Western Indian Ocean

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Sea changes: A woman collects food from the sea, an important activity for people living along the coast from South Africa
to Somalia. (Garth Cripps)

Widespread starvation in Western Indian Ocean areas by 2035

Sixty million people in this region directly depend on the sea for food and livelihoods

Heather Dugmore

HEATHER DUGMORE

Big thinking, big science

Millions depend on the Western Indian Ocean, but it is warming fast

Heather Dugmore