Canada | New study says most or country’s MPAs don’t meet international standards

Most marine refuges in Canada don’t meet globally accepted protection standards — some of which this country had a hand in creating.

That’s the finding of a new report published Wednesday by SeaBlue Canada, a coalition of six national conservation organizations that includes the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the David Suzuki Foundation, the Ecology Action Centre, Oceans North, West Coast Environmental Law, and the World Wildlife Fund Canada.

https://ipolitics.ca/2019/01/23/most-marine-refuges-in-canada-dont-meet-global-standards-study/

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