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Protecting Africa’s oceans to secure our futures

By Jessica Donovan-Allen

March 20, 2019

Jessica Donovan-Allen, senior director of Conservation International Liberia, discusses why ocean conservation is vital in western Africa.

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My ‘aha!’ moment: In Madagascar, a fisheries discussion without the fishers

By Kame Westerman

March 7, 2017

How working with octopus fishers in Madagascar led Kame Westerman to make a surprising discovery about women and conservation.