Yale Environment 360: How Nations Are Chipping
Away at Their Protected Lands
Winning protected status for key natural areas and habitat has long been seen as the gold standard of conservation. But these gains are increasingly being compromised as governments redraw park boundaries to accommodate mining, logging, and other development.
Its the saddest truism in wildlife conservation: When politicians announce that they are setting aside precious habitat in perpetuity, what they really mean is until somebody...