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Coverage of marine protected areas in Europe's seas

Figure Created 21 Sep 2018 Last modified 15 Dec 2022

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems

The table shows the percentage cover of MPAs and distance to 10 % target for each regional and sub regional sea and by distance zone from the coastline modified from the report: Spatial analysis of Marine Protected Area Networks in Europe´s seas. EEA Technical report, no 17/2015

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Units:: Surface area (km²)

Percentage (%) of coverage

NM: Nautical miles
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Processors:: European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ETC/ICM)
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Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Bay of Biscay Black Sea Celtic Sea Macaronesia, España Marine Baltic sea Marine Mediterranean sea Marine North-east Atlantic ocean