Protected areas face threats in sustaining biodiversity: report

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 12:01 in Biology & Nature

Establishing protection over a swath of land seems like a good way to conserve its species and its ecosystems. But in a new study, University of Pennsylvania biologist Daniel Janzen joins more than 200 colleagues to report that protected areas are still vulnerable to damaging encroachment, and many are suffering from biodiversity loss.

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