On September 4, 2020, a research article entitled  - A “Global Safety Net” to Reverse Biodiversity Loss and Stabilize Earth’s Climate -was published in Science Advances. Conserving areas indicated on global safety nets can be expected to prevent further biodiversity loss and reduce the potential for zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19 from emerging in the future. 

The interactive maps can be accessed from the following links:

https://www.globalsafetynet.app/

https://www.globalsafetynet.app/viewer/

https://www.globalsafetynet.app/rankings/

The full article is available at:

E. Dinerstein et al. A “Global Safety Net” to reverse biodiversity loss and stabilize Earth’s climate Science Advances  04 Sep 2020: Vol. 6, no. 36, eabb2824 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb2824 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eabb2824

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)