Global Ocean Legacy Map

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Projects: Global Ocean Legacy, Global Ocean Legacy Bermuda, Global Ocean Legacy Chagos, Global Ocean Legacy Coral Sea, Global Ocean Legacy Easter Island, Global Ocean Legacy French Polynesia, Global Ocean Legacy Hawaii, Global Ocean Legacy Kermadec, Global Ocean Legacy Marianas, Global Ocean Legacy New Caledonia, Global Ocean Legacy Palau, Global Ocean Legacy Pitcairn, Global Ocean Legacy South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Global Ocean Legacy Tristan da Cunha, Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy & New Caledonia
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Global Ocean Legacy Map
Global ocean legacy

October 31, 2016 - This map has been updated to include newly-announced marine reserves.

Global Ocean Legacy, a project of Pew and its partners, is working with local communities, governments and scientists around the world to protect and conserve some of our most important and unspoiled ocean environments. Together we are establishing the world’s first generation of great marine parks by securing the designation of large, highly protected reserves. To date, our efforts have helped to safeguard 5.2 million square kilometers of ocean—an area 10 times the size of Central America.

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