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Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide
After more than a century of setting aside protected areas such as wildlife refuges, conservationists can finally be confident that the approach helps wildlife. In the largest-ever analysis of biodiversity in protected areas, researchers found that protected sites had more diverse and abundant vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants than unprotected sites around the globe.
Original Article: The Value of Protected Areas Detected
