Surface of the marine protected areas (2012-2023)

Description: This indicator measures marine protected area (MPA) coverage at the EU and Member State levels over time. It considers MPAs reported as both Natura 2000 sites and nationally designated protected areas.

Global identifier:

Uuid(
    374953e4-3ed5-4841-a050-cc5135a0d177,
)

Tags: Meeresschutzgebiet ? Natura-2000-Gebiet ? Schutzgebiet ?

License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0

Language: Englisch/English

Organisations

• Europäische Umweltagentur (Herausgeberschaft, Bereitstellung)
• Sustainable Development Initiative (Bereitstellung)

Modified: 2026-01-22

Last harvest: 25.05.2026 00:05

Update frequency: annually

Time ranges: 2012-01-01 - 2023-12-31 2025-10-22 - 2025-10-28

Resources

• https://doi.org/10.2909/374953e4-3ed5-4841-a050-cc5135a0d177 (Webseite) *
• https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/sdg_14_10_esmsip2.htm (Webseite) *
• https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/374953e4-3ed5-4841-a050-cc5135a0d177 (Webseite) *
• https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_s_eu-sdg-14-10_p_2012-2023_v01_r00 (Webseite) *
• https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/marine-protected-areas-in-europes-seas (Webseite) *

Status

Aktiv

Quality score

• Overall: 0.57
• Findability: 0.72

  • Title: 0.80
  • Description: 0.49
  • Identifier: true
  • Keywords: 1.00
  • Spatial: NoRegion (0.00)
  • Temporal: true
• Accessibility: 0.67

  • Landing page: Specific (1.00)
  • Direct access: false
  • Publicly accessible: true
• Interoperability: 0.25

  • Open file format: false
  • Media type: false
  • Machine-readable metadata: true
  • Machine-readable data: false
• Reusability: 0.67

  • License: ClearlySpecifiedAndFree (1.00)
  • Contact info: false
  • Publisher info: true

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