The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity
J. R. Allan, H. P. Possingham, S. C. Atkinson, A. Waldron, M. Di Marco, V. M. Adams, S. H. M. Butchart, D. W. Kissling, T. Worsdell, G. Gibbon, K. Kumar, P. Mehta, M. Maron, B. A. Williams, K. R. Jones, , J. E. M. Watson
The paper estimates that 64 million km2 of terrestrial land requires conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity, with potential losses of 1.3 million km2 by 2030 under intensive land-use scenarios.
bioRxiv · Apr 25, 2021Ecology