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Amid Hormuz instability, attention shifts to Pakistan’s Gwadar port
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The organisation launches with startup funding from private island resorts in Indonesia's Riau archipelago. It aims to raise awareness of the benefits of a protected marine park in an area impacted by industrial activity.
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