One of these proposals is the development of a global programme aimed at greater protection and restoration of vital ocean and coastal habitats, and of a global blue carbon market as a means of creating direct economic gain through habitat protection.

UNESCO: Blue carbon: a tool to mitigate climate change and preserve key marine and coastal ecosystems | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Wearing a blue blazer and open-neck shirt, Armstrong was direct and matter-of-fact, neither pained nor defensive.

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Direct green lasers are expected to be manufactured in a manner similar to red and blue lasers available today, facilitating lower cost and rapid scalability to commercial quantities.

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The direct results of human activities on the ocean and through climate change are causing the blue part of this blue planet to warm, rise, and lose oxygen.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Although Super Blue Stuff is sold in 365 small independent stores and through a 200-person direct-sales force, a majority of its sales come over the toll-free line McClung broadcasts on his infomercials.

FORBES: Blue Streak

Donmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke will direct The Machine, a new play about chess player Garry Kasparov's battle with the supercomputer Deep Blue, written by Matt Charman.

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That in the blue area France, and in the red area Great Britain, shall be allowed to establish such direct or indirect administration or control as they desire and as they may think fit to arrange with the Arab state or confederation of Arab states.

BBC: Map detailing the Sykes-Picot agreement