"i've always looked at the sea as a laboratory for the making of a new world order." – elisabeth mann-borgese.

mrs mann-borgese founded the international ocean institute. she became famous as the "ambassador of the sea" and "mother of the oceans" and considered the sea as a mirror of the human soul – and therefor as the future of mankind.

elisabeth mann-borgese died in februrary at the age of 83. a short biography is available at the opec fund website: in memoriam elisabeth mann-borgese.

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