Humans threaten the Antarctic Peninsula's fragile ecosystem. A marine protected area is long overdue
- Written by Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne
ShutterstockAntarctica, the world’s last true wilderness, has been protected by an international treaty for the last 60 years. But the same isn’t true for most of the ocean surrounding it.
Just 5% of the Southern Ocean is protected, leaving biodiversity hotspots exposed to threats from human activity.
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