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Protected nature areas are considered fundamental for maintaining biodiversity and countering its loss. But how effectively do established protected areas work and prevent negative trends? Research at ...

A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a 'protected area' designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it. A ...

In February 2024, Papua New Guinea’s parliament passed the Protected Areas Bill, first introduced two decades ago, into an act, which aims to establish a national system of protected areas to achieve ...

A new report found that networks of protected bicycle lanes are a cost-effective way of reducing emissions compared to other approaches to decarbonizing transportation. “Bicycle lanes reduce GHG ...

A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Union for Conservation of Nature reveals that countries are closing in on the target set in 2010 of protecting or ...

Lecturer Head, Cook Research Group; School of Biological Sciences , Monash University John Turnbull is on the Secretariat of Reef Life Survey. He receives funding from the University of NSW and the ...