Mapping Marine Protected Areas

Marine Protected Areas (MPA) are areas of oceans where human activeness is restricted for conservation purposes. 6.35% of the world's seas are straightaway covered past times MPAs. That is a ten-fold growth inwards the expanse of our oceans designated every bit MPAs inwards the start seventeen years of this century.

You tin persuasion which areas of the world's oceans accept MPA condition on Protected Planet's Marine Protected Areas interactive map. The map shows the place of MPAs unopen to the globe together with provides information virtually the condition of each MPA. If you lot choose an MPA on the map you lot tin click-through to read to a greater extent than virtually its designation together with the advert of its administration authority.

The Protected Planet too maintains a database of all the world's terrestrial together with marine protected areas. The World Database on Protected Areas includes an interactive map showing both marine & terrestrial protected areas unopen to the globe.