By Shanna Hanbury In December 2022, nearly 200 nations committed to protecting 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected ...

By Enric Sala At the end of 2024, the Azores stood as a beacon of hope and a global leader in ocean conservation, having ...

Protected areas are undoubtedly the world’s most important conservation success story, and recent research shows that protected areas are effective—housing more biodiversity and greater abundances of ...

Protected areas have mixed success in conserving wildlife, according to the largest study on the effects of reserves. A team led by researchers from the U.K. examined waterbird data from 1,506 ...

It is not only size that matters when planning a protected area, other spatial features such as shape are also critical to the number of animal species found there. A new study has assessed the ...

Ahead of the global meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Montréal, Canada, which decides new targets for nature, a new study outlines an urgent need for larger numbers and better-supported ...

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“Awareness must be raised among local authorities and the public about the impacts of establishing charcoal kilns, forest ...