As of September 2024, more than nine million square kilometers of marine area needed to be protected in East Asia and the Pacific to reach the 30X30 target (30 percent of the oceans protected by 2030).
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National Geographic, & UC Santa Barbara. (October 9, 2024). Protected marine area needed to reach the 30X30 target as of September 2024, by region (in square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612714/marine-area-needed-to-protect-to-reach-the-30x30-target/
National Geographic, und UC Santa Barbara. "Protected marine area needed to reach the 30X30 target as of September 2024, by region (in square kilometers)." Chart. October 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612714/marine-area-needed-to-protect-to-reach-the-30x30-target/
National Geographic, UC Santa Barbara. (2024). Protected marine area needed to reach the 30X30 target as of September 2024, by region (in square kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612714/marine-area-needed-to-protect-to-reach-the-30x30-target/
National Geographic, and UC Santa Barbara. "Protected Marine Area Needed to Reach The 30x30 Target as of September 2024, by Region (in Square Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612714/marine-area-needed-to-protect-to-reach-the-30x30-target/
National Geographic & UC Santa Barbara, Protected marine area needed to reach the 30X30 target as of September 2024, by region (in square kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612714/marine-area-needed-to-protect-to-reach-the-30x30-target/ (last visited June 11, 2025)
Protected marine area needed to reach the 30X30 target as of September 2024, by region (in square kilometers) [Graph], National Geographic, & UC Santa Barbara, October 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1612714/marine-area-needed-to-protect-to-reach-the-30x30-target/