John Kerry calls for expansion of world's marine reserves
Source: The Guardian
John Kerry calls for expansion of world's marine reserves
Suzanne Goldenberg in Half Moon Bay, California
theguardian.com, Tuesday 25 February 2014 19.25 GMT
US secretary of state John Kerry called for expanding the worlds marine reserves by a factor of 10 on Tuesday, signalling a bolder new US approach to international environmental protection.
In his second environmental initiative this month, Kerry called for greater global co-operation in managing fishing stocks and protecting oceans from pollution and climate change.
He said the State Department would convene a two-day summit in the summer intended to build momentum for greater co-operation on managing the worlds oceans.
Think of the progress we can make if just 10% of marine areas were protected, Kerry said in a video address to a high-level oceans meeting hosted by the Economist and National Geographic. I think that is a goal we should set for ourselves.
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