Argentina Making Strides in Protection of Ocean Areas

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Mar de Las Pampas, Buenos Aires. Photo source: ©© Irargerich

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Argentina is creating protected marine areas at a rate of knots. In the last 10 years, the preservation of saltwater areas has expanded, and for the first time an Atlantic ocean zone is being added to the list.

The goal is that “by 2020, at least 10 percent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas…

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