To achieve big wins for terrestrial conservation, prioritize protection of ecoregions clostest to meeting targets

conservation planning
conservation targets
Author

Chauvenet, Watson, Adams, Di Marco, Venter, Davis, Mapping, Klein, Kuempel, Possingham

Published

May 22, 2020

The published paper and code are available on-line.

We explored strategies for ecoregional protection to meet the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Target of protecting 17% of terrestrial areas. We found protecting ecoregions closes to the 17% target was the most efficient strategy.

Scenario outcomes for meeting protection targets, credit Ali Chauvenet

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