The cost of conservation: US$80 billion a year needed to save nature

Thursday, October 11, 2012

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The cost of conservation: US$80 billion a year needed to save nature

A new study provides hard figures estimating the investments needed to reduce the extinction risk for all known threatened species at US$4 billion annually, with a further US$76 billion needed each year to protect and effectively manage terrestrial sites of global conservation significance.

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