World's biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica in global campaign
by Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#3D62X)
Vast 1.8m sq km fishing-free zone would protect species, such as penguins, leopard seals and whales, and help mitigate the effects of climate change
A global campaign is being launched to turn a huge tract of the seas around the Antarctic into the world's biggest sanctuary, protecting wildlife and helping the fight against climate change.
The huge 1.8m sq km reserve - five times the size of Germany - would ban all fishing in a vast area of the Weddell Sea and around the Antarctic Peninsula, safeguarding species including penguins, killer whales, leopard seals and blue whales.