Stat of the week: 1.97 million km2 de la zone économique exclusive des îles Cook sont couverts par des zones marines protégées.

Did you know? 1.97 million km2 of the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone are covered by marine protected areas.

What is the purpose of marine protected areas? Governments create them to protect threatened marine ecosystems and other underwater resources from intrusive human activities. Marine protected areas are also living laboratories where oceanographers and marine biologists can conduct research. (Source: National Geographic)

 

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Pacific Island Countries and territories 2018 2020 2021
American Samoa935,490
Cook Islands1,981,9311,970,5081,957,543
Fiji11,95911,84711,781
Micronesia (Federated States of)475479472
Guam3749,395
Kiribati408,797412,755408,300
Marshall Islands5,3885,2227,205
Northern Mariana Islands247,322207,268
New Caledonia1,320,5011,312,3011,307,953
Nauru0
Niue4128,0424
French Polynesia20700
Papua New Guinea3,3443,3444,384
Pitcairn839,649839,739
Palau608,173608,158604,201
Solomon Islands1,8791,540
Tokelau10535399
Tonga390334333
Tuvalu214212
Vanuatu48544541
Wallis and Futuna0
Samoa191952
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