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Applied science facilitates the large-scale expansion of protected areas in an Amazonian hot spot.
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Science advances [Sci Adv] 2021 Jul 30; Vol. 7 (31). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 30 (Print Publication: 2021). - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Meeting international commitments to protect 17% of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide will require >3 million square kilometers of new protected areas and strategies to create those areas in a way that respects local communities and land use. In 2000-2016, biological and social scientists worked to increase the protected proportion of Peru's largest department via 14 interdisciplinary inventories covering >9 million hectares of this megadiverse corner of the Amazon basin. In each landscape, the strategy was the same: convene diverse partners, identify biological and sociocultural assets, document residents' use of natural resources, and tailor the findings to the needs of decision-makers. Nine of the 14 landscapes have since been protected (5.7 million hectares of new protected areas), contributing to a quadrupling of conservation coverage in Loreto (from 6 to 23%). We outline the methods and enabling conditions most crucial for successfully applying similar campaigns elsewhere on Earth.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2375-2548
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 31
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Science advances
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34330699
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe2998