World's Largest Marine Protected Area Declared In Antarctica
After yesterday ’s uncheerful news that we will possibly losetwo - one-third of the world ’s wildlife by 2020 , we ’re chalk this up as a big winnings for preservation . The Ross Sea in Antarctica is to become the world ’s largest leatherneck protected field ( MPA ) , theCommission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources(CCAMLR ) has declare . This means that around 1.57 million hearty kilometre ( 600,000 satisfying miles ) of the Southern Ocean will be protect from commercial-grade sportfishing and drill for the next 35 eld , once the MPA amount into force in December 2017 ....