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 FMBA Head of Oceans and Natural Resources at Commonwealth Secretariat Dr Nicholas Hardman-Mountford on December 01 said that India's been a great oceanographic nation for a number of years ever since the end of the international Indian Ocean expedition. 
"The ocean side, India's been a great oceanographic nation for a number of years ever since the end of the international Indian Ocean expedition, in the sixties, which founded the lab in Goa, and I've worked with many great Indian scientists over the years and what India is doing now in terms of, ocean discovery, developing a sustainable blue economy, all really critical bringing the ocean in as a solution to climate change. So really encourage India to keep doing that. We really value the support we get from India working with a lot of, our smaller countries, particularly smaller and developing states. The work they're helping us do in Barbados and Bahamas, for example, And there's a real opportunity to now move this forward with India as a partner in the Commonwealth Blue charter, which is the commonwealth commitment by all commonwealth countries to work together for a sustainable ocean" said Dr Nicholas.