Antarctic Sanctuary

A plan to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of scientific foresight.

Creation of a vast marine sanctuary in Antarctica's "Last Ocean" inched closer at international talks today as China for the first time backed the proposal, officials said, with Russia understood to be the last holdout.

Two vast marine sanctuaries proposed for Antarctica were being considered for a fifth time at international talks today with campaigners saying they are imperative to protect one of the world's last untouched wildernesses.

A plan to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of scientific foresight.

Creation of a vast marine sanctuary in Antarctica's "Last Ocean" inched closer at international talks today as China for the first time backed the proposal, officials said, with Russia understood to be the last holdout.

Two vast marine sanctuaries proposed for Antarctica were being considered for a fifth time at international talks today with campaigners saying they are imperative to protect one of the world's last untouched wildernesses.