Sarah
Knapton, science editor
27 OCTOBER 2017 • 3:49PM
A huge colony of
Adélie penguins in Antarctica is at risk after an international commission
founded to preserve wildlife at the South Pole refused to establish a
Marine Protection Area, despite pleas from conservationists.
The 18,000 pairs of penguins in
Terre Adélie suffered
a catastrophic breeding failure at the start of 2017 with
only two chicks surviving.
It was hoped that The Commission
for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) - which is meeting in Australia
- would impose greater maritime restrictions on fisheries.
Australia and the EU have been
calling for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in East Antarctic waters since 2010
but when put to a vote on Friday the proposal did not gain the necessary
consensus to pass.
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