{
  "id": 2392184,
  "title": "Spain proposes 23 new marine protected areas in the Canary Islands and Mediterranean",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/spain-proposes-23-new-marine-protected-areas-in-the-canary-islands",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T14:28:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/spain-proposes-23-new-marine-protected-areas-in-the-canary-islands-and-mediterranean/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Spanish government has launched a consultation process to establish 23 new marine protected areas (MPAs) in Canary Islands waters and the Mediterranean Sea as part of efforts to meet a national commitment to protect 30% of its waters by 2030. The proposal, put forward by Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}