Shortfalls and solutions for meeting national and global conservation area targets
SHM Butchart, M Clarke, RJ Smith… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Governments have committed to conserving≥ 17% of terrestrial and≥ 10% of marine
environments globally, especially “areas of particular importance for biodiversity” through
“ecologically representative” Protected Area (PA) systems or other “area‐based
conservation measures”, while individual countries have committed to conserve 3–50% of
their land area. We estimate that PAs currently cover 14.6% of terrestrial and 2.8% of marine
extent, but 59–68% of ecoregions, 77–78% of important sites for biodiversity, and 57% of …
environments globally, especially “areas of particular importance for biodiversity” through
“ecologically representative” Protected Area (PA) systems or other “area‐based
conservation measures”, while individual countries have committed to conserve 3–50% of
their land area. We estimate that PAs currently cover 14.6% of terrestrial and 2.8% of marine
extent, but 59–68% of ecoregions, 77–78% of important sites for biodiversity, and 57% of …