Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2929-2934

  Watson, James E M ^a,b   Shanahan, Danielle F ^a   Di Marco, Moreno ^a   Allan, James ^a   Laurance, William F ^c   Sanderson, Eric W ^b   Mackey, Brendan ^d   Venter, Oscar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

conservation biology; Convention for Biological Diversity; environmental mapping; habitat intactness; human footprint; remote sensing; spatial planning; spatial prioritization; wilderness

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AFRICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; WILDERNESS;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SOUTH AMERICA; WILDERNESS;

EID: 84994403991     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.049     Document Type: Article

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