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		<title>Pacific Islanders Sail 11,000km to Deliver Message of Ocean Protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[marine parks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To a master traditional navigator like Tua Pittman from Raratonga in the Cook Islands, a canoe is much more than just a means of transport. “The canoe is our island, the crew members are the community and the navigator is the leader,” Pittman says. He continues, explaining that the converse is also true. “An island [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>What Lies Beneath: Google Goes Below Surface to Show Sydney Marine Sites</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/11/13/what-lies-beneath-google-goes-below-surface-to-show-sydney-marine-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 06:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[marine parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seaview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney harbour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By James Woodford At lunchtime on Friday, with the click of a mouse on Google Street View, the entire world will be able to see what lies beneath the surface of 10 of Sydney’s most iconic marine locations. The Catlin Seaview Survey, a collaboration between an array of global partners including the University of Queensland, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Wealth Blinds Us to Our Natural Treasures</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/11/13/wealth-blinds-us-to-our-natural-treasures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 06:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[marine parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world parks congress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By James Woodford Earlier this year a friend of mine, Stuart Cohen, was invited as a volunteer for the International Union for Conservation of Nature to travel to Africa and then make his way, with rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority, to Mount Elgon National Park. For the armed team that accompanied Stuart, the presence [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Steps to Save the Reef</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/10/28/10-steps-to-save-the-reef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crown of thorns starfish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great barrier reef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great barrier reef marine park authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/28/10-steps-to-save-the-great-barrier-reef &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Great Barrier Reef: &#8216;a massive chemistry experiment gone wrong&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/10/10/great-barrier-reef-a-massive-chemistry-experiment-gone-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ocean acidification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists warn that pollution may be dramatically increasing the rate of ocean acidification in inshore areas, threatening coral: http://gu.com/p/42b7x]]></description>
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		<title>Searching For Life on Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/10/02/searching-for-life-on-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2014 03:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Batemans Marine Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioviversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember once being at the Tollgate Islands, offshore from Batemans Bay with Royal Botanic Gardens seaweed expert, Dr Alan Millar, as he emerged from a scuba dive holding a grab bag of specimens that he wanted to investigate. Once he had taken out his regulator and emerged from the waters of the Batemans Marine [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Prawn Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/09/26/the-great-prawn-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[prawns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seafood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the recent Australian Coral Reef Society annual conference in Brisbane I met a young scientist called Renata Ferrari. We were chatting at the end of day one when canapés were being passed around. On the first plate being offered were some prawns. Without any embarrassment Renata asked the waiter whether they were sustainably harvested [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Trash Safari: Cleaning Up the Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/09/25/609/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 05:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fighting cigarettes, on the beaches and in the dunes&#8230;This week two young surfers, Nat Woods and Daniel Smith, set off on the Trash Safari &#8211; a journey that started at Sunshine Beach in Queensland. They are the founders of the Clean Coast Collective and believe passionately that no-one should walk past litter on the coast&#8230;Over [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Sydney: Corals in the Harbour?</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/09/15/tropical-sydney-corals-in-the-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/09/15/tropical-sydney-corals-in-the-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 04:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montage image presented at the recent 88th Australian Coral Reef Society conference in Brisbane. By James Woodford Welcome to Tropical Sydney, where a Manly Ferry ride could one day be a coral reef cruise. Towards the end of her keynote address, at the 88th Australian Coral Reef Society conference in Brisbane, Dr Adriana Vergés, a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Realdirt.com.au Brought Back to Life!</title>
		<link>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/06/09/realdirt-com-au-brought-back-to-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realdirt.com.au/2014/06/09/realdirt-com-au-brought-back-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So after a long break&#8230;I am planning to start publishing some Realdirt stories again&#8230;Here is what I have been working on recently &#8211; a land-sharing website, called Youcamp.com Right now it is in the middle of a national social media competition being run by PayPal&#8230;Have look and if you like the idea, please vote at: [&#8230;]]]></description>
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