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An ocean of waste and opportunity: Rethinking marine pollution at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference

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On 8 June, the UN World Oceans Day invites us to “marvel at a realm that sustains half the planet’s oxygen, cradles most biodiversity and feeds over a billion people”. Yet by 2025, as countries convene for the third time at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France, the seas remain choked with […]

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The Flipflopi Project: Mitigating Plastic Pollution through Heritage Boat Building

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The Flipflopi project has teamed up with key partners to tackle marine ecosystem health and sustainability challenges by combining indigenous knowledge with modern innovation by constructing traditional sailing and motorised vessels, as well as traditional furniture from plastic waste. The project is called Mitigating Plastic Pollution through Heritage Boat Building.

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