Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Vulnerabilities of protected lands in the face of climate and human footprint changes

  • Nawal Shrestha,
  • Xiaoting Xu,
  • Jiahui Meng,
  • Zhiheng Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21914-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Proected areas (PA) expansion is a major conservation goal, but its effectiveness is debated. Here, the authors propose a multi-dimensional framework to assess PA vulnerability and select areas suitable for expansion, demonstrating it for 2572 PAs in China under a low-emission scenario.