Maximizing the effectiveness of national commitments to protected area expansion for conserving biodiversity and ecosystem carbon under climate change

C Carroll, JC Ray - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global commitments to protected area expansion should prioritize opportunities to protect
climate refugia and ecosystems which store high levels of irrecoverable carbon, as key …

Protected-area targets could be undermined by climate change-driven shifts in ecoregions and biomes

SZ Dobrowski, CE Littlefield, DS Lyons… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Expanding the global protected area network is critical for addressing biodiversity declines
and the climate crisis. However, how climate change will affect ecosystem representation …

[HTML][HTML] Earth transformed: detailed map** of global human modification from 1990 to 2017

DM Theobald, C Kennedy, B Chen… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Data on the extent, patterns, and trends of human land use are critically important to support
global and national priorities for conservation and sustainable development. To inform these …

Heterogeneous impact of land-use on climate change: study from a spatial perspective

S Jia, C Yang, M Wang, P Failler - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Studies have shown that land and climate interact in complex ways through multiple
biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks. In this interaction mechanism, the carbon …

Climate and land-use changes reduce the benefits of terrestrial protected areas

EF Asamoah, LJ Beaumont, JM Maina - Nature Climate Change, 2021 - nature.com
Expanding and enhancing protected area networks (PAs) is at the forefront of efforts to
conserve and restore global biodiversity but climate change and habitat loss can interact …
SA Parks, LM Holsinger, JT Abatzoglou… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species across the planet are shifting their ranges to track suitable climate conditions in
response to climate change. Given that protected areas have higher quality habitat and often …

Protected areas provide thermal buffer against climate change

X Xu, A Huang, E Belle, P De Frenne, G Jia - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Climate change is pushing temperatures beyond the thermal tolerance of many species.
Whether protected areas (PAs) can serve as climate change refugia for biodiversity has not …

High-resolution land value maps reveal underestimation of conservation costs in the United States

C Nolte - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 - pnas.org
The justification and targeting of conservation policy rests on reliable measures of public
and private benefits from competing land uses. Advances in Earth system observation and …

Quantifying landscape connectivity gaps between protected area and natural habitat

H Mu, S Guo, X Li, Y Zhou, Y Lü, X Du, J Huang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Protected areas are crucial for safeguarding biodiversity and mitigating significant threats.
However, the effectiveness of protected areas has been debated, particularly regarding their …

Examining local and regional ecological connectivity throughout North America

RT Belote, K Barnett, K Zeller, A Brennan, J Gage - Landscape Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Context Conservation scientists recommend maintaining and restoring ecological
connectivity to sustain biodiversity in the face of land-use and climate change. Alternative …