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Gregory Stone: "Underwater Eden: Saving The Last Coral Wilderness On Earth"

January 14, 2013
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Most of the world’s oceans are in serious decline. But the corals and marine life in the waters around The Phoenix Islands are thriving. How this previously little-known, remote wilderness in the Pacific became one of the highest profile international conservation priorities.

Photo Gallery: The Last Coral Wilderness

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Excerpt from "Underwater Eden: Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth" by Gregory Stone. Copyright 2012 by Gregory Stone. Reprinted here by permission of University Of Chicago Press. All rights reserved.

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