G7 Plus Topics Environment Biodiversity & Protected Areas

Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.

Marine protected areas as a share of territorial waters (%)

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Guinea-Bissau8.58.510.010.010.010.010.09.09.09.09.09.1
Haiti0.00.00.00.00.01.51.51.51.51.51.8
Sierra Leone0.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.51.61.61.61.7
Timor-Leste1.41.41.41.41.41.41.41.41.41.41.40.7
Togo0.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.7
Guinea0.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.6
Congo, Dem. Rep.0.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.5
Yemen, Rep.0.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.4
Comoros0.20.00.00.00.00.00.00.40.40.40.40.4
Papua New Guinea0.20.20.20.20.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.1
Solomon Islands0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
Cote d'Ivoire0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
Liberia0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
Sao Tome and Principe0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Somalia0.00.00.00.00.00.0