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Marine protected area

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016571

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are areas of the oceans or Great Lakes that are protected for a conservation purpose.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016571
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
AbbreviationMPA
ReferencesNOAA National Ocean Service at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ecosystems/mpa/
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016571",
  "term": "Marine protected area",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Marine Protected Area",
  "definition": "Marine protected areas (MPAs) are areas of the oceans or Great Lakes that are protected for a conservation purpose.",
  "abbreviation": "MPA",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Ocean Service at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ecosystems/mpa/"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/marine-protected-area/"
}

Record 16,138 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.