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Marine protected area coverage by regional sea, 2016

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Figure Created 16 Nov 2018 Last modified 13 Dec 2018

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems ,

The map shows the percentage marine protected area (MPA) coverage in Europe's regional seas. It also shows the distance to the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi target 11 of 10 % coverage. The distance from the network coverage to the coverage target is reported with respect to three different distance buffer zones: 0-1 NM, 1-12 NM and 12 NM - END of national waters (NM = nautical miles, END = outer limit of MPA assessment area).

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Last upload:: 16 Nov 2018
Temporal coverage:: 2016
Tags:: eu 2020 biodiversity strategy target 1 , protected areas , ecosystem , marine ecosystems , marine protected areas , bise
Geographic coverage:: Baltic Sea , Bay of Biscay , Black Sea , Celtic Sea , Marine Macaronesian/Atlantic ocean , Mediterranean Sea , North Sea
Units:: Percentage (%) of coverage
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD); European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ICM)
Figure type:: Map

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