ADVANCING THE CREATION OF HIGHLY AND FULLY PROTECTED MARINE AREAS

PEW BERTARELLI OCEAN LEGACY

2011 - Present

Challenge

Science shows that fully and highly protecting at least 30% of the ocean in a network of protected areas is needed to increase resilience to climate change and sustain long-term ocean health. However, less than 3% of the world’s ocean is currently covered by strong safeguards.

Action

With Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy, we focus on strengthening marine protection over 20 sites in 4 regions: the Mediterranean, Western Pacific, Southern Ocean, and the Easter Tropical Pacific. To do so, we work with communities, governments, Indigenous groups, scientists, and other partners to designate and effectively implement a network of marine protected areas. This is done by advancing the use of conservation technology, promoting the publication of scientific research, and encouraging governments to make and follow through on marine conservation commitments.

Impact

Marine Protected Areas supported

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km² of ocean protected alongside partners, including 11.8M highly & fully protected

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of highly & fully protected MPAs globally

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Partner

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Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy

Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy is a partnership between The Pew Charitable Trusts and Dona Bertarelli. Building on more than a decade of effort, they have worked with communities, governments, Indigenous groups, scientists, and other partners to establish the first generation of marine protected areas, conserving more than 16 million square kilometers (6 million square miles), of which nearly 12 million square kilometers (5 million square miles) are highly and fully protected areas.

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