Natural_Park_of_the_Coral_Sea Knowpia

The Natural Park of the Coral Sea (French: Le Parc Naturel de la Mer de Corail), founded in 2014, is a marine park located in New Caledonia, a special collectivity of France. As of 2017 it is the fourth largest protected area in the world, encompassing 1,292,967 square kilometres (499217 sq miles).^[1]^[2] It includes the UNESCO World Heritage Site The Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems.^[3] The possibility granted to the government of New Caledonia to allow cruise ships to circulate there in the future has generated controversy.^[4]

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^ Colby, Susan (2014-05-05). "World's Largest Protected Area Created". Ecology Global Network. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
^ Ian Lloyd Neubauer (2014-06-30). "Is a Vast Marine Sanctuary Any Use if You Can't Police It?". TIME.com. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
^ "Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems". UNESCO. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ Borsa, Philippe (2018). "Coral Sea Natural Park: regulations that contradict preservation objectives". HAL archives-ouvertes.fr. Retrieved 2018-12-12.