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Blue Action Fund
8 days ago
We ✒️new project worth 💶 €4.5 million to to restore & conserve marine biodiversity and fisheries through Blue Corridor in Vietnam. 🥳🪸🐟🎉
#OceanOptimism
funded by: 🌊 🇩🇪
@bmz.de
🌊 🇫🇷
@afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴
@norad.no
🌊 🇸🇪
@swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪
@irishaid.bsky.social
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UNEP-WCMC
9 days ago
🚨 Protected Planet has launched the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) - a new and unified database, merging the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and the World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM). Learn more here:
tinyurl.com/mr649ywy
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As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according to the latest global tracking data by the World Database on Protected Areas. This marks a 1.2% increase in 2025, up from 8.4% coverage in 2024.
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Marine protected areas expanded in 2025, but still far from 30% goal
In December 2022, nearly 200 nations committed to protecting 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according ...
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/marine-protected-areas-expanded-in-2025-but-still-far-from-30-goal/
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Dr Craig R McClain
11 days ago
Some folks say deep-sea fish aren’t cute. I dare you to look at this bumpy snailfish and not say “aww.” Try it. I dare you. …and if you can't, you might have a cold, cold dead heart.
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"What we lost in 2025 was not only species. It was time. What we found was not only new life. It was proof, again, that the future is still shaped by the choices we make today."
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...
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The conservation ledger: What we lost and what we gained in 2025
Extinction is rarely a moment. It is a process that unfolds offstage, marked by missed sightings, thinning records, and the slow reassignment of hope to footnotes. Discovery, too, is rarely a moment. ...
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-ledger-what-we-lost-and-what-we-gained-in-2025/
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Schmidt Ocean Institute
about 2 months ago
Spectacular strawberry squid! Histioteuthis squid w/massively asymmetrical eyes: 1 larger for viewing the silhouettes of predators & prey above, & 1 smaller eye for capturing glimmers of bioluminescent snacks below.
#AsgardArchea
- 730m - ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute
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Sophie Thayne
about 1 month ago
A quick, helpful overview of stages of establishment for MPAs💙 Much appreciated by the team
@blueactionfund.org
as a quick way to assess where sites stand and track progress over a project’s lifetime. 🔗
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WorldFish
about 1 month ago
🌊 Protecting Bangladesh's Marine Future Sustho Sagar (Healthy Ocean) Project launched to strengthen marine conservation and secure food systems for coastal communities on Dec 8 - in an initiative led by WCS Bangladesh and WorldFish.
#SusthoSagar
#BlueActionFund
#WCSBangladesh
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UNEP-WCMC
about 1 month ago
🚨 New guidance for asset managers and asset owners! This guidance aims to help investors better understand the significance of Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) and actions they can take to manage risks to these networks. 📑:
tinyurl.com/49pn5cbp
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Stacy Jupiter
about 1 month ago
**NEW PAPER ALERT** Read about the methods behind the development of the new
#IUCNCEESP
guide on measuring equity in marine conservation in our new paper in
#PARKS
. Access the paper here:
parksjournal.com/wp-content/u...
@nathanjbennett.bsky.social
@markandrachuk.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund
about 1 month ago
We are looking for a Programme Manager Environmental & Social Safeguards based in Berlin. Thrilling job with one of the globally leading 🌊 MPA funders
ogy.de/l4xt
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Sustho Sagar (Healthy Ocean) project inception workshop held today in Bangladesh, led by
@wcs.org
& WorldFish. Ministries, agencies, academia and fishers stressed collaboration to strengthen the country’s MPAs. Funded by
@blueactionfund.org
about 1 month ago
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Sebastian Unger
about 1 month ago
And if I may add - Comprehensive national implementation law agreed as well 🌊💪
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Blue Action Fund
about 2 months ago
R U a future
#OceanOptimism
investor💶🌊🪸? We are seeking a grant manager based in Berlin (if possible with some legal expertise...). All info ➡️https://ogy.de/uuu2
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Great to see
@wcs.org
and Mwambao Coastal Community Network come together in Tanga, Tanzania for a joint lessons-learned workshop — funded by
@blueactionfund.org
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#OceanOptimism
about 2 months ago
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Sabrina Schulz
about 2 months ago
🦦🚨🎯Job (Frist 30.11.) für politisch denkende*n, kommunikative*n Strateg*in mit 💙 für Biotopverbund & Fischotterschutz, Berlin (möglichst) Aufgabe: Rahmenbedingungen für Feuchtbiotopverbund verbessern, Angriffe auf Artenschutz abwehren, Straßenverwaltung zu Entscheidung motivieren… 1/2 Zur Stelle:
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strategische Projektleitung (w/m/d) im Naturschutz mit dem Schwerpunkt Biotopverbund und Fischotterschutz – Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
Wir sind auf der Suche nach: strategische Projektleitung (w/m/d) im Naturschutz mit dem Schwerpunkt Biotopverbund und Fischotterschutz, Teilzeit, Berlin
https://www.duh-jobs.de/jobs/60589335/strategische-Projektleitung-w-m-d-im-Naturschutz-mit-dem-Schwerpunkt-Biotopverbund-und-Fischotterschutz/
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Do you or anyone you know has experience in the Blue Economy sector? 🐠 GFA is looking for a Team Leader in Mozambique 🇲🇿.
www.gfa-group.de/jobs/Team_Le...
