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The environmental association criticises the weaknesses in the proposal for the D. Carlos Natural Marine Reserve, which allows extractive activities and postpones full protection.
The creation of the new D. Carlos Marine Reserve has just been put out for public consultation, which will run until 6 March. It will be the largest Marine Protected Area in Portugal, encompassing the Madeira-Tore seamounts and the Gorringe Bank, covering an area of 173,000 square kilometres. It is an offshore reserve nearly twice the size of Portugal’s land territory.
The newly designated marine reserve around Madeira covers an area double the archipelago's terrestrial area, making it one of the largest marine protected areas in the EU.
The Government has opened a public consultation on the creation of a new marine protected area that is almost twice the size of Portugal's land territory.
