Galapagos Islands Marine Reserve to Expand by 60,000 sq km.

Ecuador is to expand the marine-protected area around the Galapagos Islands, famed for its exotic wildlife. Conservationists hailed the news of the 60,000 sq km / 23,166 sqm expansion of the one of the largest marine reserves in the world as a great step forward. The area will protect important feeding and migration areas for endangered species like hammerhead sharks and sea turtles, the Lewis Pugh Foundation said. Ecuador's president Guillermo Lasso announced the news at the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow.