{"id":18034,"date":"2019-12-20T14:44:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldoceannetwork.org\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T09:12:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldoceannetwork.org\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][mk_edge_slider first_el=&#8221;true&#8221; swiper_bg=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;true&#8221; full_height=&#8221;false&#8221; height=&#8221;400&#8243; animation_speed=&#8221;0&#8243; slideshow_speed=&#8221;0&#8243; direction_nav=&#8221;none&#8221; pagination=&#8221;none&#8221; skip_arrow=&#8221;false&#8221; el_class=&#8221;`{`wpseo_breadcrumb`}`&#8221; slides=&#8221;18252&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldoceannetwork.org\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=&#8221;#1e73be&#8221; size=&#8221;24&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;10&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #1d5786;\">Who we are<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;false&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;12&#8243;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #1d5786;\">The World Ocean Network sprang from the International Year of the Oceanin 1998 and the interest in the Oceans it gave rise to. 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