Chile Creates Marine Reserve Around Sala y G�mez

In a monumental victory for the oceans last week, Chilean President Sebasti�n Pi�era announced the creation of a no-take marine reserve of 150,000 square kilometers around Chile�s Sala y G�mez island. Sala y G�mez is an uninhabited and scarcely explored island that may be one of the last relatively pristine places remaining in the ocean. The new park expands Chile�s total marine protected area more than 100 times, from 0.03% to 4.41%. Currently less than 2% of the global ocean is protected, although the Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity � including Chile � agreed to protect 10% of their exclus... Read the full story on Planet Green

Source: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/blue-august/chile-creates-marine-reserve-around-sala-y-gomez.html

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