'One of the world's largest': Sustainable Markets Initiative unveils plan to create Antarctica marine protected area

Stuart Stone
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Programme founded by King Charles creates new Ocean Stewardship Initiative with launch mission to establish MPA covering 70 per cent of the Antarctic Peninsula

The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) has today launched a major new ocean protection programme, pledging that its first mission would be to create one of the world's largest Marine Protected Areas...

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