Global commitments to protect 30% of land by 2030 present an opportunity to combat the
biodiversity crisis, but reducing extinction risk will depend on where countries expand …

Ambitious conservation efforts are needed to stop the global biodiversity crisis. In this study,
we estimate the minimum land area to secure important biodiversity areas, ecologically …

Achieving ambitious goals to conserve at least 30% of US lands and waters by 2030 (“30×
30”) will require a multiscale baseline understanding of current protections, key …

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 …

Biodiversity is intrinsically linked to the health of our planet—and its people. Yet,
increasingly, human activities are causing the extinction of species, degrading ecosystems …

Protected areas are one of the main tools for halting the continuing global biodiversity
crisis,,, caused by habitat loss, fragmentation and other anthropogenic pressures …

Global biodiversity is under significant threat from the combined effects of human-induced
climate and land-use change. Covering 12% of the Earth's terrestrial surface, protected …

Aichi Target 11 has galvanized expansion of the global protected area network, but there is
little evidence that this brings real biodiversity gains. We argue that area-based prioritization …

With the adoption of the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD), 196 nations agreed to achieve ambitious biodiversity-related targets. These targets …

Limiting climate change to less than 2° C is the focus of international policy under the
climate convention (UNFCCC), and is essential to preventing extinctions, a focus of the …