Latercera
July 9, 2020
A recent report ensures that the conservation, restoration and creation of protected areas that cover around 30% of biodiversity and nature - terrestrial and marine - would generate enormous economic and financial benefits on a global scale and, furthermore, avoid the alarming collapse of the natural world that now threatens the extinction of up to a million species. Although for this, it is necessary, it is necessary to increase the investment to approximately 140 billion dollars on average in the next ten years, versus the 24 billion dollars today.
The study called " Protection of 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications " , was prepared with the work of more than 100 scientists and economists who are part of the Campaign for Nature and Peoples (promoted by National Geographic and the Wyss Foundation). This is the most comprehensive global assessment of the financial and economic impacts of protected areas to date, and considers sectors such as agriculture, fisheries and forestry.