Country: SWEDEN -
Download date: 2011 09 12 9:31 -
Post date: 09-09-2011 04:53
- Organisation: Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences at Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR)
- Research Fields: Biological sciences
Protection for key nature sites
in UK seas has come a step closer
with the unveiling of proposals to
create over 100 Marine Conservation
Zones (MCZs).
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