Ross Sea: Should NZ seek protection for the last ocean?
Kent posted in Antarctica • biodiversity • biosecurity • marine protected areas • Ross Sea • Steven Chown on September 9th, 2011.
South African ecologist Professor Steven L Chown wants to see New Zealand seek special marine protection status for the whole of the Ross Sea. NZ research voyages in 2001, 2004 and 2008 gathered data for a scientific case for special United Nations protection for the marine ‘oasis’ around the Balleny Islands, a biodiversity hotspot seen [...]
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