Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth's biodiversity

(Yale University) A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can be achieved if an additional 5 percent of land is set aside to protect key species.Scientists from Yale University and the University of Grenoble said such an effort could triple the protected range of those species and safeguard their functional diversity. The findings underscore the need to look beyond species numbers when developing conservation strategies, the researchers said.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 25, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news