@article {34503,
	title = {Vulnerabilities of protected lands in the face of climate and human footprint changes},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {12},
	number = {1},
	year = {2021},
	note = {Shrestha, NawalXu, XiaotingMeng, JiahuiWang, ZhihengEnglandNat Commun. 2021 Mar 12;12(1):1632. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21914-w.},
	month = {Mar 12},
	pages = {1632},
	type = {Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov\&$\#$039;t},
	edition = {2021/03/14},
	abstract = {Protected areas (PAs) play a pivotal role in maintaining viable populations of species and minimizing their habitat loss. Globally, there are currently over 200,000 PAs that cover approximately 15\% of land area. The post-2020 global biodiversity framework aims to expand this coverage to 30\% by 2030. However, focusing only on the percentage coverage of PAs without evaluating their effectiveness may fail to achieve conservation goals. Here, we use a multidimensional approach incorporating species, climate and anthropogenic vulnerabilities to assess the threat levels in over 2500 PAs in China. We identify nearly 10\% of PAs as the most threatened PAs in China and about one-fifth PAs as hotspots of climate and anthropogenic vulnerabilities. We also find high climate instability in species vulnerability hotspots, suggesting an elevated likelihood of species\&$\#$039; extirpation therein. Our framework could be useful in assessing resiliency of global protected lands and also in selecting near optimal areas for their future expansion.},
	isbn = {2041-1723 (Electronic)2041-1723 (Linking)},
	author = {Shrestha, Nawal and Xu, Xiaoting and Meng, Jiahui and Wang, Zhiheng}
}
