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World’s largest marine protected area created in Antarctica

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2016-10-31

The new marine protected area, expected to come into force in December 2017, will set out to protect some 1.55 million square kilometers (~600,000 square miles) of the Ross Sea around Antarctica — an area more than the size of France, Germany and Spain combined.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2016/10/worlds-largest-marine-protected-area-created-in-antarctica/