October 27, 2023
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Yesterday, New Caledonia’s government voted to highly protect 10% of the 1.3 million-square-kilometre (501,932-square-mile) Natural Park of the Coral Sea, which encompasses New Caledonia’s entire exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project applauded the government of New Caledonia for increasing safeguards of part of its waters, home to a dazzling diversity of marine life.
