… Currently, some wilderness areas are protected under national legislation such as the 1964
US Wilderness Act, which protects 37,000 km 2 of federal land. But in most nations, these …

… (3.3 million km 2 ) of global wilderness areas over the last two decades, particularly in the
Amazon … Thus, avoiding emissions by protecting the globally significant wilderness areas of the …

… Here we define a new metric, the Last of the Wild in each Ecoregion (LWE), as a preliminary
scoping of the most intact parts of each ecoregion. IFL and LWE are approaches among a …

… This last point regarding the future role of protected areas is of such crucial importance
that we have developed Protecting the Wild to consider it. Should the primary goal of …

… Sometime in the last century that changed. Today the guiding hand of evolution is … biosphere
springs as much from our deliberate efforts to protect and manage the life around us as it …

… protect rivers in the Balkans known as “Save the Blue Heart of Europe” launched the Vjosa
River Campaign in Albania to save what is known as the “Last Wild … s first “Wild River National …

… “I think that people that are interested in protecting Hawaii’s flora and fauna have resigned
… Several of these marsupials were brought here from their last wild haunts, offshore islands …

… If the idea is to visit Antarctica as the last of the world's truly wild places, tourists should do
their utmost to protect it and oblige tour operators to take proper precautions. Accordingly, a …

… populations of wild yaks in Nepal at risk. Our study indicates that the unprotected habitat of
Upper Humla is the last refuge for wild yaks in Nepal. We recommend wild yak conservation …

… for wild reindeer. The regional planning processes had a twofold aim; to protect important wild
… in the mapping of clear borders for the National Wild Reindeer Areas (NWRA), where new …