A group of Australian scientists is calling on the United Nations to protect 100 per cent of the Earth's remaining wilderness areas, ahead of an international conference on biodiversity later this month.
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| More than 70 per cent of land on Earth has been modified. |
Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have compiled the first comprehensive map detailing what is left of the world's pristine marine and terrestrial wilderness.
According to their results, which are published today in Nature, most of Earth's surface has been modified by human activities, and we are running out of time to save what is left.
Read the ABC News story by Nick Kilvert - “Australia among world's wildest places, needs immediate protection scientists say.”
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