Takoko grounded ocean governance in the Rights of Nature and the personhood of marine species, introducing the One Moana Standard as a high-integrity model for Indigenous-led nature markets. She distinguished Blue Natural Capital from narrow Blue Carbon — which 'values out' island nations — and called for holistic Mauri (life-force) metrics and a redirection of climate finance to Indigenous-led projects.

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