Serge Dedina, Ph.D.., former Mayor of Imperial Beach and the Executive Director of WILDCOAST, a local non-profit (Del Mar) that works to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions. WILDCOAST produced 2 shorts in partnership with SeaTrees (another local non-profit based in Encinitas) that will be shown on Friday at La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas. Leah Hays is the Project Manager at SeaTrees. Leah will also be on the IMPACT PANEL - Friday, June 9th, 4:00pm (Guggenheim Theater) ABOUT THE PANEL: On March 5, 2023, the United Nations reached a historic agreement to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas, which encompass nearly half of the Earth’s surface area.