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Opinion: Celebrating our newest human right, by Maria Honig, Umair Shahid, and Sadaf Sutaria

Congratulations. You are the bearer of a newly recognized human right. In October this year, the Human Rights Council recognized that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.

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Ocean Witness Ernestine Perline, Madagascar

“Many people in the community now realize that good fishing practices are the future of our village.”

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Ocean Witness Samson Obiene, Madagascar

“I see it as my duty to protect our ocean so future generations will not suffer because of us.”

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Sustainable blue economy

Ocean Witness Fatuma Macho, Tanzania

“We are agents for local development.”

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Sustainable blue economy

Portraits of Change | David Shoshola

Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture are key to food security, livelihoods and a sustainable oceans future.

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