Coverage of Natura 2000 sites in 2012 per EU Member State (km2 and % coverage of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)) ranked according to % coverage of the EEZ

Note:
There is not a one-to-one relationship between the MPA cover presented per regional sea compared to per EU Member State. The reason is that some overlaps and/or gaps exist between the waters of individual Member States, which either result in double counting of specific areas or in some areas not being counted at all. The numbers presented for each regional sea represent a seamless, coherent approach for presenting regional and European overviews. This figure has been drawn up for comparison of national efforts.