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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is crucial to protect marine species
The government of the United States has been praised by The Pew Charitable Trusts for its decision to co-lead in matters concerning Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), special climate envoy John Kerry announced during a virtual ministerial meeting hosted by the European Union.
Kerry conveyed to his audience that the United States were joining the EU, the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway, and Uruguay in pushing for the designation of the East Antarctic and the Weddell Sea as MPAs which would protect more than 3 million square kilometres of the Southern Ocean.
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WASHINGTON, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Pew Charitable Trusts today praised the U.S. government for joining efforts to secure marine protected areas (MPAs) in Antarctica s Southern Ocean.
Special presidential climate envoy John Kerry announced today during a virtual ministerial meeting hosted by the European Union that the U.S. would join the EU, the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway, and Uruguay in pushing for the designation of the East Antarctic and Weddell Sea MPAs which would protect more than 3 million square kilometers of the Southern Ocean.
Credit: Laurent Ballesta Andromède Oceanology.
These two MPA designations by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) would also move the world nearly 1% closer to achieving the goal of protecting 30% of the global ocean, called for in 2016 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
U.S. Decision to Support Southern Ocean Marine Protection
WASHINGTON The Pew Charitable Trusts today praised the U.S. government for joining efforts to secure marine protected areas (MPAs) in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean.
Special presidential climate envoy John Kerry announced today during a virtual ministerial meeting hosted by the European Union that the U.S. would join the EU, the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway, and Uruguay in pushing for the designation of the East Antarctic and Weddell Sea MPAs which would protect more than 3 million square kilometers of the Southern Ocean.
These two MPA designations by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) would also move the world nearly 1% closer to achieving the goal of protecting 30% of the global ocean, called for in 2016 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Pew Applauds US Decision to Co-Lead on Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas pewtrusts.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pewtrusts.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.