Massive Marine Reserve Created In Atlantic (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The British government has announced that it will create a marine reserve slightly smaller than the UK in the waters off Ascension Island. The South Atlantic reserve totals 234,291 sq km and is being funded with the help of a £300,000 grant from the charitable Bacon Foundation. Charles Clover, Blue Marine Foundation chairman, said: "Ascension has been at the frontiers of science since Charles Darwin went there in the 19th Century, so it is entirely appropriate that it is now at the centre of a great scientific effort to design the Atlantic's largest marine reserve."

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did poster forget reserve near diego garcia?

[sittingnut]

curious that no mention is made on main post or in news article (from state owned propagandist bbc) about the other marine reserve same uk government created in 2010 in indian ocean.

the chagos marine protected area gave usa freedom to use diego garcia (even allowing environmental damage if caused by military use) while just on time to conveniently prevent original inhabitants of the area (forcibly removed by same genocidal british empire, in one of many such actions) from resettling. a right they have long last legally won.

just another case of western media (mainstream and so called new/social/whatever) turning a deliberate blind eye to facts that make western voters uncomfortable. same voters who freely elect same human rights violating governments(in worse ways than anybody, repeat anybody, else ) under worst mass murderers of 21 century, like obama, cameron, blair, hollade , clintons, bush, etc,