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More than 5 per cent of world’s oceans now protected – UN Environment

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2016-12-14

14 December 2016 – Since April, an unprecedented 3.6 million square kilometres of ocean – an area larger than India – have been designated as marine protected areas (MPAs), meaning for the first time, more than 5% of the world’s oceans are now protected.

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