The Palau National Marine Sanctuary is a marine protected area established in Palau in 2015, covering about 502,539 square kilometres, making it one of the largest protected areas in the world. All extractive activities, including commercial fishing and mining, are prohibited across 80 percent of the sanctuary, while domestic fisheries are permitted in the remaining 20 percent, and it has been cited at the United Nations Ocean Conference as one of the world's most ambitious ocean conservation initiatives.
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1. Palau National Marine Sanctuary (Wikipedia)
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is a marine protected area in Palau established in 2015
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National Marine Sanctuary is a marine protected area in Palau established in 2015.
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It covers an area of 502,538.78 km2 (194,031.31 sq mi), with all extractive activities including commercial fishing and mining prohibited from 80% of this area, and domestic fisheries permitted in the remaining 20%. It is one of the world's largest protected areas
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It covers an area of 502,538.78 km2 (194,031.31 sq mi), with all extractive activities including commercial fishing and mining prohibited from 80% of this area, and domestic fisheries permitted in the remaining 20%. It is one of the world's largest protected areas
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Palau National Marine Sanctuary is a marine protected area in Palau established in 2015.
On Continent: Australia, Lead paragraph names Palau; continent follows from the atlas record for Palau
Palau National Marine Sanctuary is a marine protected area in Palau
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