THE world has no hope of protecting species from extinction by fencing off
“biodiversity hot spots”, warns a new report. It says these areas of high
biodiversity are home to up to a billion of the world’s poorest people, who
desperately need the land for farming.
“There is no hope of our conserving biodiversity that way,” says Jeff
McNeely, chief scientist at the Swiss-based World Conservation Union and a
co-author of the report. “Hot spots are where people live, too. We cannot
separate people and wildlife. We have to find a productive balance with
nature.”
The report was launched in…
