Charles Sheppard, “Coral Reefs: Science and Survival” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Are We Doing It Enough?
We're not doing it enough, basically. Are we doing a better job teaching young people about environmental awareness and environmental issues than we did beforem natura? I'm not sure if the teaching comes through schools. Britain does do pretty well in a lot of these areas. We now are undergoing convulsions about protecting areas around our own coast line. It takes four barrels of oil to catch one barrel of fish in the north sea. They used to hang people for trawling. Now we subsidize it. And we could get back if we let nature do it itself. In some cases around the world, it's kind of, probably too late. But let's learn from
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