Coverage of marine protected areas in Europe's seas

Figure Created 21 Sep 2018 Last modified 31 Jan 2019

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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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Last upload:: 30 Jan 2019
Temporal coverage:: 2016
Tags:: biogeographical regions , protected areas , conservation status , ecosystem , bise , marine
Geographic coverage:: Adriatic Sea , Aegean Sea , Bay of Biscay , Black Sea , Celtic Sea , Macaronesia, España , Marine Baltic sea , Marine Mediterranean sea , Marine North-east Atlantic ocean
Units:: Surface area (km²)

Percentage (%) of coverage

NM: Nautical miles
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Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ICM)
Figure type:: Graph