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Marine park ‘the size of the Moon’ planned for Pacific
An ambitious plan to link marine parks across a vast swathe of ocean — whose surface area would equal that of the Moon — is slowly coming together piece by piece, say conservationists. Former international rugby league player turned environmentalist Kevin Iro is a driving force behind the part of…
UN chief vows ‘real results’ on climate change
TARAWA, Kiribati — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday vowed to the leader of Kiribati, a low-lying Pacific nation threatened by rising seas, to keep pressing for “real results” against climate change. Ban described the small Pacific nation, where some villagers have already had to relocate to escape rising sea…
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