Targeting Global Protected Area Expansion for Imperiled Biodiversity
James Cook University · University of Queensland · +11 more institutions
Abstract
Governments have agreed to expand the global protected area network from 13% to 17% of the world's land surface by 2020 (Aichi target 11) and to prevent the further loss of known threatened species (Aichi target 12). These targets are interdependent, as protected areas can stem biodiversity loss when strategically located and effectively managed. However, the global protected area estate is currently biased toward locations that are cheap to protect and away from important areas for biodiversity. Here we use data on the distribution of protected areas and threatened terrestrial birds, mammals, and amphibians to assess current and possible future coverage of these species under the convention. We discover that…
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Authors
15- OVOscar VenterCorresponding
James Cook University, University of Queensland
- RARichard A. Fuller
University of Queensland
- DBDaniel B. Segan
Wildlife Conservation Society, University of Queensland
- JCJosie Carwardine
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Ecosystem Sciences
- TMThomas M. Brooks
International Union for Conservation of Nature, University of the Philippines Los Baños, University of Tasmania
Topics & keywords
- Threatened species
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Biodiversity
- Protected area
- Biology
- Ecology
- Environmental resource management
- Agroforestry
- Life in Land