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Hear Naomi Longa on BBC World Service’s Science in Action

2024 Whitley Award winner, Naomi, joins Roland Pease on BBC's Science in Action

“The Amazon of the Sea spans the Philippines to Fiji and includes Papua New Guinea. It’s home to the highest biodiversity of marine life anywhere in the world.”

Listen again to 2024 Whitley Award winner Naomi Longa, who leads an all-female team of Indigenous divers and snorkellers using AI to protect coral reefs in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. She spoke to Roland Pease of BBC World Service’s Science in Action about the work of Sea Women of Melanesia Inc.