Pacific isles get wildlife drive (BBC) {endangered species/biodiversity}

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Pacific isles get wildlife drive (BBC) {endangered species/biodiversity}

By Tim Hirsch
BBC News Environment Correspondent in Curitiba, Brazil

A major initiative has been launched to conserve the fragile wildlife of the islands of the Pacific.

It includes a commitment to protect nearly a third of coastal waters and a fifth of the land area of Micronesia.
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In a separate move, one of the world's largest marine parks will be created in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to protect an extraordinary untouched coral ecosystem.
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Some 16% of the world's known plant species have evolved on islands and their coastal waters contain half of the planet's variety of marine life.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4855174.stm

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