An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm

Eric Dinerstein; David Olson; Amup Joshi; Carly  Vynne; Neil David Burgess; Eric  Wikramanayake; Nathan  Hahn; Suzanne  Palminteri; Prashant  Hedao; Reed  Noss; Matt Hansen; Harvey  Locke; Erle C. Ellis; Benjamin  Jones; Charles  Victor Barber; Randy  Hayes; Cyril  Kormos; Vance  Martin; Eileen  Crist; Wes  Sechrest; Lori Price; Jonathan E M Baillie; Don Weeden; Kierán  Suckling; Crystal  Davis; Nigel Sizer; Rebecca Moore; David Thau; Tanya Birch; Peter V. Potapov; Svetlana  Turubanova; Alexandra  Tyukavina; Nadia  de Souza; Lilian  Pintea; José  C. Brito; Othman  A. Llewellyn; Anthony  G. Miller; Annette  Patzelt; Shahina  A. Ghazanfar; Jonathan R. Timberlake; Heinz  Klöser; Yara Shennan-Farpon; Roeland Kindt; Jens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø; Paulo van Breugel; Lars Graudal; Maianna  Voge; Khalaf  F. Al-Shammari; Muhammad   Saleem

doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014

An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm

Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, Amup Joshi, Carly Vynne, Neil David Burgess, Eric Wikramanayake, Nathan Hahn, Suzanne Palminteri, Prashant Hedao, Reed Noss, Matt Hansen, Harvey Locke, Erle C. Ellis, Benjamin Jones, Charles Victor Barber, Randy Hayes, Cyril Kormos, Vance Martin, Eileen Crist, Wes SechrestLori Price, Jonathan E M Baillie, Don Weeden, Kierán Suckling, Crystal Davis, Nigel Sizer, Rebecca Moore, David Thau, Tanya Birch, Peter V. Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova, Alexandra Tyukavina, Nadia de Souza, Lilian Pintea, José C. Brito, Othman A. Llewellyn, Anthony G. Miller, Annette Patzelt, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Jonathan R. Timberlake, Heinz Klöser, Yara Shennan-Farpon, Roeland Kindt, Jens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Paulo van Breugel, Lars Graudal, Maianna Voge, Khalaf F. Al-Shammari, Muhammad Saleem

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We assess progress toward the protection of 50% of the terrestrial biosphere to address the species-extinction crisis and conserve a global ecological heritage for future generations. Using a map of Earth's 846 terrestrial ecoregions, we show that 98 ecoregions (12%) exceed Half Protected; 313 ecoregions (37%) fall short of Half Protected but have sufficient unaltered habitat remaining to reach the target; and 207 ecoregions (24%) are in peril, where an average of only 4% of natural habitat remains. We propose a Global Deal for Nature-a companion to the Paris Climate Deal-to promote increased habitat protection and restoration, national- and ecoregion-scale conservation strategies, and the empowerment of indigenous peoples to protect their sovereign lands. The goal of such an accord would be to protect half the terrestrial realm by 2050 to halt the extinction crisis while sustaining human livelihoods.

Original language	English
Journal	BioScience
Volume	67
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	534-545
Number of pages	12
ISSN	0006-3568
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2017

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Dinerstein, E., Olson, D., Joshi, A., Vynne, C., Burgess, N. D., Wikramanayake, E., Hahn, N., Palminteri, S., Hedao, P., Noss, R., Hansen, M., Locke, H., Ellis, E. C., Jones, B., Victor Barber, C., Hayes, R., Kormos, C., Martin, V., Crist, E., ... Saleem, M. (2017). An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm. BioScience, 67(6), 534-545. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014

Dinerstein, E, Olson, D, Joshi, A, Vynne, C, Burgess, ND, Wikramanayake, E, Hahn, N, Palminteri, S, Hedao, P, Noss, R, Hansen, M, Locke, H, Ellis, EC, Jones, B, Victor Barber, C, Hayes, R, Kormos, C, Martin, V, Crist, E, Sechrest, W, Price, L, Baillie, JEM, Weeden, D, Suckling, K, Davis, C, Sizer, N, Moore, R, Thau, D, Birch, T, Potapov, PV, Turubanova, S, Tyukavina, A, de Souza, N, Pintea, L, C. Brito, J, A. Llewellyn, O, G. Miller, A, Patzelt, A, A. Ghazanfar, S, Timberlake, JR, Klöser, H, Shennan-Farpon, Y, Kindt, R, Lillesø, J-PB, van Breugel, P, Graudal, L, Voge, M, F. Al-Shammari, K & Saleem, M 2017, 'An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm', BioScience, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 534-545. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014

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