US EditionGreece Sets Up Two Marine Parks and Commits to Nationwide Bottom Trawling Ban
GREECE, JUL 21 – Greece aims to protect 30% of its territorial waters by 2030 with two marine parks spanning 27,500 square kilometers, amid tensions with Turkey over maritime boundaries.
- Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed on Monday that Greece will establish the largest marine protected areas in the Mediterranean, in the Ionian and Aegean seas, to promote conservation and meet 2030 targets.
- Public consultation will run until September 22, Mitsotakis said the parks help meet the 30% protection target by 2030.
- Bottom trawling will be banned across all protected areas by 2030, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, describing Greece’s environmental efforts and the ban detail.
- The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Greece’s marine parks would have 'no legal impact' on disputes, and Ankara added it remains ready to cooperate with Athens.
- Once consultation closes in September, the Council of State will review proposed decrees, and the Environment Ministry will submit them by the end of October.
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Athens strengthens the protection of its territorial waters and promises to ban bottom trawling by 2030 Greece will create two new marine protected areas, announced the government on Monday
Greece reveals boundaries of two marine parks in Ionian and Aegean seas
Greece revealed on Monday the boundaries of two planned marine parks in the Ionian and Aegean seas, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis saying they will be the largest in the Mediterranean region.
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Greece to create new marine reserves to protect underwater wildlife
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday said that his government was creating two new protected marine areas, fulfilling a promise he made at a United Nations conference on the oceans in June.
These new areas will enable the country to meet the target of protecting 30% of its territorial waters by 2030, and the practice of bottom trawling will be prohibited.
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