Thursday, November 1, 2012

No deal on Antarctic reserves

BBC: Governments meeting in Australia have failed to reach agreement on new marine protected areas for the Antarctic ocean. They have deferred a decision until July 2013 when all the relevant science will be considered. Environmental groups have expressed deep concern about the lack of consensus on how to develop a network of protected zones. They blame Russia, China and Ukraine for blocking agreement. For the past two weeks the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources...

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20168508#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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