Open AccessAustralia announces plans for expanded marine reserve network
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo260003
Subject(s) - marine reserve , government (linguistics) , square (algebra) , geography , nature reserve , business , environmental protection , telecommunications , engineering , political science , archaeology , law , fishing , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , mathematics
Australia announces plans for expanded marine reserve network The Australian government has announced plans to increase the nation's network of marine reserves from 27 to 60, bringing the total size of the network to 3.1 million square kilometers, Australia's environment minister Tony Burke said on 14 June. The expansion, which would place more than one third of Australia's waters under protection, requires a 60‐day consultation before it can become law.