World Bank2025-06-202025-06-202025-06-20https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43360This report aims to support Ecuador in identifying priority marine and coastal areas for conservation within its territorial sea, considering its strategic goals as described in its 2015–2030 National Biodiversity Strategy and its commitment to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s “30 x 30 target” of 30 percent of land and marine areas conserved by 2030. The report also offers recommendations and actions that can be taken in the short, middle, and long term to achieve these recommendations.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOLIFE BELOW WATERMARINE CONSERVATIONCOASTAL AREAS PRIORITYLONG-TERM BIODIVERSITY PLANNINGReportWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/43360