Chile created a national marine reserve (associated with the Desventuradas Islands) that is the largest such reserve in the Americas.
Sources
- 10 Weird Animals From New Chile Reserve, Biggest in Americas (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://oceana.org/victories/chile-announces-designation-largest-marine-park-americas/ (oceana.org)
- https://earthjournalism.net/stories/chile-establishes-the-largest-marine-protected-area-in-the-americas (earthjournalism.net)
- https://news.mongabay.com/2016/09/chile-creates-largest-marine-park-in-southeast-pacific/ (news.mongabay.com)
- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/pristine-seas/expeditions/desventuradas-islands/ (nationalgeographic.org)
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