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Global Ocean Legacy

Tristan da Cunha

The waters of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago are vast, covering an area about three times the size of the U.K. mainland. Four islands make up the archipelago: Tristan, Inaccessible, Nightingale, and Gough. Tristan, the only inhabited island, is the largest. They are relatively unspoiled and vitally important for a wide range of fish, birds, whales, and seals. The remote location of this British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean—about 2,400 kilometers east of South Africa—means that a large number of these species are found nowhere else on Earth.

Tristan’s waters are the feeding ground for the Tristan and Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross, as well the critically endangered spectacled petrel. This petrel’s population has dropped to just 10,000 breeding pairs, all living on the archipelago’s aptly named Inaccessible Island. Tristan’s islands are home to 80 percent of the sub-Antarctic fur seal population and important populations of southern elephant seals. Nearly all of the world’s northern rockhopper penguins live here.

The Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy team continues to explore ways to protect the marine environment of Tristan da Cunha while supporting the needs of the small number of people that call Tristan home.

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Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy
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Legado para los Océanos de Pew Bertarelli

Pew and the Bertarelli Foundation have joined forces in a new partnership with the goal of increasing the number of fully protected parks in the sea from nine to 15 by 2022.

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Desde el caluroso ecuador hasta los gélidos polos Norte y Sur, el océano une el planeta. Constituye más del 70 % de la superficie de la Tierra y alberga casi una cuarta parte de las especies conocidas del mundo, además de muchas otras que aún no han sido descubiertas. Sin embargo, las actividades del ser humano están amenazando cada vez más su bienestar.

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Global Ocean Legacy works with local communities, governments and scientists around the world to protect and conserve some of our most important and unspoiled ocean environments.

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Global Ocean Legacy works with local communities, governments and scientists around the world to protect and conserve some of our most important and unspoiled ocean environments.

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