Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water: [incl. correction]
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Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water : [incl. correction]. / Jung, Martin; Arnell, Andy; de Lamo, Xavier; García-Rangel, Shaenandhoa; Lewis, Matthew; Mark, Jennifer; Merow, Cory; Miles, Lera; Ondo, Ian; Pironon, Samuel; Ravilious, Corinna; Rivers, Malin; Schepashenko, Dmitry; Tallowin, Oliver; van Soesbergen, Arnout; Govaerts, Rafaël; Boyle, Bradley L.; Enquist, Brian J.; Feng, Xiao; Gallagher, Rachael; Maitner, Brian; Meiri, Shai; Mulligan, Mark; Ofer, Gali; Roll, Uri; Hanson, Jeffrey O.; Jetz, Walter; Di Marco, Moreno; McGowan, Jennifer; Rinnan, D. Scott; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Lesiv, Myroslava; Adams, Vanessa M.; Andrew, Samuel C.; Burger, Joseph R.; Hannah, Lee; Marquet, Pablo A.; McCarthy, James K.; Morueta-Holme, Naia; Newman, Erica A.; Park, Daniel S.; Roehrdanz, Patrick R.; Svenning, Jens-Christian; Violle, Cyrille; Wieringa, Jan J.; Wynne, Graham; Fritz, Steffen; Strassburg, Bernardo B. N.; Obersteiner, Michael; Kapos, Valerie; Burgess, Neil; Schmidt-Traub, Guido; Visconti, Piero.
In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 5, No. 11, 2021, p. 1499-1509.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water
T2 - [incl. correction]
AU - Jung, Martin
AU - Arnell, Andy
AU - de Lamo, Xavier
AU - García-Rangel, Shaenandhoa
AU - Lewis, Matthew
AU - Mark, Jennifer
AU - Merow, Cory
AU - Miles, Lera
AU - Ondo, Ian
AU - Pironon, Samuel
AU - Ravilious, Corinna
AU - Rivers, Malin
AU - Schepashenko, Dmitry
AU - Tallowin, Oliver
AU - van Soesbergen, Arnout
AU - Govaerts, Rafaël
AU - Boyle, Bradley L.
AU - Enquist, Brian J.
AU - Feng, Xiao
AU - Gallagher, Rachael
AU - Maitner, Brian
AU - Meiri, Shai
AU - Mulligan, Mark
AU - Ofer, Gali
AU - Roll, Uri
AU - Hanson, Jeffrey O.
AU - Jetz, Walter
AU - Di Marco, Moreno
AU - McGowan, Jennifer
AU - Rinnan, D. Scott
AU - Sachs, Jeffrey D.
AU - Lesiv, Myroslava
AU - Adams, Vanessa M.
AU - Andrew, Samuel C.
AU - Burger, Joseph R.
AU - Hannah, Lee
AU - Marquet, Pablo A.
AU - McCarthy, James K.
AU - Morueta-Holme, Naia
AU - Newman, Erica A.
AU - Park, Daniel S.
AU - Roehrdanz, Patrick R.
AU - Svenning, Jens-Christian
AU - Violle, Cyrille
AU - Wieringa, Jan J.
AU - Wynne, Graham
AU - Fritz, Steffen
AU - Strassburg, Bernardo B. N.
AU - Obersteiner, Michael
AU - Kapos, Valerie
AU - Burgess, Neil
AU - Schmidt-Traub, Guido
AU - Visconti, Piero
N1 - Author Correction: Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01569-y) Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and how multiple targets can be pursued concurrently. To support goal setting and the implementation of international strategies and action plans, spatial guidance is needed to identify which land areas have the potential to generate the greatest synergies between conserving biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. Here we present results from a joint optimization that minimizes the number of threatened species, maximizes carbon retention and water quality regulation, and ranks terrestrial conservation priorities globally. We found that selecting the top-ranked 30% and 50% of terrestrial land area would conserve respectively 60.7% and 85.3% of the estimated total carbon stock and 66% and 89.8% of all clean water, in addition to meeting conservation targets for 57.9% and 79% of all species considered. Our data and prioritization further suggest that adequately conserving all species considered (vertebrates and plants) would require giving conservation attention to ~70% of the terrestrial land surface. If priority was given to biodiversity only, managing 30% of optimally located land area for conservation may be sufficient to meet conservation targets for 81.3% of the terrestrial plant and vertebrate species considered. Our results provide a global assessment of where land could be optimally managed for conservation. We discuss how such a spatial prioritization framework can support the implementation of the biodiversity and climate conventions.
AB - To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and how multiple targets can be pursued concurrently. To support goal setting and the implementation of international strategies and action plans, spatial guidance is needed to identify which land areas have the potential to generate the greatest synergies between conserving biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. Here we present results from a joint optimization that minimizes the number of threatened species, maximizes carbon retention and water quality regulation, and ranks terrestrial conservation priorities globally. We found that selecting the top-ranked 30% and 50% of terrestrial land area would conserve respectively 60.7% and 85.3% of the estimated total carbon stock and 66% and 89.8% of all clean water, in addition to meeting conservation targets for 57.9% and 79% of all species considered. Our data and prioritization further suggest that adequately conserving all species considered (vertebrates and plants) would require giving conservation attention to ~70% of the terrestrial land surface. If priority was given to biodiversity only, managing 30% of optimally located land area for conservation may be sufficient to meet conservation targets for 81.3% of the terrestrial plant and vertebrate species considered. Our results provide a global assessment of where land could be optimally managed for conservation. We discuss how such a spatial prioritization framework can support the implementation of the biodiversity and climate conventions.
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01569-y
U2 - 10.1038/s41559-021-01528-7
DO - 10.1038/s41559-021-01528-7
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34429536
AN - SCOPUS:85113354407
VL - 5
SP - 1499
EP - 1509
JO - Nature Ecology & Evolution
JF - Nature Ecology & Evolution
SN - 2397-334X
IS - 11
ER -
ID: 279624432