The nature of money: how to save more biodiversity
A rethink on protected land and water areas could ultimately save much more biodiversity for the same amount of money, according to a new paper in the scientific journal Nature. (6:06)
- 12 July 2010
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The authors of the paper, including colleagues from CSIRO and The University of Queensland, Australia, have proposed that without spending extra money, it could be possible to dramatically improve the performance of protected area systems by replacing a small number of poor performing areas with more cost-effective ones.
Protected areas are one of the most important tools in modern nature conservation, with over 100 000 sites covering about 12 per cent of the land and territorial waters of countries worldwide.
However, there is widescale acknowledgement that the rate of investment in new protected areas has slowed globally.
In this podcast, lead author Dr Richard Fuller from CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship explains the paper and how its approach could lead to investments in protected areas aimed at guarding biodiversity from threats such as climate change.
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