This page, clockwise from above: the
danger to marine life posed by “ghost
gear;” Local Hero Award winner Norlan
Pagal; a mass of ghost gear collected in
the Maldives; a diver explores Rapa Nui;
Absar Khan; Juan Carlos Cárdenas.
Opposite page, top: abalone, which
has been seeded in the Anapog Fish
Sanctuary in the Philippines. Bottom:
beach cleaning on Easter Island
discovers all kinds of glass and plastic
PHOTOGRAPHY: ALAMY