Skip to main content
turtle diving over coral. photo credit - SPREP
sprep-pa

At least 26 percent of our oceans need urgent conservation attention to preserve Earth’s marine biodiversity, a University of Queensland-led international study has found. Dr. Kendall Jones said the international community needed to rapidly increase marine conservation efforts to maintain the health of the world’s oceans. “Preserving a portion of habitat for all marine species would require 8.5 million square kilometers of new conservation areas,” Dr. Jones said.

Original Article