North America far off from ocean preservation targets, report finds

Mexico, Canada and US collaborate on report that concludes the three nations will have to dramatically ramp up efforts to reach 10% protection goal

North America is far from reaching national and international targets for protecting oceans, according to a first-of-its-kind report released on Wednesday.

The Dare to Be Deep report, created by a coalition of NGOs in the US, Canada and Mexico, finds that less than 1% of these countries' oceans are protected like national parks - with only four years left to reach the 10% protection goal set in the multilateral Biodiversity Convention.