No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories

A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the cause it is meant to support. A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the ca...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2024-09, Vol.633 (8028), p.32-35
Main Authors: Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro, Fa, Julia E., Brockington, Dan, Brondízio, Eduardo S., Cariño, Joji, Corbera, Esteve, Farhan Ferrari, Maurizio, Kobei, Daniel, v, Pernilla, Márquez, Guadalupe Yesenia H., Molnár, Zsolt, Tugendhat, Helen, Garnett, Stephen T.
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Language:English
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704/158/670
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Animals
Biodiversity
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Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence
Humanities and Social Sciences
Indigenous Peoples - statistics & numerical data
multidisciplinary
Reproducibility of Results
Science
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Summary:A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the cause it is meant to support. A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the cause it is meant to support. Credit: Joan de la Malla A man and small child sit together weaving palms in the Bolivian Amazon
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-024-02811-w