Simply designating an area as 'for nature' does not mean it is beneficial for wildlife, researchers find.
Dr Wauchope explained that the study used population trends of wetland birds as a measure of the success of a protected area, which can be anything from an area of outstanding natural beauty to a carefully managed nature reserve.She and her colleagues also compared sites before and after they were officially protected, and compared the trends of similar bird populations inside and outside protected areas.
"That's disappointing, but not surprising. There seems to be this disconnect between people talking about how much land is protected and whether those areas are actually doing anything positive."According to the UN, one million species of plants and animals are now under threat. Co-author Prof Julia Jones, from Bangor University, stressed that "drawing lines on a map does nothing for nature".
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