What ‘paper parks’ reveal about the limits of conservation policy (commentary)
via news.mongabay.com
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Conservation has no shortage of ambitious policy. Marine protected areas now cover roughly 8% of the world’s oceans. Protected lands account for nearly a fifth of the planet’s terrestrial surface. Community forest concessions span millions of hectares across the tropics. On paper, the progress is striking. Yet conservationists have long warned about “paper parks”: protected […]