World meets 10-year goal to increase area of protected land: Report
Coral reefs could stop growing in 10 years: Study UP NEXT The international community has met its 10-year global target to increase the area of protected land on Earth, according to a new report. Great progress has been made since 2010, with more than 42% of the current coverage added in the last decade with about 8.4 million square miles of land and about 10.8 million square miles of ocean, according to the biennial Protected Land Report released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the United Nations Environmental Program on Wednesday.MORE: Protecting natural resources could lead to less armed conflict: Report
World meets 10-year target to increase area of protected land on Earth, new report states
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Coral reefs could stop growing in 10 years: Study
The fate of coral reefs around the world remains grim should global warming continues at its current rate, according to the latest research.Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE
The international community has met its 10-year global target to increase the area of protected land on Earth, according to a new report. Great progress has been made since 2010, with more than 42% of the current coverage added in the last decade with about 8.4 million square miles of land and about 10.8 million square miles of ocean, according to the biennial Protected Land Report released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the United Nations Environmental Program on Wednesday.
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