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Bringing about a sea change

Protecting the threatened oceans of a warming planet is the daily work of Bronwen Golder, and living on the edge of the planet’s biggest ocean drives this internationalist’s passion.

Based in Madrid, Golder is a fellow with the Stanford University Center for Ocean Solutions, leading its global illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries initiative with the international collaboration Friends of Ocean Action.

That work involves hastening both the proper regulation of ocean harvesting and the end of destructive fishing practices to restore sustainable fish stocks.

Towards that goal, she works with a range of international organisations and experts, including the World Economic Forum, World Resources Institute, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, Global Fishing

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