‘Reimaanlok’ puts Indigenous voices at the heart of ocean conservation

‘Reimaanlok’ puts Indigenous voices at the heart of ocean conservation

The Republic of the Marshall Islands was once used by the United States as a convenient place to explode nuclear bombs, with little regard for local interests. But these days, the expectations of the islands’ Indigenous residents is the standard by which conservation success is measured. The site of US bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the mid-20th century, the Marshall Islands covers only 181 square kilometres of land. However, it also oversees an …