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Protected areas have increased to cover one fifth of Europe’s land

News Published 22 Oct 2012 Last modified 21 Jun 2016

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More than 21 % of the land has some kind of protected status in the 39 countries which work with the European Environment Agency (EEA). However, only 4 % of the sea controlled by countries of the European Union is included within the Natura 2000 network of protected areas, according to a new report from the EEA.