Argentina Creates Two Patagonian Marine Parks
Argentina Creates Two Patagonian Marine Parks
Posted by News Editor in Latest News, Oceans, RSS on March 18, 2013 5:44 pm
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 18, 2013 (ENS) – Argentina has established two large marine protected areas in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz that the government says will “maintain representative samples of the marine ecosystem,” and “protect the landscape heritage, natural and cultural.”
To establish the new parks, laws passed by the National Congress in November were enacted by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in December 2012.
The new marine parks – Isla Pingüino Coastal Marine Park and Makenke Coastal Marine Park – were applauded this week by the Wildlife Conservation Society, based at New York’s Brox Zoo, which worked with Argentine officials to create the new parks.
“We commend the Government of Argentina for their conservation stewardship in creating this new network of marine protected areas,” said Dr. Cristián Samper, president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society. “Isla Pingüino and Makenke Coastal Marine Parks now protect vital wildlife populations for posterity and create new opportunities for Argentina’s ecotourism industry.”
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