UK government backs creation of Antarctic wildlife reserve
by Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#410PN)
Reserve to cover 1.8m km will protect penguins, leopard seals, orca and blue whales
The UK government has thrown its weight behind the creation of the world's biggest environmental sanctuary, covering a huge swathe of the Antarctic ocean.
The massive 1.8m sq km reserve - five times the size of Germany - would ban all fishing in a vast area of the Weddell Sea and parts of the Antarctic peninsula, safeguarding species including penguins, killer whales, leopard seals and blue whales.
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