Our “
Space and Time” feature landed on the islands of eastern Indonesia, where WWF scientists were working with local experts, universities, and partner organizations to assess the social, economic, and ecological impacts of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Over the course of an ambitious nine-year project, researchers considered myriad factors and gathered and analyzed untold data, including biodiversity measures, statistics from comparable areas outside MPAs, and interviews with more than 3,500 households. The goal? To produce evidence-based recommendations and improve MPAs for wildlife and people in Indonesia and beyond.
FEEDING PEOPLE, PROTECTING REEFS
Researchers found that better-resourced MPAs like many of those in the Bird’s Head Seascape in West Papua were successful at protecting coral reefs and supporting marine biodiversity. Food security also improved: In the Papua and West Papua regions, for example, the percentage of food-secure households nearly doubled, from
On the prowl for a new global goal for nature: will the UN pounce on nature positive by 2030 ?
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A New Partnership Aims to Protect Our Fragile Oceans—Here s How Travelers Can Help
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The new partnership aims to protect 7 million square miles of ocean over the next five years.
Conservation International and Pew Charitable Trusts are teaming up to protect 7 million square miles of ocean. There are many ways travelers can join the effort to preserve oceans as well. share this article
More than 80 percent of the worldâs oceans remain unmapped, making them some of the Earthâs most mysteriousâand least exploredâregions.Â
Theyâre also one of the planetâs least protected places, according to Laure Katz, director of Conservation Internationalâs Seascapes Program. âThereâs no question that ocean conservation is generationally behind terrestrial conservation,â said Katz. âThe ocean is still very foreign to a lot of people, and that direct connection to what the ocean provides us every day gets lost.â