Ocean Conservation in the Troubled World

Another dictator has initiated yet another episode of ethnic cleansing. Yesterday marked the commencement of another war. Regrettably, this is not the first nor the last conflict on our planet, and evil seems to prevail again. How should we respond? At the very least, let’s not pretend that everything is normal and that we can carry on with our daily lives as if such events don’t concern us. We mustn’t deceive ourselves. At the very least, we should call the things by their rightful names.

Preserving our oceans is intimately connected to issues of social justice and security, and depends on ethics and englightning power of education. It’s not just a mistake; it’s dangerous to ignore these issues while saying conservationists should narrow their activities and only focus on nature and science. This approach proved to be wrong so many times. That’s why I’m writing about the events in land-locked Karabakh in my blog, which is dedicated to systematic conservation of the oceans.

Providence Bay, Chukotka, 2011 © Boris Solovyev

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