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    How a New Database Can Help Protect the Ocean

    The Navigator project centralizes data about marine protected areas—and places with lesser protections—from around the world. The post How a New Database Can Help Protect the Ocean appeared first on Nautilus.
    by Sarah DeWeerdt Nov 28, 2023 4 minutes

    Setting aside 30 percent of Earth’s lands and waters by the year 2030: This goal dominates much of the current conversation about global biodiversity conversation. It’s an inspiring idea, something tangible to reach for. Yet even as countries claim that more than 8 percent of the ocean is currently protected, a comprehensive new mapping and database tool shows that protections are robust in just 3.4 percent of the ocean.

    Those discrepancies illustrate the challenge posed by the 30×30 initiative, agreed to by nearly 200 nations in December 2022 as part of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Canada. They also illustrate the gulf that may exist between sweeping

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