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The Ocean should be treated as a living entity with inherent rights, and Ocean-centered governance introduced to resolve crises and foster a more harmonious co-existence with humanity, advocate researchers at the Earth Law Center and elsewhere

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The Ocean should be treated as a living entity with inherent rights, and Ocean-centered governance introduced to resolve crises and foster a more harmonious co-existence with humanity, advocate researchers at the Earth Law Center and elsewhere

image: Interconnected relationships between Ocean-centered governance principles of justice, data sovereignty, rights, protection, and relationality rippling out from the key understanding that the Ocean is living. Transformation in Ocean governance requires action across all 5 principles. Created by Rachel Bustamante via Canva.com. view more 

Credit: Bender M, Bustamante R, Leonard K, 2022, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Biology:   http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001828 

Article Title: Living in relationship with the Ocean to transform governance in the UN Ocean Decade

Author Countries: Canada, United States

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS Biology

DOI

10.1371/journal.pbio.3001828

Method of Research

Commentary/editorial

Subject of Research

Not applicable

COI Statement

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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