Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity
External Organisations University of Queensland; Griffith University Queensland; University of Amsterdam; United Nations Environment Programme; Roma Tre University; Antwerp University Hospital; International Union for Conservation of Nature; The Nature Conservancy, Oregon; European Commission; Bioto...
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::2305812 2023-05-15T13:38:03+02:00 Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity School of Population and Global Health (isManagedBy) Talitha Santini (Creator) https://researchdata.edu.au/retaining-natural-vegetation-biodiversity-humanity/2305812 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6hdr7sr0h unknown The University of Western Australia https://researchdata.edu.au/retaining-natural-vegetation-biodiversity-humanity/2305812 069cbc6b-9d12-4d97-a032-7ae3f07e59fe doi:10.5061/dryad.6hdr7sr0h University of Western Australia dataset ftands https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6hdr7sr0h 2023-04-10T22:23:59Z External Organisations University of Queensland; Griffith University Queensland; University of Amsterdam; United Nations Environment Programme; Roma Tre University; Antwerp University Hospital; International Union for Conservation of Nature; The Nature Conservancy, Oregon; European Commission; Biotope*; University of Melbourne Associated Persons Stephen Edwards (Creator)Jeremy Simmonds (Creator); Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro (Creator); April Reside (Creator); James Watson (Creator); James Allan (Creator); Scott Atkinson (Creator); Pasquale Borrelli (Creator); Nigel Dudley (Creator); Richard Fuller (Creator); Edward Game (Creator); Simon Linke (Creator); Sean Maxwell (Creator); Panos Panagos (Creator); Philippe Puydarrieux (Creator); Fabien Quétier (Creator); Rebecca Runting (Creator); Laura Sonter (Creator); Martine Maron (Creator) Humanity is on a pathway of unsustainable loss of the natural systems upon which we, and all life, rely. To date, global efforts to deliver internationally-agreed goals to reduce carbon emissions, halt biodiversity loss, and retain essential ecosystem services, have been poorly integrated. All these goals rely in part on preserving natural (e.g. native, largely unmodified) and semi-natural (e.g. under some form of low-intensity/sustainable human use) forests, woodlands and grasslands. Here, we show how to unify these goals by empirically deriving spatially explicit, quantitative area-based targets for the retention of natural and semi-natural (e.g. native) terrestrial vegetation. We found that at least 67 million km2 of Earth's terrestrial vegetation (∼79% of the area of vegetation remaining) requires retention – via sustainable and appropriate land use and management – to contribute to biodiversity, climate, soil and freshwater objectives under four United Nations Resolutions. This equates to retaining natural and semi-natural vegetation across at least 50% of the total terrestrial (excluding Antarctica) surface of Earth. Our results show where retention efforts could contribute ... Dataset Antarc* Antarctica Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) Queensland Fuller ENVELOPE(162.350,162.350,-77.867,-77.867) Martine ENVELOPE(-73.850,-73.850,-69.967,-69.967) Griffith ENVELOPE(-155.500,-155.500,-85.883,-85.883) Atkinson ENVELOPE(-85.483,-85.483,-78.650,-78.650) Jeremy ENVELOPE(-68.838,-68.838,-69.402,-69.402) Simmonds ENVELOPE(159.567,159.567,-70.333,-70.333) Suarez ENVELOPE(-145.700,-145.700,-86.450,-86.450) |
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External Organisations University of Queensland; Griffith University Queensland; University of Amsterdam; United Nations Environment Programme; Roma Tre University; Antwerp University Hospital; International Union for Conservation of Nature; The Nature Conservancy, Oregon; European Commission; Biotope*; University of Melbourne Associated Persons Stephen Edwards (Creator)Jeremy Simmonds (Creator); Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro (Creator); April Reside (Creator); James Watson (Creator); James Allan (Creator); Scott Atkinson (Creator); Pasquale Borrelli (Creator); Nigel Dudley (Creator); Richard Fuller (Creator); Edward Game (Creator); Simon Linke (Creator); Sean Maxwell (Creator); Panos Panagos (Creator); Philippe Puydarrieux (Creator); Fabien Quétier (Creator); Rebecca Runting (Creator); Laura Sonter (Creator); Martine Maron (Creator) Humanity is on a pathway of unsustainable loss of the natural systems upon which we, and all life, rely. To date, global efforts to deliver internationally-agreed goals to reduce carbon emissions, halt biodiversity loss, and retain essential ecosystem services, have been poorly integrated. All these goals rely in part on preserving natural (e.g. native, largely unmodified) and semi-natural (e.g. under some form of low-intensity/sustainable human use) forests, woodlands and grasslands. Here, we show how to unify these goals by empirically deriving spatially explicit, quantitative area-based targets for the retention of natural and semi-natural (e.g. native) terrestrial vegetation. We found that at least 67 million km2 of Earth's terrestrial vegetation (∼79% of the area of vegetation remaining) requires retention – via sustainable and appropriate land use and management – to contribute to biodiversity, climate, soil and freshwater objectives under four United Nations Resolutions. This equates to retaining natural and semi-natural vegetation across at least 50% of the total terrestrial (excluding Antarctica) surface of Earth. Our results show where retention efforts could contribute ... |
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