This year, four outstanding MPAs have earned Blue Park Awards that recognize their contribution to marine biodiversity conservation:
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Less than 3% of the ocean is effectively protected. We need to protect at least 30% of the ocean to safeguard marine biodiversity and build ocean resilience.
Advocacy
We collaborate with community leaders, policy-makers and technical experts to identify important ocean areas to establish and strengthen protection for vital ocean ecosystems.
MPAtlas
The Marine Protection Atlas tracks and evaluates strong global protection, helping nations and the world reach international conservation commitments.
Blue Parks
The Blue Parks initiative provides the blueprints for protected area effectiveness, incentivizes conservation excellence, and unites the ocean’s best protected places in a strategic network to save life in the sea.
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