World’s most remote island helps UK exceed protected ocean target

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Prime Minister confirms that more than 4.3 million sq km of some of the world’s most precious marine environment will be protected.

• UK exceeds target of protecting 4 million sq km of ocean in the Overseas Territories, as Tristan da Cunha announces new Marine Protection Zone.
• The Blue Belt Programme safeguards biodiversity, wildlife habitats and ecosystems in some of the remotest places on Earth – covering an area 17 times the size of the UK.
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls on world leaders to follow UK’s lead in protecting the planet’s ocean ahead of COP26.

More than 4.3 million sq km (2.7m miles) of some of the world’s most precious marine environment – 1 percent of all the world’s ocean - will be protected following the success of the UK’s Blue Belt Programme, the Prime Minister has confirmed.

World’s most remote island helps UK exceed protected ocean target