World Oceans Day: We cannot meet sustainable development goals with a sick ocean

My Khe Beach – Da Nang

This Spanish professor of oceanography documents the importance of the oceans and reflects on how we do not all equally benefit from “humanity’s greatest shared wealth”. It is not a common good to all; not everyone benefits from what is described as the “blue economy”.  He urges us to be more in harmony with nature, to adopt a more social justice approach: “listen and learn from nature, be part of it rather than owning it.” – Susan McGrath

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The United Nations declared the start to the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development earlier this year. Its aim is to promote science-based ocean and coastal management, making healthy oceans one of the pillars of progress for all of humanity. Under the slogan “The science we need […]

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