1st High Seas Marine Protected Area in Southern Ocean — More Diverse than Galapagos Islands

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:45:21 +0000

Fishing and refuse disposal are to be banned in the 1st high seas Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Southern Ocean, an area of the ocean that contains more species than the Galapagos Islands.

This will allow scientists to monitor the effects of climate change in this region. This is only the first of possibly twelve such areas.

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Philip Proefrock — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:10:07 +0000

Use of local materials can be a good way to help make a construction project greener. If the materials being used don’t need to be transported from great distances, there is less embodied energy in the transportation of the materials, and thereby the production of those materials has less environmental impact. Of course, there are trade-offs, as this is only one factor in the overall evaluation. Does it make more sense to use a locally produced material if the manufacture has a high level of embodied energy, or would it be better to use a lower embodied energy material that comes from farther away and has higher transportation costs (both financially and environmentally)?

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1st High Seas Marine Protected Area in Southern Ocean — More Diverse than Galapagos Islands

Fishing and refuse disposal are to be banned in the 1st high seas Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Southern Ocean, an area of the ocean that contains more species than the Galapagos Islands.

Buy Locally, Build Locally