Who Guards the Guardians 105M Acres at Risk
Researchers are warning that mining, oil, and gas activities pose a significant threat to protected natural areas in tropical regions, where exploration zones overlap across more than 105 million acres of fragile ecological land. This overlap hampers efforts to safeguard 30% of the world's land and waters by 2030, with projections indicating that protection will reach only 23% according to the global "30x30" initiative. Studies show that most tropical forests and marine infrastructure in areas such as the Amazon and Southeast Asia are insufficiently protected, putting biodiversity at considerable risk and causing degradation of ecological networks.
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