Losing Ground

Issue 50

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Encircled by the sea:

Over the past few decades, accelerating global climate change has pushed Indonesia toward an escalating ecological crisis in the form of rising sea levels. Several areas along the north coast of Java have begun to sink, gradually erasing not only land but the memories of the people who have lived there for generations. Photojournalist Garry Lotulung explores a crisis unfolding in real time.

The world beneath us:

Beneath the jungle floor of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula lies one of Earth’s most extraordinary ecosystems – a vast, ancient network of flooded caves that has sustained life, shaped civilisations, and filtered every drop of water the peninsula depends on. Guillermo D Christy has spent 20 years trying to protect it. He is not sure how much time is left.

The Day of the Phasmids:

The day the rats arrived was the day Lord Howe Island began its slow decline from a place of great biodiversity to one blighted by an invasive species. When scientists of the time introduced Tasmanian masked owls to eat the rats, things went from bad to worse. More than a century later, Lord Howe Island is once again a place of abundance. And, as Cameron Wilson explores, Lord Howe Island will see its day of the phasmids once again.

The billion-dollar fish:

A new study values the Maldives’ reef manta ray population at US$8.6 billion in lifetime tourism revenue, making the economic case for protecting species whose worth extends far beyond what any price tag can capture. Jasmine Corbett explores the true value of a manta ray.

A whale’s trust:

The grey whales of Baja California survived industrial whaling, recovered from the brink of collapse and became one of conservation’s greatest success stories. Today, they offer visitors something extraordinary: a chance to look into the eye of a wild whale and be reminded of what protection can achieve.

Columns & BTL:

Sustainable fisheries expert and Angling Trust marine policy lead Hannah Rudd explores the intersection between science and community by highlighting the vital role that people play in ocean stewardship.
Brianna Fruean is a Samoan environmental advocate, a member of the Council of Elders for Pacific Climate Warriors and a pivotal youth voice in climate diplomacy. Here, she writes about Indigenous communities’ innate connection to the ocean, and the central place their wisdom must hold in the fight to protect it.
Max Bello is an international ocean policy expert with almost three decades of experience working with some of the most revered NGOs across the globe, including The Minderoo Foundation. Most recently he has joined the Blue Marine Foundation as their expert ‘government whisperer
Each issue we chat with one of the world’s leading ocean photographers and showcase a selection of their work in our Behind the Lens feature. In this edition, we speak to prolific underwater photographer, diver and videographer Alexander Dawson.

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