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Scaling up marine conservation targets should benefit millions of people

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2017-01-06

About 200 countries worldwide committed to protecting 10% of national marine areas by signing the Convention on Biological Diversity. But more ambitious marine reserve coverage policies that target unprotected fishing grounds would benefit millions of people who depend on fisheries for food and livelihoods, argue the authors of an international study, publishing on January 5 in the open access journal PLOS Biology. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2017-01-scaling-marine-benefit-millions-people.html#jCp

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