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Marine Protected Areas Network in the Mediterranean. OCEANA proposal Note: Mozilla Firefox is strongly recommended for a correct functioning of the viewer below. Layers   View MedNet in Google Earth    

The initiative highlights 100 sites that, if protected, would contribute to the protection of 10% of the Mediterranean as established by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity 100 Marine Protected Areas 207,100 km2 total (8.2% of the Mediterráneo) Largest MPA: 15,200 km2 (Mersa-Matruth Eddy) Smallest MPA: 200 km2 (Morrot de Sa Dragonera) 50% of … Read more

Marine Protected Areas Network in the Mediterranean. OCEANA proposal Note: Mozilla Firefox is strongly recommended for a correct functioning of the viewer below. Layers   View MedNet in Google Earth    

The initiative highlights 100 sites that, if protected, would contribute to the protection of 10% of the Mediterranean as established by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity 100 Marine Protected Areas 207,100 km2 total (8.2% of the Mediterráneo) Largest MPA: 15,200 km2 (Mersa-Matruth Eddy) Smallest MPA: 200 km2 (Morrot de Sa Dragonera) 50% of … Read more

Despite being considered one of the planet’s most important areas for marine biodiversity, the Mediterranean (2,500,000km2) is practically in the same state as the rest of the world’s seas and currently only 4% of its area is protected. After analyzing the existing data Oceana has launched Oceana MedNet, the first comprehensive network of Marine Protected … Read more