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Slight bumps in protected areas could be a boon for biodiversity

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2017-05-24

Sometimes small changes in the right place can make a big difference. That’s what a team of scientists found when they looked at how parks, sanctuaries and reserves might better protect the birds and mammals that inhabit them.In a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, lead author Laura Pollock and her colleagues found that if we upped the land area under protection by just 5 percent in strategic locations, the number of safeguarded species could triple.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/slight-bumps-in-protected-areas-could-be-a-boon-for-biodiversity/