U.S. plans to create largest marine protected area


BBC: The extended zone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean would double the world’s fully protected marine reserves.

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BBC: The extended zone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean would double the world’s fully protected marine reserves.

The White House will extend an existing protected area, known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

Fishing and drilling would be banned from an area that could eventually cover two million sq km.

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