An Australian Coral Sea Heritage Park
The Pew Environmental Group
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Zethoven Ao, Imogen (ed.)
2008
The world's oceans are in trouble. Both their shallow waters and mysterious depths are being increasingly emptied of life. The decline in abundance of fish and other creatures is accelerating. Yet our global efforts to protect the marine environment still lag far behind our achievements on land. Less than one percent of the world's oceans are highly protected.