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East Asia and Pacific Compared by Environment > Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > Number

DEFINITION: Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Australia 384 2008
2 Philippines 212 2008
3 Malaysia 147 2008
4 Indonesia 139 2008
5 Japan 135 2008
6 New Zealand 87 2008
=7 China 36 2008
=7 Vietnam 36 2008
9 Papua New Guinea 24 2008
=10 Vanuatu 21 2008
=10 Solomon Islands 21 2008
=12 Thailand 19 2008
=12 Fiji 19 2008
14 Palau 15 2008
15 Kiribati 14 2008
16 Tonga 11 2008
17 Samoa 8 2008
18 Brunei 7 2008
19 Burma 6 2008
20 Singapore 3 2008
=21 Cambodia 2 2008
=21 Marshall Islands 2 2008
23 Tuvalu 1 2008
=24 East Timor 0.0 2008
=24 Mongolia 0.0 2008
=24 Laos 0.0 2008

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