Later this month, thousands of people will gather on the Indonesian island of Bali to discuss the future of the world’s oceans and try to figure out ways to reverse their decline.

Our Ocean, Our Legacy is this theme of this year’s Our Ocean Conference, a theme which “reflects our choices and actions to maintain the sustainability of our oceans' resources and to preserve our ocean's health, as a heritage presented for our children and grandchildren.”

Participants are encouraged to make commitments to protect the world’s oceans. Past conferences have raised “around 18 billion dollars (USD) and 12.4 million square kilometres of marine protected areas," according to the conference website.

GRID-Arendal’s Maria Potouroglou will be there as one of the participants in the conference’s Youth Leadership Summit. Maria has been selected based on her commitment “Not even 1 league under the sea: Raising awareness about seagrasses.”

Björn Alfthan and Hanna Gjerdi

John Crump

by John Crump