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For People and Planet A Global Look at Nature Needs Half . Steve Carver Director, Wildland Research Institute. Iceland (scaled) British Isles (scaled). Conclusions Nature Needs Half… Can it be done? It depends on scale:
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For People and PlanetA Global Look at Nature Needs Half Steve Carver Director, Wildland Research Institute
Iceland (scaled) British Isles (scaled)
Conclusions • Nature Needs Half… • Can it be done? • It depends on scale: • Global = YES! • Continental = Yes and No • Country = depends on which • Geography = skewed • Biomes = challenging • Population growth • Drives demand for food, land and resources • Principal threat to wilderness and wild nature