The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework seeks to protect 30% of the globe's lands and waters by 2030 to address biodiversity loss. However, many marine protected areas (MPAs) suffer from inadequate management, allowing harmful activities, such as destructive fishing, to persist. As a result, these areas often emerge as 'paper parks'—protected on documents but ineffective in achieving real conservation. This underscores the urgent need for improved governance and enforcement in MPAs to ensure these efforts yield meaningful ecological impacts.
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework aims to conserve 30% of Earth's lands and waters by 2030, highlighting the importance of global action for biodiversity.
Despite the good intentions behind marine protected areas, many are poorly managed and permit harmful practices, raising concerns over the effectiveness of these 'paper parks'.
The issue of destructive fishing practices in supposedly protected areas emphasizes the need for better management and enforcement to ensure environmental preservation.
Without proper governance and management, even designated protected areas fail to yield substantial ecological benefits and merely remain on paper.
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