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The president has now used his executive authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act to protect more than 548 million acres of federal land and water, more than double the set-asides of any of his predecessors.A biologically rich national marine monument grows to more than half a million square miles.
DocBiodiv's insight:
Sur la politique de protection de la nature du Pdt Obama. Voir aussi : https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/08/26/president-obama-designates-worlds-largest-marine-protected-area
et la com de la Maison Blance ces derniers jours sur les discours du Pdt en faveur de l'envi https://medium.com/the-white-house/what-president-obamas-trip-ahead-means-for-conservation-and-combating-climate-change-2c51c5706f82#.yromsaopl 
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A new proposal could result in the creation of the largest protected natural area on Earth. Inhabitants of the Austral Islands — the southernmost islands in French Polynesia in the South Pacific — have just presented a proposal to the government of French Polynesia calling for a new marine reserve in their waters. The protected area, which is pending final approval from the government, would span 1 million square kilometers, or more than 380,000 square miles, an area the size of Texas and Nevada combined.
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