“We show that the potential spatial overlap of global human populations and 22,374 terrestrial vertebrate species will increase across ~56.6% and decrease across only ~11.8% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface by 2070 […] The strong spatial heterogeneity of future human-wildlife overlap found in our study makes it clear that local context is imperative to consider, and more targeted area-based land-use planning should be integrated into systematic conservation planning.”
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Authors: Deqiang Ma, Briana Abrahms, Jacob Allgeier, Tim Newbold, Brian C. Weeks, and Neil H. Carter
Journal: Science Advances
DOI: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp7706
Coverage: UW News, The Guardian
