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World's largest marine reserve created in Antarctica

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Sky News

Publication Date
2017-12-01

The largest marine reserve in the world has come into effect in Antarctica, marking a "watershed" moment in conservation of the high seas. The newly protected area in the Ross Sea covers 1.55 million square kilometres (600,000 square miles) of what is among the last remaining stretches of ocean to be unharmed by human activity.

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https://news.sky.com/story/worlds-largest-marine-reserve-created-in-antarctica-11150978