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Former British colonies Compared by Environment > Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > Number

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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 United States 787 2008
2 Canada 563 2008
3 Australia 384 2008
4 Malaysia 147 2008
5 India 117 2008
6 New Zealand 87 2008
7 The Bahamas 32 2008
8 Saint Lucia 29 2008
=9 Belize 19 2008
=9 Fiji 19 2008
11 Tanzania 17 2008
12 Sri Lanka 14 2008
=13 Israel 13 2008
=13 Trinidad and Tobago 13 2008
=15 Jamaica 12 2008
=15 Antigua and Barbuda 12 2008
17 Kenya 11 2008
=18 Bangladesh 7 2008
=18 Brunei 7 2008
=20 The Gambia 6 2008
=20 Burma 6 2008
=22 Pakistan 5 2008
=22 Kuwait 5 2008
24 Namibia 4 2008
=25 Barbados 3 2008
=25 United Arab Emirates 3 2008
=25 Singapore 3 2008
=28 Dominica 2 2008
=28 Bahrain 2 2008
=28 Qatar 2 2008
=28 Somalia 2 2008
=32 Tuvalu 1 2008
=32 Sudan 1 2008
=32 Jordan 1 2008
=32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 2008
=32 Grenada 1 2008
=37 Swaziland 0.0 2008
=37 Malawi 0.0 2008
=37 Nigeria 0.0 2008
=37 Sierra Leone 0.0 2008
=37 Maldives 0.0 2008
=37 Zimbabwe 0.0 2008
=37 Botswana 0.0 2008
=37 Ghana 0.0 2008
=37 Lesotho 0.0 2008
=37 Uganda 0.0 2008
=37 Bhutan 0.0 2008
=37 Zambia 0.0 2008
=37 Guyana 0.0 2008

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