{"id":4363,"date":"2019-08-05T06:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T06:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=4363"},"modified":"2019-08-05T06:31:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T06:31:14","slug":"trudeau-announces-protected-marine-area-in-arctic-region-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/trudeau-announces-protected-marine-area-in-arctic-region-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau announces protected marine area in Arctic region of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trudeau announces protected marine area in Arctic region of Canada, where climate change is taking effect three times faster than global average, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in 1<sup>st<\/sup> August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glacial melting and maritime traffic are threatening multiple\nspecies off the coast of Baffin Island, in Canada\u2019s northeastern Arctic\narchipelago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPopulations of belugas, narwhals, walruses, seals, polar\nbears and thousands of other species who depend on year-round sea ice to\nsurvive are now migrating, dwindling, or in some cases, disappearing,\u201d Trudeau\nsaid during a visit to Iqaluit, in the eastern territory of Nunavut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister, who is seeking reelection in three\nmonths, has made environmental protection and reconciliation with indigenous\npopulations two main priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor Inuit who have relied on hunting and harvesting to feed\ntheir families, climate change imperils their livelihoods and their way of\nlife,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Trudeau, the protected region would help the Canadian government surpass its goal to protect 10% of marine area and coastal regions by 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The liberal leader also pointed out his government had\nrecently invested in modernising the Coast Guard, launching two Arctic patrol\nvessels to increase protection for national interests in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur government is committed to enforcing Canadian\nsovereignty in the Arctic in partnership with the people who have lived here\nfor (millennia),\u201d Trudeau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arctic region is highly coveted by multiple global\npowers for its resources and access to navigation in the far north, made easier\nby melting glaciers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trudeau announces protected marine area in Arctic region of Canada, where climate change is taking effect three times faster than global average, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in 1st August. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Glacial melting and maritime traffic are threatening multiple species off the coast of Baffin Island, in Canada\u2019s northeastern Arctic archipelago. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[347,346],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-4363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-arctic-region-of-canada","tag-marine-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4367,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363\/revisions\/4367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4363"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=4363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}