The marine environment
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Our seas offer millions of people a chance to enjoy the natural environment; provide healthy, secure food supplies and other resources; and support employment in coastal communities. Healthy, productive, sustainable marine ecosystems contain rich and varied wildlife, plants and geological features. They provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including helping to mitigate the effects of climate change.
We subject our seas to competing demands, as well as pollution and other damage. They he...
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