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The world just gained a marine protected area the size of France | Conservation International
French Polynesia made a historic move to protect all of its waters https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/worlds-largest-marine-protected-area-french-polynesia — an expanse roughly the size of the European Union. Today, they went further.
The French Polynesian government announced that 520,000 square kilometers (200,000 square miles) of ocean surrounding the Austral and Marquesas Islands — two of the most biologically rich archipelagos on Earth — would receive the highest level of protection, where no mining, trawling or industrial fishing is permitted.
#inspiration
French Polynesia made a historic move to protect all of its waters https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/worlds-largest-marine-protected-area-french-polynesia — an expanse roughly the size of the European Union. Today, they went further.
The French Polynesian government announced that 520,000 square kilometers (200,000 square miles) of ocean surrounding the Austral and Marquesas Islands — two of the most biologically rich archipelagos on Earth — would receive the highest level of protection, where no mining, trawling or industrial fishing is permitted.
#inspiration
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