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Largest Marine Reserve Established

Posted by: Nate Berg

15 February 2008 - 9:00am

The world's largest marine protected area has just been established around the tiny Pacific island of Kiribati.

"The Phoenix Islands Protected Area, covering 410,500 square kilometers, is one of the planet's last intact coral archipelagos and is threatened by over-fishing and climate change, the groups say."

"It lies near the equator about half way between Fiji and Hawaii."

Full Story: Kiribati creates world's largest marine reserve
Source: Reuters, February 14, 2008
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