Leading environment groups have welcomed the Australian Government’s draft plans for two new marine parks off Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, saying the proposed parks will be a major step forward for global marine conservation and for the local communities.
The draft plans, which have been co-designed and are supported by the local island communities, have today been released for public consultation. They include marine sanctuaries covering around 739,000 square kilometres of waters around the islands. Together they will become one of the largest sanctuary areas in the world, an area bigger than Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT combined.
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