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Set a global target for ecosystems

The conservation community must be able to track countries’ progress in protecting wetlands, reefs, forests and more, argue James Watson and colleagues.
  1. James E. M. Watson

    1. James E. M. Watson is a professor of conservation science at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, and director of the Science and Research Initiative at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, USA.

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  2. David A. Keith

    1. David A. Keith is a professor of botany at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and senior principal research scientist at the New South Wales Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Environment, Hurstville, Australia.

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  3. Bernardo B. N. Strassburg

    1. Bernardo B. N. Strassburg is a professor of sustainability science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and executive director of the International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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    1. Oscar Venter is an associate professor at the Natural Resource and Environmental Studies Institute, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada.

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    1. Brooke Williams is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.

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  6. Emily Nicholson

    1. Emily Nicholson is an associate professor at the Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.

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Next week, representatives of more than 190 nations are gathering in Rome to discuss how to halt the biodiversity crisis during this decade and beyond.

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Nature 578, 360-362 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00446-1

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