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<p>The UK is a leading advocate for marine protection across the Southern Ocean. The
UK secured agreement for the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) designated by the international
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and
we strongly supported the Ross Sea region MPA, which was agreed in 2016. The UK is
a co-proponent for MPA proposals in the Weddell Sea and in East Antarctica, both of
which will be presented to the next CCAMLR meeting in October for adoption. We are
also playing a leading role in developing an MPA proposal for the Antarctic Peninsula.</p><p>The
Blue Belt initiative is primarily focused on British waters around the UK Overseas
Territories and we remain committed to protecting 4m square kilometres of UK waters
by 2020. South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands and the British Antarctic
Territory both fall within the CCAMLR Convention Area, and the UK therefore works
within CCAMLR to underpin protection measures implemented within our own waters.</p>
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