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Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:17 AM Jun 2014

Expansion of US marine protected zone could double world reserves

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27890072


The protected area around Palmyra atoll will be significantly extended

The US plans to create the world's biggest marine protected area (MPA) in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The White House will extend an existing protected area, known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

Fishing and drilling would be banned from an area that could eventually cover two million sq km.

The extended zone would double the world's fully protected marine reserves.
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