Banks-Leite C, Larrosa C, Carrasco LR, Tambosi LR, Milner-Gulland EJ. The suggestion that landscapes should contain 40% of forest cover lacks evidence and is problematic.
Ecol Lett 2021;
24:1112-1113. [PMID:
33522670 DOI:
10.1111/ele.13668]
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Abstract
A recent review suggests that forest cover needs to be restored or maintained on at least 40% of land area. In the absence of empirical evidence to support this threshold, we discuss how this suggestion is unhelpful and potentially dangerous. We advocate for regionally defined thresholds to inform conservation and restoration.
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