Two marine parks from the Asean—the Philippines’ Apo Reef Natural Park and Indonesia’s Raja Ampat Islands Marine Conservation Area—received the Blue Park platinum and gold-level awards, respectively, from the Marine Conservation Institute at the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Asean Centre for Biodiversity Executive Director Theresa Mundita Lim congratulated the parks for meeting the highest science-based standards for marine conservation, ACB said in a news release. “We commend the Apo Reef Natural Park and the Raja Ampat Islands Marine Conservation Area for their designation as thriving emblems of the Asean region’s spectacular marine biodiversity,” Lim said in a statement.

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