Protected areas now cover nearly 17% of Earth’s surface: U.N. report

[UngulateNerd92]

That is so miniscule... We need to take land protection much further! Upon the recommendation of E.O. Wilson, an American biologist, naturalist, and writer, I believe that we need to restore and preserve two thirds (75%) of the planet, if not more in its natural wilderness form.

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• 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 conserving 17% of the Earth’s surface.
• Since 2010, the area of the marine environment that’s under protection has more than tripled, although global coverage is less than 8%, falling short of the 10% goal set in Aichi Target 11.
• While there has been some success, international leaders agree there should be more focus on quality as well as quantity in designating protected and conservation areas.
• As the U.N. Biodiversity Conference scheduled for October 2021 in Kunming, China, approaches, the report calls for a stronger emphasis on the contributions of Indigenous and local communities, while also ensuring that the world’s poorest don’t shoulder an outsize burden from these efforts.

The area of protected land on Earth has increased to seven times the size of India since 2010, according to a report released May 19 by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)."

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Here is another relevant article.

Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth's land and freshwater

Roughly a sixth of the planet’s land and freshwater area now lies within protected or conservation areas, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday (May 19).

Next comes the hard part. The world needs to ensure that those regions are actually effectively managed to stabilise the climate and to curb biodiversity loss while also increasing the total area of protected places, scientists say.

Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth's land and freshwater