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Save the marine turtle - our gentle ocean giants
Marine turtles, which have survived in our oceans for millions of years and have even outlived the dinosaurs, are now in a serious state of decline, with the world's seven marine turtle species all threatened with extinction.
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With the support of WWF Australia, Tourism NT has collaborated with three tour operators working out of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to develop a model which tourism operators can use to reduce their greenhouse emissions.
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Marine protected areas for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
The water of Antarctica are possibly the world's most harsh yet beautiful environment. In the summer months as light reaches deeper into the icy waters of the Southern Ocean, phytoplankton and shrimp-like krill become phenomenally abundant, forming dense clouds. The foundation of the Antarctic food chain, these tiny crustaceans are feasted upon by squids, penguins, crabeater seals and baleen whales. In turn, the prey of many larger predators such as Antarctic toothfishes, leopard seals, sperm whales and killer whales depend on these small animals. Few places in the world, if any, support greater numbers of large animals.
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