French Polynesia Unveils World's Largest Marine Protected Zone

French Polynesia Announces World's Largest Marine Protected Area at UN Ocean Conference

During the United Nations Ocean Conference this week in Nice, France, French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson announced that the country will establish a marine protected area (MPA) spanning 4.8 million square kilometers. The newly established MPA will surpass the U.S. Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean, which spans 1.5 million square kilometers and is currently the largest MPA globally. The MPA will cover all …

French Polynesia creates world’s largest marine protected area

French Polynesia has announced the creation of the world’s largest marine protected area. Speaking on the first day of the United Nations Ocean Conference in France, French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson said the MPA will cover the territory’s entire exclusive economic zone (EEZ), or 4.8 million square kilometers (roughly 1.9 million square miles). “We have been managing this EEZ wisely for centuries, using the techniques that were passe…

Rural Fishermen Entrusted to Manage Pristine Caribbean Shoreline to Safeguard Their Fish and Future

On the Caribbean coast of Honduras, artisanal fishermen are celebrating the creation of a marine protected area to be managed in collaboration with their communities The 112 square-mile zone includes coastal mangroves, pristine beaches, and tropical rainforest, and effectively quadruples the amount of ocean the fishermen have access to. Overseen by the Forest Conservation Institute […] The post Rural Fishermen Entrusted to Manage Pristine Caribb…

Value oceans, don't plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFP

French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world's largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas -- and it hopes to encourage others to lift their game.

Value oceans, don’t plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFP

French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world's largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas -- and it hopes to encourage others to lift their game. The archipelago in the far South Pacific Ocean, an overseas territory of France, is led by Moetai Brotherson, who believes oceans should be valued, not plundered. President

Africa: Pacific States, Territories Gift the World Its 'Largest Conservation Project'

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