Boat trips to the Zapallar TURF-Reserve. Photo: Pablo Tomasello.

“Lived ecology”: the power of local communities to conserve the Chilean sea

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12 Jul 2026

Experts say the key to protecting Chile’s marine ecosystems lies not only in academic science, but in the “lived ecology” of coastal communities.

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