A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica.
Threats to Antarctic biodiversity are escalating, despite its remoteness and protection under the Antarctic Treaty. Increasing human activity, pollution, biological invasions and the omnipresent impacts of climate change all contribute, and often combine, to exert pressure on Antarctic ecosystems an...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/312000 2024-02-04T09:55:12+01:00 A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica. Wauchope, Hannah S Shaw, Justine D Terauds, Aleks 2019-02-26 Electronic application/pdf https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/312000 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.59096 eng eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08915-6 Nat Commun https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/312000 doi:10.17863/CAM.59096 Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Animals Antarctic Regions Biodiversity Birds Climate Change Conservation of Natural Resources Ecosystem Environmental Pollution Human Activities Humans Invertebrates Lichens Plants Species Specificity Article 2019 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.59096 2024-01-11T23:28:36Z Threats to Antarctic biodiversity are escalating, despite its remoteness and protection under the Antarctic Treaty. Increasing human activity, pollution, biological invasions and the omnipresent impacts of climate change all contribute, and often combine, to exert pressure on Antarctic ecosystems and environments. Here we present a continent-wide assessment of terrestrial biodiversity protection in Antarctica. Despite Antarctic Specially Protected Areas covering less than 2% of Antarctica, 44% of species (including seabirds, plants, lichens and invertebrates) are found in one or more protected areas. However, protection is regionally uneven and biased towards easily detectable and charismatic species like seabirds. Systematic processes to prioritize area protection using the best available data will maximize the likelihood of ensuring long-term protection and conservation of Antarctic biodiversity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Threats to Antarctic biodiversity are escalating, despite its remoteness and protection under the Antarctic Treaty. Increasing human activity, pollution, biological invasions and the omnipresent impacts of climate change all contribute, and often combine, to exert pressure on Antarctic ecosystems and environments. Here we present a continent-wide assessment of terrestrial biodiversity protection in Antarctica. Despite Antarctic Specially Protected Areas covering less than 2% of Antarctica, 44% of species (including seabirds, plants, lichens and invertebrates) are found in one or more protected areas. However, protection is regionally uneven and biased towards easily detectable and charismatic species like seabirds. Systematic processes to prioritize area protection using the best available data will maximize the likelihood of ensuring long-term protection and conservation of Antarctic biodiversity. |
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Wauchope, Hannah S Shaw, Justine D Terauds, Aleks |
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Wauchope, Hannah S Shaw, Justine D Terauds, Aleks |
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A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica. |
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A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica. |
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A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica. |
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A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica. |
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A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica. |
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snapshot of biodiversity protection in antarctica. |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
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2019 |
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