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Where Should the World Focus Its Ocean Conservation Efforts?

Brian Owens · December 4, 2019 ·

A new map shows areas of the ocean that conservationists agree are in need of protection.

Countries around the world have committed to protecting 10 percent of the planet’s coastal and marine areas by 2020 as part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. But it is not always easy for countries to agree on where the protected areas should be so they have the biggest conservation impact. Read more in Hakai.

Hakai conservation, marine protected areas, oceanography

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