrow.