Tag: habitat conversion
Hitting the Target…But Missing the Point
Written by Eddie Game | August 19th, 2009
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Conservation is often a game of numbers. Numerical goals, such as protecting 10% of all habitat types, often form the backbone of both international and national conservation policy. Within The Nature Conservancy, numbers like these appear in our 2015 goal (to effectively conserve 10 percent of every major habitat type on Earth by the year [...]
Sprawl Inequality and Climate Change
Written by Rob McDonald | April 29th, 2009
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I’ve been studying the growth of U.S. cities from 1990 to 2000, trying to get a handle on how much habitat was lost to urban sprawl. When most people think of sprawl destroying natural habitat, they think of a big, fast growing city. Sure enough, if you look at the total number of acres lost, [...]
