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U.S. Creates Largest Protected Area in the World, 3X Larger Than California
2014-09-25 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: NEW YORK-The Obama administration announced late Wednesday that it is creating the largest marine reserve in the world by expanding an existing monument around seven U.S.-controlled islands and atolls in the central Pacific. The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will now be nearly 490,000 square miles, nearly three times the size of California and six times larger than its previous size. Commercial fishing, dumping, and mining will be prohibited in the reserve, but recreational fishing...
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