Mozambique is making great strides in efforts to safeguard ­marine life in its coastal reserves, but there’s much more to do.

The battle over Japan’s controversial whaling program is moving from the high seas to the United Nations’ highest court.

Japan’s whaling fleet has left port under heavy guard, where more clashes are expected with members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Japan’s whaling fleet is set to depart on Sunday for an annual hunt that this year for the first time will take humpback whales — a perennial favourite among whale-watchers —…