One-Third of World's "Protected" Areas Under Intense Human Pressure (1 of 1) (VIDEO)

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Co-author James Watson discusses how human activity is impacting protected areas around the world. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 18 May 2018 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.R. Jones at The University of Queensland in St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, and colleagues was titled, "One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure."

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Wildlife Conservation Society

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