@article{ef07d432b499454694d891a643b39b5a,
title = "Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat",
abstract = "International agreements aim to conserve 17% of Earth's land area by 2020 but include no area-based conservation targets within the working landscapes that support human needs through farming, ranching, and forestry. Through a review of country-level legislation, we found that just 38% of countries have minimum area requirements for conserving native habitats within working landscapes. We argue for increasing native habitats to at least 20% of working landscape area where it is below this minimum. Such target has benefits for food security, nature's contributions to people, and the connectivity and effectiveness of protected area networks in biomes in which protected areas are underrepresented. We also argue for maintaining native habitat at higher levels where it currently exceeds the 20% minimum, and performed a literature review that shows that even more than 50% native habitat restoration is needed in particular landscapes. The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is an opportune moment to include a minimum habitat restoration target for working landscapes that contributes to, but does not compete with, initiatives for expanding protected areas, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.",
keywords = "agroecology, food security, landscape conservation, native habitat, nature's contributions, restoration, working landscapes",
author = "Garibaldi, {Lucas A.} and Oddi, {Facundo J.} and Miguez, {Fernando E.} and Ignasi Bartomeus and Orr, {Michael C.} and Jobb{\'a}gy, {Esteban G.} and Claire Kremen and Schulte, {Lisa A.} and Hughes, {Alice C.} and Camilo Bagnato and Guillermo Abramson and Peter Bridgewater and Carella, {Dulce Gomez} and Sandra D{\'i}az and Dicks, {Lynn V.} and Ellis, {Erle C.} and Mat{\'i}as Goldenberg and Huaylla, {Claudia A.} and Marcelo Kuperman and Harvey Locke and Zia Mehrabi and Fernanda Santiba{\~n}ez and Zhu, {Chao Dong}",
note = "Funding Information: G. Benedetti, A. Peralta, A. Zarate, C. Evequoz, M. Muller, M. Piotti, and Y. Astafurova provided important assistance in searching for legislation in support of NWL. D. C{\'a}ceres, C. Levers, and two anonymous referees critically reviewed previous versions of the manuscript. We appreciate funding from Agencia Nacional de Promoci{\'o}n Cient{\'i}fica y Tecnol{\'o}gica (PICT 2015–2333, PICT‐2018‐00941), Natural Environment Research Council (Grant code: NE/N014472/1), Universidad Nacional de R{\'i}o Negro (PI 40‐B‐567), and the 2017–2018 Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA joint call for research proposals (under the BiodivScen ERA‐Net COFUND programme and with the funding organizations AEI, NWO, ECCyT and NSF). Funding Information: G. Benedetti, A. Peralta, A. Zarate, C. Evequoz, M. Muller, M. Piotti, and Y. Astafurova provided important assistance in searching for legislation in support of NWL. D. C{\'a}ceres, C. Levers, and two anonymous referees critically reviewed previous versions of the manuscript. We appreciate funding from Agencia Nacional de Promoci{\'o}n Cient{\'i}fica y Tecnol{\'o}gica (PICT 2015–2333, PICT-2018-00941), Natural Environment Research Council (Grant code: NE/N014472/1), Universidad Nacional de R{\'i}o Negro (PI 40-B-567), and the 2017–2018 Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA joint call for research proposals (under the BiodivScen ERA-Net COFUND programme and with the funding organizations AEI, NWO, ECCyT and NSF). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/conl.12773",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "1--10",
journal = "Conservation Letters",
issn = "1755-263X",
publisher = "John Wiley & Sons",
number = "2",
}
