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The country’s biggest corporate mangrove projects are yet to generate carbon credits. But they could lay the foundation for a blue carbon market, experts say.

Small island states are optimistic about the ocean but tired of richer nations’ hypocrisy over climate change, Angelique Pouponneau tells Dialogue Earth.

Chile, China and Belgium are competing to host the headquarters of a landmark global ocean treaty. But why do they care so much?

The view of Pulau Poto from Cempedak, with PT BAI's aluminium processing complex over the horizon. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business

Exclusive 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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Despite the obvious importance of ocean processes and systems to planetary health and the global economy, humanity is not investing nearly enough in ocean sustainability. To ensure that we do, public- and private-sector leaders will need to collaborate on widening the appeal of critical projects. By Claudio de Sanctis

Thanks to a surge of innovation in circular economy technologies, ocean preservation is becoming an engine of industrial renewal and geopolitical resilience. But to unlock its full potential, those working in the blue economy need to change the narrative. By Bertrand Piccard

Against a backdrop of global uncertainty and questions about whether multilateral processes can still deliver, the countries represented at the latest UN Ocean Conference were largely united on the need for a more ambitious response to the challenges facing our ocean. Here is what needs to happen now. By John F Kerry

Pursuing a sustainable blue economy requires striking a delicate balance between using the ocean’s resources and respecting its natural limits, especially amid the escalating climate crisis. By Ulrike Decoene

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Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.

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A beach in Balikpapan, Indonesia's "oil city", is covered in plastic trash.

Speaking from the INC-5.2 talks in Geneva, the Singapore Youth for Climate Action president argues that having no treaty is better than a watered-down pact with no limits on plastic production. But there is no explicit Asean-wide support for such caps now, she observes.

EB Studio Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.

Exclusive Oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle speaks to Eco-Business in this exclusive podcast about the irreversible damage deep sea mining will cause, the link between the oceans and our global climate, and the role that we can all play in 'being at peace' with nature.

EB Studio Eco-Business talks to 'Aulani Wilhelm of Conservation International about why a plan to protect the ocean is critical, and why it might just work.

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