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The UK government has agreed to support the creation of the world's biggest environmental sanctuary, covering 1.8m sq km of the Weddell Sea and parts of the Antartica peninsula. Five times the size of Germany, the preserve would ban all fishing, helping to protect penguins, leopard seals, blue whales and killer whales. The preserve would help to tackle climate change by soaking up huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and aiding the long-term conservation of the Antarctic Ocean. The Commission of Antarctic Marine Living Resources will decide on the proposal at the end of October in Hobart, Tasmania.
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