Conserving critical sites for biodiversity provides disproportionate benefits to people

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Conserving critical sites for biodiversity provides disproportionate benefits to people. / Larsen, Frank Wugt; Turner, Will R.; Brooks, Thomas M.

In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 5, e36971 EP, 2012.

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Larsen, FW, Turner, WR & Brooks, TM 2012, 'Conserving critical sites for biodiversity provides disproportionate benefits to people', PLOS ONE, vol. 7, no. 5, e36971 EP. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036971

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Larsen, F. W., Turner, W. R., & Brooks, T. M. (2012). Conserving critical sites for biodiversity provides disproportionate benefits to people. PLOS ONE, 7(5), [e36971 EP]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036971

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Larsen FW, Turner WR, Brooks TM. Conserving critical sites for biodiversity provides disproportionate benefits to people. PLOS ONE. 2012;7(5). e36971 EP. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036971

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Larsen, Frank Wugt ; Turner, Will R. ; Brooks, Thomas M. / Conserving critical sites for biodiversity provides disproportionate benefits to people. In: PLOS ONE. 2012 ; Vol. 7, No. 5.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Protecting natural habitats in priority areas is essential to halt the loss of biodiversity. Yet whether these benefits for biodiversity also yield benefits for human well-being remains controversial. Here we assess the potential human well-being benefits of safeguarding a global network of sites identified as top priorities for the conservation of threatened species. Conserving these sites would yield benefits - in terms of a) climate change mitigation through avoidance of CO2 emissions from deforestation; b) freshwater services to downstream human populations; c) retention of option value; and d) benefits to maintenance of human cultural diversity - significantly exceeding those anticipated from randomly selected sites within the same countries and ecoregions. Results suggest that safeguarding sites important for biodiversity conservation provides substantial benefits to human well-being.",
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