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World meets protected areas target, quality needs improving Issued on: 19/05/2021 - 16:16 The Earth currently has at least 22.5 million square kilometres of protected land and 28.1 million kilometres of protected oceans Moise GOMIS AFP/File 3 min Paris (AFP) The world has met a target set a decade ago to have large areas of land and marine environments protected or conserved by 2020, the UN said Wednesday, but stressed the need for better enforcement. A report from the UN's Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for the Conservati...