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Global conservation area coverage substantially exceeds current estimates

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By Helen O’Neill, Robert Smith, Heather Bingham, Yifan He, Jessica Stewart, Adil Ali, Javier Beltrán Verified, Joseph W. Bull, Susan Canney, Cristina Eghenter, James A. Fitzsimons, Samantha Hill, Clinton N. Jenkins, Cindy Julianty, Yolanda León, John MacKinnon, Daniel Marnewick, Golo Maurer, Ameer Mohammed, Fabio Ricarte, Ryan Richards, Sushma Shrestha Sangat, Dewi Puspitasari Sutejo, Mridhu Tandon, Kasmita Widodo, Steffen Zuther, Zoe Davies, Robert Smith, Joe Beeken, Nuwanthika Dharmaratne, Alphonce B. Mallya, Mayra Milkovic, Yuvenal Pantaleo, Blair Parsons, Corrado Teofili, Jens Wunderlich
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Abstract Conservation areas are critical for tackling the global environmental crisis1. These sites are reported as covering 18.5% of the terrestrial realm2 and governments have committed through Global Biodiversity Framework Target 3 to increase this to at least 30% by 2030 (ref. 3). There are concerns that this potential near-doubling of conservation area coverage will negatively affect vulnerable people and over-stretch conservation resources4.
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