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Explained: Why saving the Oceans is as vital as protecting rain forests

Ocean conservation is a social justice issue, says Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Explained: Why saving the Oceans is as vital as protecting rain forests
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Alex Williams | NYT
Saving the oceans is key to fighting the climate crisis, according to Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, American marine biologist and activist, who is a rising figure in the climate movement.

Johnson, 39, is the founder of Ocean Collectiv, a conservation consultancy, and of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank. Protecting the ocean is crucial for people at all economic levels, she said, not just elites who look down their noses at plastic straws.

You have talked a lot about how the oceans are crucial in the fight against climate change. How so? 

When people talk about the destruction of the Amazon, and how forests