Two thirds of oil and gas overlaps are located in internationally recognized protected areas

Overlapping surface (in km²) of oil and gas licences and protected areas globally, by area status.

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The total number of protections is larger than the number of unique protected areas because some areas have more than one protection status.

Chart: Data analysis by EIF/EICSource: Mapstand and WDPACreated with Datawrapper