A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland published in Ocean & Coastal Management has found that nearly three out of four of the world’s marine protected areas (MPAs) are polluted by sewage. In the ocean regions most critical for coral reefs and tropical sea life, the problem is even worse: between 87 percent and 92 percent of protected areas are affected, and typical pollution levels inside these zones are ten times higher than in surrounding unprotected waters. Over 16,000 MPAs globally were evaluated in the…
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