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French Polynesia creates world’s largest marine protected area (news.mongabay.com)

submitted 1 month ago by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to c/tidalpunk@slrpnk.net

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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

For reference, 4.8 million sq km is roughly 30% the size of Russia. It's colossal.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Move your decimal.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Good catch. I just checked and 4.8 sq km would be 30% the size of... the Cocos Islands