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Obama Expands Marine Preserve in Pacific, Making It Worlds Largest

2014-09-26 04:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: President Obama on Thursday signed a proclamation expanding a protected marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean, putting a total of 370,000 square nautical miles off limits to commercial fishing. The designation makes the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument six times larger than it was and will protect the coral reefs and unique marine ecosystems threatened by fishing and the effects of climate change. Mr. Obamas action creates the largest marine reserve in the world and builds on his efforts...

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