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As blue economy gathers pace, communities must benefit from ocean boom, activists say
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Activists at the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa warned that coastal communities risk being excluded as governments increasingly look to oceans for economic growth and climate solutions. Campaigners urged that fishing communities and indigenous groups have a say in blue economy projects, cautioning that without proper safeguards, ocean-based industries could replicate the inequalities seen in land-based development.