AR-News: (US) Protected Areas Don't Protect Many Endangered Species, Study Finds

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James Owen in England
for National Geographic News
April 7, 2004


The good news is that more than a tenth of the Earth's land surface is now a 
designated safe haven for wildlife, exceeding international targets. But the 
bad news, according to a new study, is that many of the world's most threatened 
species don't actually live in those areas. 
Now scientists behind the study are calling for an urgent review of global 
conservation strategies. They say national parks and wildlife reserves, no 
matter how large, won't prevent wide-scale extinctions in coming decades if they 
aren't created in the right places. 



full story:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0407_040407_endangeredanimals.
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