Bolder science needed now for protected areas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 243-248

  Watson, James E M ^a,b   Darling, Emily S ^a,c   Venter, Oscar ^b   Maron, Martine ^b   Walston, Joe ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^b   Dudley, Nigel ^b,d,e   Hockings, Marc ^b   Barnes, Megan ^b   Brooks, Thomas M ^f,g,h  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e EQUILIBRIUM RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f IUCN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aichi Target 11; CBD; Environmental policy; Resilience; Targets; Threatened species conservation; World Parks Congress

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TRENDS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 84960120451     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12645     Document Type: Article

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