Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity.

Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity.

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 los...

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Main Authors: Oscar Venter, Richard A Fuller, Daniel B Segan, Josie Carwardine, Thomas Brooks, Stuart H M Butchart, Moreno Di Marco, Takuya Iwamura, Liana Joseph, Damien O'Grady, Hugh P Possingham, Carlo Rondinini, Robert J Smith, Michelle Venter, James E M Watson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4068989?pdf=render

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