Marine Conservation Zones
(asked on 24th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to designate a marine blue belt around the Overseas Territories to protect marine habitats.
This question was answered on 3rd July 2015
The Government committed in its 2015 manifesto to, “designate a further protected area at Ascension Island, subject to the views of the local community.” The blue-belt of marine protection is a long term strategy for the conservation and protection of dynamic and important ecosystems across the Overseas Territories. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which could form part of the blue-belt of marine protection, are currently being considered around Pitcairn and Ascension Islands. Further designations will be similarly considered on a case by case basis, dependent on local support and environmental need.
The Government committed in its 2015 manifesto to, “designate a further protected area at Ascension Island, subject to the views of the local community.” The blue-belt of marine protection is a long term strategy for the conservation and protection of dynamic and important ecosystems across the Overseas Territories. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which could form part of the blue-belt of marine protection, are currently being considered around Pitcairn and Ascension Islands. Further designations will be similarly considered on a case by case basis, dependent on local support and environmental need.