One Year on from Blue Planet II - how is conservation and sustainable development of the ocean viewed?

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Klaas de Vos of the World Ocean Initiative reflects on how a year on the green business trends David Attenborough triggered are gaining momentum

In December 2017 the last episode of the BBC nature documentary Blue Planet II aired in UK households. Early in 2018, it aired in other parts of the world. Much like its predecessor, The Blue Planet, it...

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