Area-based conservation is essential to safeguard nature's diversity. In view of expanding
human land use, increasing climate change and unmet conservation targets, area-based …

One of the basic purposes of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation
interventions is to achieve conservation impact, the sum of avoided biodiversity loss and …

International policy is focused on increasing the proportion of the Earth's surface that is
protected for nature,. Although studies show that protected areas prevent habitat loss …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Over a million species face extinction, highlighting the urgent need for conservation policies
that maximize the protection of biodiversity to sustain its manifold contributions to people's …

One-sixth of the global terrestrial surface now falls within protected areas (PAs), making it
essential to understand how far they mitigate the increasing pressures on nature which …

In 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Strategic Plan
for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets, to catalyze national and …

Protected areas (PA s) are a key tool in efforts to safeguard biodiversity against increasing
anthropogenic threats. As signatories to the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, 196 …

Protected areas (PAs) are the primary strategy for slowing terrestrial biodiversity loss.
Although expansion of PA coverage is prioritized under the Convention on Biological …

Protected areas are a key tool in the conservation of global biodiversity and carbon stores.
We conducted a global test of the degree to which more than 18,000 terrestrial protected …