A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets.
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SUBMITTER: Dinerstein E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6474764 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets.
Dinerstein E E Vynne C C Sala E E Joshi A R AR Fernando S S Lovejoy T E TE Mayorga J J Olson D D Asner G P GP Baillie J E M JEM Burgess N D ND Burkart K K Noss R F RF Zhang Y P YP Baccini A A Birch T T Hahn N N Joppa L N LN Wikramanayake E E
Science advances 20190419 4
The Global Deal for Nature (GDN) is a time-bound, science-driven plan to save the diversity and abundance of life on Earth. Pairing the GDN and the Paris Climate Agreement would avoid catastrophic climate change, conserve species, and secure essential ecosystem services. New findings give urgency to this union: Less than half of the terrestrial realm is intact, yet conserving all native ecosystems-coupled with energy transition measures-will be required to remain below a 1.5°C rise in average gl ...[more]
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