With oceanic resources more threatened than ever, the world is far from that envisioned MPA network. Although coverage has doubled since 2010, just 2.8 percent of the ocean surface -- some 10 million square kilometers (4 million square miles), roughly the size of the United States -- is now in designated MPAs. And the level of protection varies.
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