Helen CzerskiNov 18, 2022
It's nice that DEFRA have done a survey on ocean literacy (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/protecting-the-marine-environment-is-vital-say-public) but their definition is extraordinarily narrow. It's NOT ABOUT US. The ocean was there first, doing all sorts of things that build & maintain the planet we know. This self-centred approach is the wrong way to look at this. We are part of this planet, not the reason it exists. #Ocean #OceanLiteracy #Perspective
Protecting the marine environment is vital say public

Plastic pollution and marine litter seen as the biggest threat, and marine environment considered as precious resource that should be protected

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Show threadGéraldine Fauville
@helenczerski I agree with you. However, DEFRA is using the definition of #OceanLiteracy that was created more than 20 years ago. The OL research community is so small that we have not yet had scholars challenging this definition and expanding it. I have been waiting for that for 10 years!
Dec 1, 2022 at 12:03pmWeb