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摘要

Before leaving office, former president george W. bush designated three marine monuments-essentially, wilderness parks of the sea-in the Pacific Ocean, protecting them from oil exploration and commercial fishing. The monuments are located around the Marianas Trench (the deepest point in the earth's oceans), the Pacific Remote Islands, and the Rose Atoll. NRDC Oceans Initiative director Sarah Chasis turned a critical eye on the merits of these protected areas in her Switchboard blog post "Bush's New Marine Monuments: The Good, the Bad and Next Steps."