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GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Volume 20, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00768
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Aichi target 11; Convention on biological diversity; Representativeness; Spatial conservation prioritization; Zonation software
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- Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence programme 2012-2017 [250444]
- Academy of Finland [296524]
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Using spatial prioritization, we identify priority areas for the expansion of the global protected area network. We identify a set of unprotected key biodiversity areas (KBAs) that would efficiently complement the current protected area network in terms of coverage of ranges of terrestrial vertebrates. We show that protecting a small fraction (0.36%) of terrestrial area within KBAs could increase conservation coverage of ranges of threatened vertebrates by on average 14.7 percentage points. We also identify areas outside both the protected area and KBA networks that would further complement the priority KBAs. These areas are likely to hold populations of species that are poorly protected or covered by KBAs, and where on-the-ground surveys might confirm suitability for KBA designation or protection. (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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