According to a survey done by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), only 1% of the world's oceans have a protected status. Four years ago signatories of the UN's biodiversity convention pledged to "protect at least 10% of the oceans in a way that makes sense ecologically." Now governments are committing to a target of protecting 10% of the earth's oceans by the year 2012, a pledge that many say is not going to be met. I personally think that this goal is achievable. New Zealand "has almost 70% of its coastline under some form of protection." To find this BBC News article, click here.
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