Areas of global importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon, and water

• DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.16.021444
• Publication Date: 2020-04-17T02:15:26Z
• Authors: Martin Jung; Andy Arnell; Xavier de Lamo; Shaenandhoa Garcí...; Matthew Lewis; Jennifer Mark; Cory Merow; Lera Miles; Ian Ondo; Samuel Pironon; Corinna Ravilious; Malin Rivers; Dmitry Schepashenko; Oliver Tallowin; Arnout van Soesbe...; Rafaël Govaerts; Bradley L. Boyle; Brian J. Enquist; Xiao Feng; Rachael V. Gallagher; Brian Maitner; Shai Meiri; Mark Mulligan; Gali Ofer; Jeffrey O. Hanson; Walter Jetz; Moreno Di Marco; Jennifer McGowan; D. Scott Rinnan; Jeffrey D. Sachs; Myroslava Lesiv; Vanessa Adams; Samuel C. Andrew; Joseph R. Burger; Lee Hannah; Pablo A. Marquet; James K. McCarthy; Naia Morueta-Holme; Erica A. Newman; Daniel S. Park; Patrick R. Roehrdanz; Jens-Christian Sv...; Cyrille Violle; Jan J. Wieringa; Graham Wynne; Steffen Fritz; Bernardo B.N. Str...; Michael Obersteiner; Valerie Kapos; Neil Burgess; Guido Schmidt-Traub; Piero Visconti
• Keywords: Provisioning; Global biodiversity

Summary paragraph To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, countries international community require clarity on how these can be operationalized spatially, multiple targets pursued concurrently 1 . support governments political spatial guidance is needed to identify which areas should managed for conservation generate greatest synergies between nature’s contribution people (NCP). Here we present results from a joint optimization that maximizes improvements in species status, carbon retention water provisioning rank terrestrial priorities globally. We found that, selecting top-ranked 30% (respectively 50%) would conserve 62.4% (86.8%) estimated total stock 67.8% (90.7%) all clean provisioning, addition improving status 69.7% (83.8%) considered. If priority was given only, managing optimally located land area may sufficient improve 86.3% plant vertebrate Earth. Our provide global baseline where could conservation. discuss such prioritisation framework implementation conventions.