CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is not only the largest conservation area in the U.S., it’s one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. It’s larger than all of America’s national parks combined!

Detailed explanation-2: -Papahānaumokuākea is the name given to a vast and isolated linear cluster of small, low lying islands and atolls, with their surrounding ocean, extending some 1, 931 kilometres to the north west of the main Hawaiian Archipelago, located in the north-central Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -The commission comprises 24 countries, including the United States, and the European Union. South of New Zealand and deep in the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean, the 1.9 million square-mile Ross Sea is sometimes called the “Last Ocean” because it is largely untouched by humans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The diverse ecosystem contained within the Monument is home to a wide variety of species, approximately 25 percent of which are Hawaiian endemics, found nowhere else on Earth. It’s also a critically important nesting ground for the green sea turtle and breeding ground for the Hawaiian monk seal.