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Palau ... the Pacific island nation will host a global meeting on ocean protection this year.CREDIT:ALAMY
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Humanity is waking up to the crisis happening in our oceans. Warming and rising seas, acidification, plummeting fish stocks, and pollution are finding more space in newspapers and on political agendas. For small island states such as Palau, however, no such awakening was needed. We are acutely aware of alarming environmental changes that threaten our very existence.

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