New method of estimating biodiversity based on tree cover
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 06:02
in Earth & Climate
Historically, conservationists have protected species by placing large swaths of land into preserves and parks. However, only 13 percent of the world's land area is located in protected natural land. Most of the planet's species live in ecological gray areas, located within a gradient where one end is pristine wilderness, the other a parking lot.