Antarctica gets largest marine protected area on planet

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) agreed to designate the Ross Sea as an MPA at a meeting held in Hobart, Australia.

Although the Ross Sea only makes up about 2% of the Southern Ocean, it is home to 38% of the planet's Adelie penguins, 30% of all Antarctic petrels and 6% of the world's Antarctic minke whales, so it's brilliant that they will now be protected.

Lewis Pugh, UN Patron for the Oceans said, "For me this is an issue about justice - justice between generations. There seems to be something fundamentally wrong with us destroying our oceans so our children and grandchildren have absolutely nothing."

Photo of Adelie penguins by Christine Veeschkens.

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