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Taking action for marine environments

A class down at a rocky shoreline doing quadrat samples.

The United Nations states that an estimated 60% of marine ecosystems have been degraded. Akonga from around New Zealand are taking action through monitoring and restoration projects, making positive changes to their local marine environments.

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