Marshall IslandsTwo Pacific atolls may be among the world’s most intact ecosystems.
Humans have marked nearly every place on Earth, from the deep sea to the highest peaks.
Bikar and Bokak lie on Marshall Islands territory, and a Frontiers in Marine Science study rates them among the region’s most intact.
The study summary names no protection plan from the Marshall Islands government.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org leans favorable
- highlights the Utirik Atoll community's decades of safeguarding as the reason the Bikar and Bokak ecosystems stayed intact
Sources: Phys.org