Dylan McGarry contributed to the Ocean Literacy Dialogue and the UN Ocean Decade Conference, with a particular emphasis on the need to shift attention from ‘ocean literacy’ to ‘ocean fluency’. In his words: “There are many ocean fluent people, from small-scale fishers, Indigenous Peoples, surfers, swimmers and children. We don’t need to make them literate, but support their ways of knowing and being with and in the ocean”.
He was then invited to contribute to the re-framing of Challenge 10 of the UN Decade for Ocean Science on ‘Changing humanity’s relationship with the ocean’. In this blog post, Dylan reflects on the contributions he made to the Conference, the experience of contributing to the white paper on Challenge 10, and his ongoing work in this area.
By Dylan McGarry
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