Apart from being a world class diving destination, Palau is also a leader in the fight for sustainable environment and global warming crisis. In 2005, Palau President Tommy Remengesau introduced a inter-governmental initiative called the “Micronesian Challenge” that aims to conserve 30 percent of near shore coastal waters and 20 percent of forest land of the entire western pacific region of Micronesia that would help facilitate more effective conservation of marine and forest resources. Following this initiative, other pacific islands have created hundreds of “no take” zones. Meanwhile, nations in another sea are pursuing their own “Caribbean challenge.” Palau also created the world’s first shark sanctuary due to over exploitation and illegal trading of shark fins on the black market mainly in China and Japan. Palau is home to 135 endangered or vulnerable shark and ray species.
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