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    Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation

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    Venter, O; Sanderson, EW; Magrach, A; Allan, JR; Beher, J; Jones, KR; Possingham, HP; Laurance, WF; Wood, P; Fekete, BM; ...
    Date
    2016-08-01
    Source Title
    Nature Communications
    Publisher
    NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Beher, Jutta
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    School of BioSciences
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    Journal Article
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    Venter, O., Sanderson, E. W., Magrach, A., Allan, J. R., Beher, J., Jones, K. R., Possingham, H. P., Laurance, W. F., Wood, P., Fekete, B. M., Levy, M. A. & Watson, J. E. M. (2016). Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 7 (1), https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12558.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/256660
    DOI
    10.1038/ncomms12558
    Abstract
    Human pressures on the environment are changing spatially and temporally, with profound implications for the planet's biodiversity and human economies. Here we use recently available data on infrastructure, land cover and human access into natural areas to construct a globally standardized measure of the cumulative human footprint on the terrestrial environment at 1 km(2) resolution from 1993 to 2009. We note that while the human population has increased by 23% and the world economy has grown 153%, the human footprint has increased by just 9%. Still, 75% the planet's land surface is experiencing measurable human pressures. Moreover, pressures are perversely intense, widespread and rapidly intensifying in places with high biodiversity. Encouragingly, we discover decreases in environmental pressures in the wealthiest countries and those with strong control of corruption. Clearly the human footprint on Earth is changing, yet there are still opportunities for conservation gains.

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