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By Rhett Ayers Butler [( The ocean has long been treated as the world’s forgotten frontier — out of sight, out of mind, and dangerously overused. Yet efforts to reverse decades of neglect are gaining ...

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Photograph by Manu San Félix, National Geographic Pristine Seas Aerial view of National Geographic Explorer Anya Brown checking in on the coral nursery in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

“The pace of implementation of marine protected areas is totally inadequate for what the world needs,” says Enric Sala, co-author of the study and founder of National Geographic Pristine Seas.