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Towards reducing misrepresentation of national achievements in marine protected area targets

Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted 20 targets, known as the Aichi Targets, to benchmark progress towards protecting biodiversity. These targets include Target 11 relating to Marine Protected Area coverage and the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the accepted international database for tracking national commitments to this target. However, measuring national progress towards conservation targets relies on sound data.

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This is the 1st announcement and call for papers for the 3rd Conference of the Pacific Islands Universities Research Network (PIURN), to be held at the University of French Polynesia from Monday, October 8th to Wednesday, October 10th 2018. Click on the link below for more information.&