Marine Protected Areas
One of the targets of the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted by 196 countries around the world, aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss on land and in the ocean. The "30 by 30" target aims to protect 30% of the world’s biodiversity by 2030. However, progress is slow and needs to accelerate dramatically to reach the target on time.
The Protected Planet website, giving the most recent official coverage statistics for marine protected areas, estimates that just 9.61% of the ocean is currently (mid-November 2025) covered by MPAs.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are areas of the ocean established to protect habitats, species and processes essential for healthy, functioning marine ecosystems from damage caused by human activities.
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