SYDNEY, Australia — The Marshall Islands declared on Tuesday its first national marine sanctuary, which protects a 'pristine' expanse of the Pacific Ocean that is home to deep-sea sharks and green turtles.
SYDNEY, Australia — The Marshall Islands declared on Tuesday its first national marine sanctuary, which protects a 'pristine' expanse of the Pacific Ocean that is home to deep-sea sharks and green turtles.Like many Pacific islands, the low-lying Marshall Islands are highly vulnerable to climate change and rising seas, which has placed 'extreme pressure' on its biodiversity, the World Bank warned in 2021.
This undated handout photo received on Jan. 28, 2025, shows Fore reef of the Bokak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The only way to continue benefiting from the ocean's treasures is to protect it,' Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine said in a statement. 'I am proud of our country's first marine sanctuary, which certainly won't be its last.'The sanctuary lies to the east of Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll, which the United States bombarded with experimental nuclear bombs throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
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