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Conservation Africa News – How to Dramatically Curb Extinction
Climate change and habitat loss are two huge threats to animal and plant survival, but a new study shows how managing both factors could help prevent extinctions. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions and protecting more tropical land could reduce the probability of species blinking out, called extinction risk, by more than half, the research found. Scientists…
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These results could help inform United Nations officials scheduled to meet this year. Focused on conserving the world’s flora and fauna, the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity has proposed conserving 30 percent of Earth’s land and oceans by 2030. Formal protection from development could save vulnerable ecosystems and mitigate the effects of climate change.
The model does not, however, take into account how different species interact with one another and with the landscape. A hummingbird may move to a new location, but the plants it depends on may not, for example. Still, says Rachael Gallagher, a biologist at Australia’s Macquarie University in New South Wales, who was not involved in the study, the paper “provides an evidence base for those advocating to expand the world’s protected areas.”
This article was originally published with the title “Extinguishing Extinct
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