Video: How can we save our ocean ecosystems?

May 1, 2015

Alex Rogers

Professor of Conservation Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

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Blue growth is on the rise, and the negative impacts on the ocean and biodiversity can be seen everywhere. We need to balance growth and sustainability, says Alex D. Rogers, Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Author: Alex D. Rogers is a Professor of Conservation Biology at Oxford University.

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