WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it will get sponsors to pay.
“Niue is just one island in the middle of the big blue ocean,” Tagelagi said.
It's one of the smallest countries in the world, dwarfed by an ocean territory 1,200 times larger than its land mass.
Under the plan, the sponsorship money — called Ocean Conservation Commitments — will be administered by a charitable trust.
Simon Thrush, a professor of marine science at New Zealand's University of Auckland who was not involved in the plan, said it sounded positive.
Persons:
Dalton Tagelagi, Tagelagi, ” Tagelagi, Niueans, we've, —, Lyna Lam, Chris Larsen, Maël, ” Imirizaldu, Simon Thrush, ” Thrush, I'd
Organizations:
Niue's, Associated Press, Agriculture Organization, Conservation International, Blue Nature Alliance, New Zealand's University of Auckland
Locations:
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Niue, New York, U.S