BACKGROUND The Director of the Global Marine and Polar Programme is responsible for the development and implementation of IUCN’s programme of work on over 70% of the Earth’s surface, including coastal and inshore waters, marine exclusive economic zones (EEZ), high seas and polar regions. Its work focuses on addressing the threats to conservation and societal well-being in the marine and polar domain, including climate change, marine plastic pollution, deep sea mining, ocean acidification, finding and promoting feasible solutions and, in close collaboration with the IUCN commissions, generating cutting edge knowledge. Ocean conservation and sustainable management is regarded as a major growth priority for IUCN as reflected in the Hawai’i Commitments. Based in IUCN’s head office in

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