Earth’s wilderness is vanishing, and just a handful of nations can save it
- Written by James Allan, Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
Brazil, home to the Amazon, is one of just five 'mega-wilderness' countries.CIFOR, Author provided
Just 20 countries are home to 94% of the world’s remaining wilderness, excluding the high seas and Antarctica, according to our new global wilderness map, published today in Nature.
A century ago, wilderness extended over most of the planet....
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