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GFA Jobs - Sustainable Blue Economy Initiative in Mozambique / VaMoz Competir
The GFA Consulting Group, based in Hamburg, has a sound track record of implementing complex studies and projects in over 130 countries since 1982.
https://www.gfa-group.de/jobs/Team_Leader_Mozambique_4123078.html
about 2 months ago
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A new Reef Exchanges episode dives into how
#MERMAID
grew from simple spreadsheets into a global tool helping scientists and MPA teams collect and report coral reef data more efficiently. Happy to support this effort through several
@blueactionfund.org
grants.
reefresilience.org/reefexchange...
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Reef Exchanges Podcast | Reef Resilience Network
https://reefresilience.org/reefexchangespodcast/
about 2 months ago
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟
about 2 months ago
Interested in helping
@wwf-ocean.bsky.social
to draft a full proposal for
@blueactionfund.org
?
www.wwf.org.ec?398611/Consu...
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Consultancy:“Design a Full Proposal document for the Blue Action Fund Project “Waves of Change:
OBJECTIVES: To design the Full Proposal of the project in compliance with the guidelines and requirements of the Blue Action Fund, integrating the results of the Safeguard Assessment and promoting a
https://www.wwf.org.ec/?398611/ConsultancyDesign-a-Full-Proposal-document-for-the-Blue-Action-Fund-Project-Waves-of-Change
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JOB ALERT in Frankfurt 🇩🇪: Our 'engine room' is looking for a Finance and Admin Assistant. Nature Trust Alliance is a joint partnership supporting 4 trust funds, including
@blueactionfund.org
, with admin, investments, HR, IT services and more.
www.naturetrustalliance.org/wp-content/u...
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https://www.naturetrustalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/251117_Finance_and_Administration_Assistant_Vacancy.pdf
about 2 months ago
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Dr Tom Pickerell
2 months ago
Our Ocean Conference 11 will take place in Mombasa – Kilifi Counties, Kenya from June 16th-18th 2026!
www.ouroceanconference.org/conferences/...
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Mombasa, Kenya: 2026 - Our Ocean, Our Heritage, Our Future - Our Ocean Conference
https://www.ouroceanconference.org/conferences/mombasa-2026/
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟
2 months ago
Launch of our new
@blueactionfund.org
project in Bangladesh 🇧🇩...
www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/new-...
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New Blue Action Fund Project Launches to Secure a "Sustho Sagor" (Healthy Ocean) for Bangladesh
$5.5 Million partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship
https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/new-blue-action-fund-project-launches-secure-sustho-sagor-healthy-ocean-bangladesh
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Mongabay
2 months ago
Mongabay’s ocean reporting has already led to real-world impacts. The Oceans Desk marks a milestone in Mongabay’s growth over more than two decades and strengthens the organization’s ability to inform, inspire and sustain effective action on marine conservation worldwide.
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Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems
With increasing pressures from overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change, the health of the world’s oceans is imperiled. In response, Mongabay has launched a dedicated Oceans…
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/mongabay-launches-dedicated-oceans-desk-to-expand-global-reporting-on-marine-ecosystems/
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MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration. Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism
implemented by
@wcs.org
, funded by
@blueactionfund.org
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2 months ago
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JPI Oceans has launched a Joint Call on
#BlueCarbon
to build understanding of its role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity protection. The call provides €5.3 million in funding and remains open for proposals until 2 March 2026.
www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-cal...
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Joint Call on Blue Carbon Ecosystems
https://www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-call-blue-carbon-ecosystems
2 months ago
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Blue Action Fund
2 months ago
Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹...
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New Management Effectiveness for MPAs Mentored Online Course, designed for managers and staff who are moving beyond area designation. The mentored course is free and open to all, and will be held from November 10 – December 12, 2025.
reefresilience.org/management-e...
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Management Effectiveness for Marine Protected Areas | Reef Resilience Network
https://reefresilience.org/management-effectiveness-for-marine-protected-areas-online-course/
2 months ago
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Protected Planet
2 months ago
🌍
#ProtectedPlanet
November 2025 Update:
#WDPCA
: is 310,367, including 303,773
#ProtectedAreas
, covering 244 countries & territories and 6,594
#OECMs
covering 16 countries & territories. GD-PAME: No new
#PAME
records were added. Read More: ⤵️
www.protectedplanet.net/en/monthly-r...
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟
3 months ago
Scientifically not ideal, but highly efficient way to enhance our understanding of longer-term impact. Funders incl.
