The Global Deal for Nature sets an ambitious agenda to protect our biosphere through ecosystem conservation and land restoration. The Global Deal for Nature (GDN) is a time-bound, science-driven plan to save the diversity and abundance of life on Earth. Pairing the GDN and the Paris Climate Agreement would avoid catastrophic climate change, conserve species, and secure essential ecosystem services. New findings give urgency to this union: Less than half of the terrestrial realm is intact, yet conserving all native ecosystems—coupled with energy transition measures—will be required to remain below a 1.5°C rise in average global temperature. The GDN targets 30% of Earth to be formally protected and an additional 20% designated as climate stabilization areas, by 2030, to stay below 1.5°C. We highlight the 67% of terrestrial ecoregions that can meet 30% protection, thereby reducing extinction threats and carbon emissions from natural reservoirs. Freshwater and marine targets included here extend the GDN to all realms and provide a pathway to ensuring a more livable biosphere.
A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets
E. Dinerstein,C. Vynne,E. Sala,A. Joshi,S. Fernando,T. Lovejoy,Juan Mayorga,D. Olson,G. Asner,J. Baillie,N. Burgess,Karl Burkart,R. Noss,Ya-ping Zhang,A. Baccini,Tanya Birch,Nathan R. Hahn,L. Joppa,E. Wikramanayake
Published 2019 in Science Advances
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2019
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Science Advances
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2019-04-01
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Political Science, Medicine, Environmental Science
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