Waterworld: national parks are commonplace on land--so why not marine reserves at sea? It's time to act, says Sara Holden.
New Internationalist › Nbr. 2007, January 2007
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Waterworld: national parks are commonplace on land--so why not marine reserves at sea? It's time to act, says Sara Holden.
Imagine a mining company being allowed to chip away at the great rock Uluru in Australia until there was nothing left but a small dusty mound in the desert. Could you conceive of permitting hunting in Yellowstone Park in the US on such a scale that all that remained were a few birds and a handful of straggling bears?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's a ridiculous notion, of course, because both have been afforded comprehensive protection. On land, 10 per cent of our woods, meadows, forests, waterways and even swamps are protected. Measures have been taken to p...See the full content of this document
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