Mapping the Chaos: Why Key Biodiversity Areas Are Nature’s Safe Houses
A ten-year retrospective on the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) standard reviews over 16,000 sites identified as critical for the persistence of life on Earth. While the initiative has successfully influenced global policy and corporate risk assessment, the data reveals that nearly half of these vital ecosystems face immediate threats from agriculture and resource extraction.
By Butchart, Crowe, Scott, Plumptre, Eldred, McKee, Waliczky, Hasani, Azpiroz, Baisero, Barasa, Beresford, Bezeng, Boyd, Brooks, Buchanan, Bunting, Capellan, Cox, Davenport, Davies, Togna, Elliott, Foster, Gilbert, Handley, Juffe‐Bignoli, Jones, Kingston, Kivono, Lamoreux, Langhammer, Lewis, Liggitt, Marnewick, Matiku, McCreless, Neugarten, Numa, O'Brien, Rao, Raudsepp‐Hearne, Ray, Rijal, Rodríguez, Sapijanskas, Sechrest, Sneary, Snyder, Spiliopoulou, Starnes, Tobar, Surya, Tognelli, Tordoff, Toscano, Trisurat, Upgren
