Obama to make marine preserve largest in the world

Name: Obama to make marine preserve largest in the world
Uploaded: 2016-08-27T20:58:50Z
Duration: P286S
Description: An executive order issued Friday by President Barack Obama will make the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument the largest ecological preserve in the world, at more than 580,000 square miles. Matt Rand, director of the Pew Charitable Trust’s Global Ocean Legacy Project, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

Clip: 08/27/2016 | 4m 46s

An executive order issued Friday by President Barack Obama will make the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument the largest ecological preserve in the world, at more than 580,000 square miles. Matt Rand, director of the Pew Charitable Trust’s Global Ocean Legacy Project, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

Aired: 08/27/16

Rating: NR

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