Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.

Antarctica is widely regarded as one of the planet's last true wildernesses, insulated from threat by its remoteness and declaration as a natural reserve dedicated to peace and science. However, rapidly growing human activity is accelerating threats to biodiversity. We determined how well the e...

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Autores principales:	Justine D Shaw, Aleks Terauds, Martin J Riddle, Hugh P Possingham, Steven L Chown
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
Materias:	Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:715528669f79451684a8cc6a7da7dd5a2021-11-11T05:37:07ZAntarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.1544-91731545-788510.1371/journal.pbio.1001888https://doaj.org/article/715528669f79451684a8cc6a7da7dd5a2014-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24936869/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1544-9173https://doaj.org/toc/1545-7885Antarctica is widely regarded as one of the planet's last true wildernesses, insulated from threat by its remoteness and declaration as a natural reserve dedicated to peace and science. However, rapidly growing human activity is accelerating threats to biodiversity. We determined how well the existing protected-area system represents terrestrial biodiversity and assessed the risk to protected areas from biological invasions, the region's most significant conservation threat. We found that Antarctica is one of the planet's least protected regions, with only 1.5% of its ice-free area formally designated as specially protected areas. Five of the distinct ice-free ecoregions have no specially designated areas for the protection of biodiversity. Every one of the 55 designated areas that protect Antarctica's biodiversity lies closer to sites of high human activity than expected by chance, and seven lie in high-risk areas for biological invasions. By any measure, including Aichi Target 11 under the Convention on Biological Diversity, Antarctic biodiversity is poorly protected by reserves, and those reserves are threatened.Justine D ShawAleks TeraudsMartin J RiddleHugh P PossinghamSteven L ChownPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Biology, Vol 12, Iss 6, p e1001888 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Justine D Shaw Aleks Terauds Martin J Riddle Hugh P Possingham Steven L Chown Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.
description	Antarctica is widely regarded as one of the planet's last true wildernesses, insulated from threat by its remoteness and declaration as a natural reserve dedicated to peace and science. However, rapidly growing human activity is accelerating threats to biodiversity. We determined how well the existing protected-area system represents terrestrial biodiversity and assessed the risk to protected areas from biological invasions, the region's most significant conservation threat. We found that Antarctica is one of the planet's least protected regions, with only 1.5% of its ice-free area formally designated as specially protected areas. Five of the distinct ice-free ecoregions have no specially designated areas for the protection of biodiversity. Every one of the 55 designated areas that protect Antarctica's biodiversity lies closer to sites of high human activity than expected by chance, and seven lie in high-risk areas for biological invasions. By any measure, including Aichi Target 11 under the Convention on Biological Diversity, Antarctic biodiversity is poorly protected by reserves, and those reserves are threatened.
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title	Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.
title_short	Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.
title_full	Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.
title_fullStr	Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.
title_full_unstemmed	Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.
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Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk.

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