BIOL 3130 Lecture : Conservation Biology - 6. The Protected - The Unprotected
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Conservation biology: lecture notes: the protected: the unprotected. It is short-sighted to rely only on parks, you can not expect to put a fence around a population and expect that population to persist, parks are not a solution. Optimistic estimate: 80% of the planet will be outside in most countries, many rare species and ecosystems occur extensively or exclusively on unprotected lands. Paradox: protected within but not outside, threatening those within. We are endangering species in parks from the ever-changing world outside of the parks. Classic unprotected protected areas include cemeteries, railroads, military bases, war zones, mountains and deserts, private game reserves, community pastures and private property. It is half the size of pei it consists of tens of square kilometres of undisturbed, virtually unaltered prairie grassland intact from the effects of industrial agriculture. In the past there was a major difference in the numbers of megafauna on either side of the rocky mountains.