Protected area targets post-2020
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Outcome-based targets are needed to achieve biodiversity goals
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Isojärvi National Park is an old logging site with a range of activities on offer from hiking and canoeing to enjoying the views.
“Isojärvi National Park is one such area, an old logging site with a range of activities on offer from hiking and canoeing to enjoying the views.192”
From Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity (2024) · cites this paper as [192]
The Monitoring and Reporting section discusses biodiversity monitoring in protected areas, while the figure caption describes a site in Spain. Searches for Isojärvi, its logging history, and hiking and canoeing found no passage addressing those claims. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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Self-citationOne-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure
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Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan
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A biodiversity target based on species extinctions
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Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity
Piczak, M. L., Perry, D., Cooke, S. J., Harrison, I., Benitez, S., Koning, A., Peng, L., Limbu, P., Smokorowski, K. E., Salinas-Rodriguez, S., et al. (2024) · Environmental Reviews · doi:10.1139/er-2023-0034 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
“It is impossible to protect every intact freshwater habitat or restore every degraded freshwater habitat, so we argue that prioritization will play an important role in the protection and restoration of freshwater ecosystems (Visconti et al. 2019; Guetz et al. 2022).”
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- Authors
- Visconti, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Langhammer, P. F., Marnewick, D., Vergara, S., Yanosky, A., & Watson, J. E. M.
- Affiliations
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (CH)
- Genetic Alliance UK (United Kingdom) (GB)
- BirdLife South Africa, Dunkeld West 2196, South Africa.
- ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Laguna, Philippines.
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (PY)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2019-04-19
- Volume
- 364
- Issue
- 6437
- Pages
- 239-241
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2936477023
- Cited by
- 418
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 38 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 80 · 2019: 20
- FWCI
- 28.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- pure.iiasa.ac.at
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Conservation and Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- protected areas, post-2020 global biodiversity framework, biodiversity conservation targets
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Conservation of Natural Resources, Environmental Monitoring, Biodiversity
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