06/15/2006 - With the stroke of a pen, President Bush has established the largest ocean wildlife reserve in the world, centered along a string of islands, reefs, and atolls that stretch 1,400 miles northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands.Other reef systems, such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef, are larger. But only a third of that UN-designated World Heritage reef is protected, analysts say, leaving far more of it open to exploitation.
Joshua Reichert is quoted in the article.
"This is an extraordinary act for any sitting president," enthuses Joshua Reichert, director of policy initiatives and the environment program for The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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