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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T20:43:53.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
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    "Justice & Health",
    "conservation",
    "Indigenous",
    "Indigenous people",
    "Indigenous Peoples",
    "Māori People",
    "marine biology",
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  "textContent": "As governments struggle to halt biodiversity loss and protect the world’s oceans using legal systems largely built by and for nation-states, Indigenous leaders are advancing a radically different vision—one that treats whales not as resources to be managed, but as living ancestors with rights of their own. On Thursday, Indigenous leaders from across Polynesia released […]",
  "title": "How a ‘Powerful Vision’ on Whales and Oceans Could Change Worldviews"
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