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Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2017-06-07

Whales, dolphins, sea turtles and fish living off the coast of Gabon now enjoy similar protections to those designed to safeguard the Central African nation’s gorillas, elephants and other land-dwelling megafauna.On June 5 at the UN Ocean Conference in New York City, the country’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, said that Gabon is creating a set of 20 new protected areas in its territorial waters.

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