@blueactionfund.org
need to get better at responsible exits, so 👇 survey is 🔑 to help inform future grant programme...
ogy.de/78wc
@oceanweigand.bsky.social
@oceanthayne.bsky.social
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Thanks to
@rare.org
&
@conservationorg.bsky.social
for organising interesting webinar on enabling conditions for financing conservation of blue carbon ecosystems. Some good insights on community-led project design - highly relevant for our future work on blue carbon at
@blueactionfund.org
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3 months ago
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Blue Action Fund
3 months ago
We ✒️ today grant with
@rare.org
for €5.2 million project to support marine conservation in Philippines 🇵🇭.
#OceanOptimism
funded by 🌊 🇩🇪
@bmz.de
🌊 🇸🇪
@swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴
@norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷
@afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪
@irishaid.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟
3 months ago
Our new project with
@wcs.org
&
@worldfish.bsky.social
and our very 1st in Bangladesh 🇧🇩...
#OceanOptimism
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
@stacyjupiter.bsky.social
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Happy to support this new project and partnership from the
@blueactionfund.org
side 🌊
#OceanOptimism
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3 months ago
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Some inspiration for our
@blueactionfund.org
projects around the world. 🧊🧊🧊
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
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Pilot solar-powered ice maker project adding value to Indonesian tuna fishery
A pilot project which installed a solar-powered ice maker in a remote coastal community in Indonesia has added USD 120,000 to the local value chain
https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/pilot-solar-powered-ice-maker-project-adding-value-to-indonesian-tuna-fishery
3 months ago
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Villages in Tanga, Tanzania, have received seed grants to the MKUBA revolving loan fund, empowering coastal communities, strengthening eco-compliance, improving livelihoods, and building resilience for people, nature, and the ocean. Funded by
@blueactionfund.org
.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mwamba...
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MKUBA Eco-Credit Program, Transforming Coastal Livelihoods in Tanga, Mwambao-Tanzania | Mwambao Coastal Community Network Tanzania
Four villages in Tanga, Tanzania, have received a total of TZS 47 million through seed grants to the MKUBA revolving loan fund, empowering coastal communities, strengthening eco-compliance, improving ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mwambao-coastal-community-network-tanzania_mkuba-eco-credit-program-transforming-coastal-ugcPost-7386341046382759937-ZnPy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACd5FYoB9Wcd8HusXMTJ9nsgQKio17GQ7Io
3 months ago
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JOB ALERT in our office!
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3 months ago
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟
3 months ago
... we are in process of scoping Blue Carbon work in Asia for potential
@blueactionfund.org
investments. More on mangroves🌱, but who knows.
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
Happy to add 🐟
@worldfish.bsky.social
🎣 to our list of grantees...
#OceanOptimism
go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx
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Sharing some good news from our work at
@blueactionfund.org
. We just signed a €4.8 million project to strengthen
#MPAs
in Bangladesh. We have been developing this project over the past months, and it feels rewarding to now see it become reality.
#OceanOptimism
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4 months ago
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Mónica Medina
4 months ago
The situation is dire for coral reefs worldwide. We need to stop Carbon emissions NOW! 🧪🪸🌎🌐🌊
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
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Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/climate/corals-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m08.nQYs.PGYpi7yGPnOy&smid=bs-share
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Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
Wow. Congratulations
@emilysdarling.bsky.social
🥳🎉. We are happy to support your &
@wcs.org
🪸 work in numerous places, such as 🇹🇿, 🇲🇲, 🇸🇧, 🇫🇯...
#OceanOptimism
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Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
Co-hosting today's Myanmar 🇲🇲 Donor Round Table with
@wcs.org
,
@faunaflora.bsky.social
& Myanmar Biodiversity Fund (MBF) to exchange on opportunities for on the ground marine conservation, even in challenging times. 🌊info re our investment ➡️
ogy.de/s7vh
🌊grant manager
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
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<3 mycorrhizal networks
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4 months ago
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Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
Upcoming special session at
@wiomsa.bsky.social
symposium on lessons learned from our €50m EbA-funding window co-funded by
@greenclimate.fund
➡️
ogy.de/7zrf
Presentations from
@wcs.org
@wildtrust.co.za
@faunaflora.bsky.social
@wwf-ocean.bsky.social
@blueventures.bsky.social
@unepwcmc.bsky.social
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Exeter Marine
4 months ago
NEW RESEARCH Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here -
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social
@kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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Bri Thompson
4 months ago
Common Teen (juv) Oh My Gee that feathering
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Interesting...#BlueCarbon 'Funders aren’t looking to offset their own emissions and are instead taking what’s called a “non-market approach” to protecting forests under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.' Article by
@shokes.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/libe...
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Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia. They’re home to species like western chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, valuable stands of hardwood — and hund...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/liberia-has-a-new-plan-to-protect-its-rainforests-can-it-work/
4 months ago
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
4 months ago
Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature. All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
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Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds
Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas
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Professor Jodie Rummer
4 months ago
50 years of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act… what were the initial drivers? What does it mean now in a time of 30 by 30?
theconversation.com/half-a-centu...
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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.
https://theconversation.com/half-a-century-ago-the-great-barrier-reef-was-to-be-drilled-for-oil-it-was-saved-for-a-time-262710?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
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