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Current trends suggest most Asian countries are unlikely to meet future biodiversity targets on protected areas

Mohammad S. FarhadiniaOxford Martin School and Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. [email protected]Anthony WaldronCambridge Conservation Initiative, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UKŻaneta KasztaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USAEhab EidAlice C. HughesCentre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 666303, Yunnan, ChinaHüseyin AmbarlıDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Duzce University, Duzce, 81620, TurkeyHadi Al HikmaniBayarbaatar BuuveibaatarMariya A. GritsinaInstitute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, UzbekistanIding Achmad HaidirDirectorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation, Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Jakarta, IndonesiaZafar-Ul IslamMuhammad KabirDepartment of Forestry & Wildlife Management, University of Haripur, Haripur, PakistanGopal KhanalDepartment of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal, Singhadurbar, Kathmandu, NepalMaxim A. KoshkinRahim KulenbekovZairbek KubanychbekovAishwarya MaheshwariUgyen PenjorWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKHana RazaIndependent Wildlife Researcher, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, IraqTatjana RosenA. A. YachmennikovaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, Moscow, 119071, Russian FederationВ. В. РожновA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, Moscow, 119071, Russian FederationNobuyuki YamaguchiInstitute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, MalaysiaPaul J. JohnsonWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKDavid W. MacdonaldWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Communications Biologyjournal2022en

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Aichi Target 11 committed governments to protect ≥17% of their terrestrial environments by 2020, yet it was rarely achieved, raising questions about the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework goal to protect 30% by 2030. Asia is a challenging continent for such targets, combining high biodiversity with dense human populations. Here, we evaluated achievements in Asia against Aichi Target 11. We found that Asia was the most underperforming continent globally, with just 13.2% of terrestrial protected area (PA) coverage, averaging 14.1 ± SE 1.8% per country in 2020. 73.1% of terrestrial ecoregions had <17% representation and only 7% of PAs even had an assessment of management effectiveness. We found that a higher agricultural land in 2015 was associated with lower PA coverage today. Asian countries also showed a remarkably slow average annual pace of 0.4 ± SE 0.1% increase of PA extent. These combined lines of evidence suggest that the ambitious 2030 targets are unlikely to be achieved in Asia unless the PA coverage to increase 2.4-5.9 times faster. We provided three recommendations to support Asian countries to meet their post-2020 biodiversity targets: complete reporting and the wider adoption "other effective area-based conservation measures"; restoring disturbed landscapes; and bolstering transboundary PAs.

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Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Land Use and Ecosystem Services Economic and Environmental Valuation

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DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04061-w

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