Boston -- A local institution, which is a favorite with parents and kids, is making waves around the world.

The New England Aquarium and the island nation of Kiribati are working together to create the world's largest marine preserve, called the Phoenix Islands Protected Area.   The park takes a concept long used on land, to the sea...

Greg Stone is the Vice President of Global Marine Programs at the Aquarium and he says the efforts of the Kiribati government were supported by The New England Aquarium...

Now that the park is a reality, Kiribati will have to focus on maintaining it...

Stone hopes that Kiribati will be the first of many nations to establish marine protected areas...