Protecting half of the planet could directly affect over one billion people

Schleicher, Judith; Zaehringer, Julie G.; Fastré, Constance; Vira, Bhaskar; Visconti, Piero; Sandbrook, Chris (2019). Protecting half of the planet could directly affect over one billion people. Nature sustainability, 2(12), pp. 1094-1096. Springer 10.1038/s41893-019-0423-y

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In light of continuing global biodiversity loss, one ambitious proposal has gained considerable traction amongst conserva-tionists: the goal to protect half the Earth. Our analysis sug-gests that at least one billion people live in places that would be protected if the Half Earth proposal were implemented within all ecoregions. Taking into account the social and eco-nomic impacts of such proposals is central to addressing social and environmental justice concerns, and assessing their acceptability and feasibility.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

UniBE Contributor:

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin

ISSN:

2398-9629

Publisher:

Springer

Projects:

[803] Cluster: Land Resources

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stephan Schmidt

Date Deposited:

29 Apr 2020 08:31

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:36

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/s41893-019-0423-y

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.140730

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/140730

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