Latest ‘plan for the planet’ calls for protecting 44% of land, home to 1.8b humans

Mongabay
Jun 14, 2022, 1:54 pm276 pts
How much of Earth’s terrestrial area needs protection to secure the planet’s biodiversity? A new estimate says 44%, or 64 million square kilometers (25 million square miles), an area that is home to almost a quarter of humanity. “Our study is the current best estimate of how much land we must conserve to…

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