The ocean moderates climate change by absorbing CO₂ emissions, hosts valuable biodiversity and provides food to millions, but all of these services are threatened by pollution and human activities.
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The UN’s Ocean Decade demands collaborative action across disciplines, nations, communities, and generations, and its success relies on diverse voices that represent current and future ocean leaders.
A high seas treaty could help rebuild populations – but time is running out.
Forced labor is a widespread problem in fisheries on the high seas. Between 2012 and 2018, an estimated 100,000 people may have been victims of forced labor on thousands of different boats.
Global leaders pledged to protect 10% of the oceans by 2020. We’re nowhere close and the goal has proven particularly challenging to achieve in international waters.
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Assistant Professor Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Southampton
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PhD Candidate, University of Canterbury
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Senior Project Researcher, University of California Santa Barbara
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI) Consortium, Memorial University, Canada, and Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania
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Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
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Programme director IMR Global Development, Institute of Marine Research, professor, University of Bergen
