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Urgent Call to Protect Southern Ocean Ecosystems

1/12/2025

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In 2022, nearly 200 nations united under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, pledging to protect 20% of land and sea by 2030. Advocates are urgently calling for expanded marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean, especially near the Antarctic Peninsula, to defend fragile ecosystems from the dual threats of climate change and overfishing.

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In 2022, nearly 200 nations united under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, pledging to protect 20% of land and sea by 2030. Advocates are urgently calling for expanded marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean, especially near the Antarctic Peninsula, to defend fragile ecosystems from the dual threats of climate change and overfishing.