July 03, 2004

7/3 - MPA 6: Wow. Australia shows how it's done with the GBR

In one of the boldest moves in ocean conservation today, the Australian
government has changed the zoning of the Great Barrier Reef to increase
the area protected from fishing from 4.5 % to 33%. This is the kind of
environmental leadership that Americans can only dream of.

Check it out.


Posted by Randy Olson at July 3, 2004 08:49 PM