{"refrec":{"BRefID":409733,"RR":"<b>Sovinc, A.; Kržic, A.</b> (2025). Overview of marine protected areas and sites of particular biodiversity value in the Adriatic—Ionian region (EUSAIR). <i>Diversity 17(2)</i>: 131. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d17020131\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d17020131</a>","BEntID":407538,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Diversity 17(2)</i>: 131. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d17020131\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d17020131</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Sovinc, A.; Kržic, A.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Sovinc, A.; Kržic, A.","Englishabstract":"Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an important tool for conserving biodiversity and ensuring the sustainable use of marine ecosystem services. This study examines the extent of MPAs in the Adriatic-Ionian region (EUSAIR). The analysis focuses on nationally designated marine protected areas and Natura 2000 sites (their marine parts), as well as areas of biodiversity importance that are not officially protected. With a marine area of 484,017 km<sup>2</sup>, the EUSAIR region has 46 nationally designated marine protected areas and 348 Natura 2000 marine protected areas as of 2021, which together represent a protected area of 16,347 km<sup>2</sup> or 3.4% of the region’s total marine area. However, strictly protected areas of IUCN categories I and II account for only 0.07% of the region’s marine area, highlighting a significant gap in achieving global and EU biodiversity targets. In addition, around 30.75% of the marine area is classified as important for biodiversity based on various conservation instruments, but is not legally protected. 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