"Slow Progress on Ocean Protection"

This link is to a BBC article assessing the current state of ocean protection. The article concludes that less than 1% of the world's oceans are protected. The global survey was carried out by The Nature Conservancy, and the results are published in the journal Conservation Letters. Almost every country in the world signed the UN Convention on Biodiversity four years ago, which commits governments to protect 10% of the world's oceans in the interest of maintaining a healthy ecosystem. The Bijagos Archipelago, Palau, Indonesia, New Zealand, Micronesia and several Caribbean states are listed as making significant progress in marine protection. The hippos in the photo live in the coastal waters of mangrove coasts in the Bijagos Archipelago. They are clearly benefitting from the country's marine protection.