The latest United Nations Ocean Conference, UNOC3 just ended in Nice. Among the 15,000 delegates - and 100,000 visitors - I share with you 30 Ocean voices. Young activists, artists, scientists, campaigners: they are all Ocean lovers and defenders. I am Louise Romain, sound artist, documentarist, anthropologist, and the podcast producer of Circle of Voices, for this episode I created a patchwork of voice notes receive via Signal, Telegram and Whatsapp.

This is a three part series. In Part 1, these 10 Ocean voices address deep sea mining, the high-seas treaty or BBNJ, plastic pollution, mangrove and coral reef restoration, the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus, youth leadership and fair inclusion, rights of nature and specifically Antarctic, acoustics, machine learning and AI, community rights and ocean justice, the blue economy, direct funding and debt restructuring, and more...!

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This episode features:

*Mark Haver - North America Representation for Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA), USA

*Bruna Martins - Cuíra Collective, Coalition of guardians of Amazonian mangroves, Brasil

*Isla Keesje Davidson - WOPAM, World Ocean Passive Acoustic Monitoring, Cornell University, USA

*Roberta Bosu -  Global Campaign Lead for Antarctic Rights, Italy/Netherlands

*Ines Costa - Love the Oceans operating in Mozambique, Spain

*Kevin Lunzalu - Marine Project Officer East African Wildlife Society, Kenya

*Marie Claire Graf -  Co-founder of the Youth Negotiators Academy &  counselor at the World Future Council, Switzerland

*Pooja Tilvawala - Founder and Exec. Director of the Youth Climate Collaborative, India

*Ismaela Magliotto - Co-founder and Manager-Director of NGO Uno Punto Cinco, Chile

*Christian Jake Tabara - SOA Fellow and Youth Campaign Officer for Alyansa Tigil Mina, Philippines

//Credits// Music by Shame Mckenna 'Surfacing' via Uppbeat. Sounds: Whales in the Rain by listeningtowhales -- https://freesound.org/s/322539/; Dolphin in Caribbean Sea (Mexico) by felix.blume -- https://freesound.org/s/161691/; and various phone ring tones by sapatac, genviou, and Aldergrove Studios.

Circle of Voices is a podcast produced by Louise Romain. Find out more about her work: https://tuneintotheworld.com/

30 Voices from the UN Ocean Conference 2025 - Part 1: Youth Ocean Voices at UNOC3

I'm an anthropologist, an imagination activist, a campaigner for multispecies justice and Indigenous rights, a podcast producer and a spoken word artist.

I create immersive sound journeys that bring together authentic stories from the frontlines of climate action, sounds from nature and atmospheric recordings. My show 'Circle of Voices' gathers stories of resilience and resistance in times of collapse and crisis, through human and more-than-human voices. It is an invitation to dream deeper into possible and desirable futures, while engaging with themes of socio-political and environmental justice.

For more info, visit: http://tuneintotheworld.com/

30 Voices from the UN Ocean Conference 2025 - Part 1: Youth Ocean Voices at UNOC3

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