Conservation Biology: The Importance of Wilderness

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¹ Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MSN 2B3, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA. Electronic address: tlovejoy@gmu.edu.

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Thomas E Lovejoy. Curr Biol. 2016.

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. 2016 Dec 5;26(23):R1235-R1237.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.038.

¹ Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MSN 2B3, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA. Electronic address: tlovejoy@gmu.edu.

Abstract

The efforts to increase protected area coverage are overlooking the importance of remaining wilderness areas.

Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets.
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