World's biggest wildlife reserve...

Photo: The Guardian

2.9 million sq. kms. of southern seas

will create vast Antarctic preserve

A huge reserve of Antarctic seas, twice the size of France, Spain and Germany combined, is to be established in the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea areas of the southern continent.   At the outset, the protection arrangements are to last for 35 years.   The deal has been agreed upon by 24 countries and the European Union and will increase protection of penguins, whales, Leopard Seals and other species, as well as understanding and mitigating climate change.  No-fishing zones and research preserves are to be established and Greenpeace has joined the effort.   Scientists estimate that the Southern Ocean produces about 3-quarters  of all nutrients that sustain the rest of the world's oceans.
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