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Waddles of penguins around the world join the call for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary

Stuart Mitchell

Groups of people wearing penguin papercraft masks have been popping up all around the world, as thousands of people join the call for the creation of the largest protected area on Earth: a 1.8 million square kilometre ocean sanctuary in the Antarctic. Huddles of penguins have appeared from London to Luxembourg, Hong Kong to Helsinki, Tokyo to Turkey, dancing, skating, leaping, racing and turning heads towards the new Greenpeace campaign for a safe haven for penguins, whales and seals in the Antarctic. As well as 80 penguins doing a tap…

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Greenpeace launches campaign to create ‘largest protected area on Earth’

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace has launched a global campaign for an Antarctic Sanctuary, covering 1.8 million square kilometres of ocean, to protect whales, penguins and other wildlife. Following a failure to agree strong marine protection in the East Antarctic, Greenpeace has called for governments to show “greater vision and ambition” in the coming year and create the largest protected area on Earth: an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. The Antarctic Sanctuary would be five times the size of Germany, in the Weddell Sea, next to the Antarctic peninsula. “Over the next 12 months we have…

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