Many governments are leaning on marine protected areas to fight biodiversity loss. But in America, ocean protections are uneven and often weak, leading scientists to call for new strategies. Kristen ...

Governments around the world conserve plants and animals in part by setting aside land. Whether as wilderness reserves or as resource management zones that allow industrial activities such as logging, ...

Partially protected areas are often proposed as a way to bolster marine life and to improve people’s enjoyment of the ocean—neither of which seems to be happening. Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild ...

The ocean is home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. From coral reefs and mangrove forests to the deep sea, marine ecosystems sustain countless species, support coastal communities, ...

New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions. A privately protected area (PPA) is a privately managed portion of land set aside ...

Protected areas conserve biodiversity, experts say, and more action is needed to ensure safeguards are in place to protect these areas. "Our work has now shown that protected areas have significant ...

A recent study, published in the journal Nature Communications, has found that 9.7% of the world’s protected areas are connected by land that’s considered intact. The study used the human footprint ...

IBA, Zambales – The Zambales Marine Protected Area Network (Zampan) has approved the expansion of protected areas in the ...