𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 Expanding nature preserves will not be enough to stem a rising tide of extinctions, a panel of experts warned Wednesday, taking aim at a draft treaty tasked with rescuing Earth's animal and plant life. Setting aside at least 30 percent of both land and oceans as protected zones is the cornerstone target of the so-called global biodiversity framework to be finalised in May at UN negotiations in Kunming, China. https://phys.org/news/2022-01-areas-wont-biodiversity-experts.html