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Protected Areas Work in Marine Priority Places


WWF-supported protected areas in marine priority places
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WWF Priority Marine Ecoregion

Protected area in square kilometers

Bering Sea and Kamchatka

152,964.09 KM²

Coastal East Africa

23,786.59 KM²

Coral Triangle

72,312.73 KM²

Galapagos

133,000.00 KM²

Gulf of California

10,194.15 KM²

Mesoamerican Reef

10,893.37 KM²


WWF-supported terrestrial and marine protected area (km²) in marine priority places


WWF-supported terrestrial and marine protected area (km²) over time in marine priority places

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WWF Experts

Bill Eichbaum
Vice President
Marine and Arctic Policy

"Environmental laws are better today, but laws are not enough. You have to instill values in people to affect lasting change."

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Wave Forward

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-- Learn more about ways to help our marine places

 

Multimedia

Reef symposium with WWF's Bill Eichbaum

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International Year of the Reef


Environmental Groups Call for Increased Protection of Coral Reefs as World Marks 2008 International Year of the Reef

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