Global call for action warns governments are off track to meet ocean conservation targets

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International alliance urges governments to ramp up efforts to deliver on target to protect at least 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030

More than 140 organisations and scientists from around the world have joined forces to raise the alarm over the failure of governments to put the world on track to meet the global target to protect and...

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