Yellowstone National Park (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Yellowstone National Park

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This is Yellowstone National Park in the United States. A fundamental step-change involving an increase in funding and political commitment is urgently needed to ensure that protected areas deliver their full conservation, social and economic potential, according to an article published today in Nature by experts from Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).

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Julie Larsen Maher (c) WCS

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