Marine protected areas are geographically distinct zones for safeguarding biodiversity, maintaining marine ecosystem health and the supply of ecosystem services. Marine protected areas operate at various scales and cover a range of protection levels and conservation objectives. The spatial extent of the MPA assessment areas is defined as the marine waters surrounding the EU countries whose outer limit is defined by

Datasets

Published: 10 Feb 2023
Temporal coverage: 2021-2022

Archived or restricted datasets

Published: 9 Dec 2020
Temporal coverage: 2019