brilliantly - colored sea anemone . Green - eyed shrimp . Blue sea star . All these wight can be found in the waters of Argentina ’s two newly depute shipboard soldier protected areas , which together span 25 million acres .
The Argentine Senate approved a police force to shew the Yaganes and Namuncurá - Banco Burdwood II marine protected areas in the southern Argentine Sea on Wednesday , according to Tompkins Conservation , a preservation group working out of Chile and Argentina . This nearly achieve the country’s2020 commitmentto the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to protect 10 percent of its sea .
This is in spades something to celebrate . More and more Latin American countries are choose steps to protect their beautiful landscapes and ecosystem . Just last week , Argentinaestablishedthe Iberá National Park in the northeast . in the beginning this twelvemonth , PeruandChilecreated major new interior parks , too . And last year , Mexico showed everyone upby create the enceinte marine reserve in North America at 36 million acres .
Still , all these millions of acres do n’t amount to much in the grand scheme of thing . At least not yet . Only 2 percentof the sea is protected so far , according to a report print earlier this twelvemonth . Withnearly 90 percentof the ocean degraded in some way by humans , we require to get that number up fast to help these ecosystems recover .
The committal of countries like Argentina is supporting . Its new protected area keep fishing industry out , which is good for anglers in the retentive terminal figure as the population around the reserve sense its positive benefits . And Argentina may designate another protected area , the Peninsula Miter Protected Area , Friday , cover Argentina - based Infobae . That one would address sea and land .
Until then , savour all the wonder these new marine protected area hold .
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