They have identified key areas worldwide known as Conservation Imperatives, which account for only 1.2% of the Earth's surface.
Researchers from Resolve, a US conservation group, identified a way to maintain Earth’s biodiversity by protecting a surprisingly small portion of land.Brontosaurs look upon the meteors raining down that preceded the larger asteroid strike that would lead to the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.Our planet is home to diverse life forms, but it’s facing a major threat: extinction. And humans are to be blamed.
But how these areas were identified in the vast globe? “Conservation Imperatives is mapped using the distributions of rare and endangered species via six widely used biodiversity assessments. These locations were overlayed with the latest map or global protected areas to identify unprotected sites that need immediate protections,” said Andy Lee, co-author of the study, toldLee’s team also analyzed land cover using high-resolution satellite imagery .
Interestingly, nearly 40% of these Conservation Imperatives are close to existing protected areas. This means incorporating them into existing plans or finding alternative conservation methods could be much easier.Researchers estimate that the cost of conservation would be less than 0.2% of the US GDP annually – a fraction of what we spend on fossil fuel subsidies.
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