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The area of protected land on Earth has increased to seven times the size of India since 2010, according to a report released May 19 by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The addition of 2 million square kilometers (more than 770,000 square miles) brings the […]
Progress currently stands at 16.6 per cent on the first target, with some data still outstanding, while the marine target stands at 7.74 per cent.
Overall, more than 22 million square kilometres (km2) of land and inland water ecosystems, and 28.1 million km2 of coastal waters and ocean, are within documented protected and conserved areas. This represents an increase of over 21 million km2, or 42 per cent of current coverage, since 2010.
Biodiversity areas unprotected
The Protected Planet Report was issued by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with support from the National Geographic Society, a global non-profit.
2021-05-19 17:31:04 GMT2021-05-20 01:31:04(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, May 19 (Xinhua) The international community has made significant progress toward meeting the target for acreage of land under protection, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report launched on Wednesday.
According to the report by UNEP s biodiversity assessment arm World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 22.5 million square kilometers of land and inland water ecosystems and 28.1 million square kilometers of coastal waters and the ocean were protected or conserved in the last decade. Protected and conserved areas play a crucial role in tackling biodiversity loss, and great progress has been made in recent years on strengthening the global network of protected and conserved areas, Neville Ash, director of World Conservation Monitoring Centre, said during the virtual launch of the report.