The report focused on eight actions that the administration could take to conserve public and private lands while combating climate change, respecting tribal sovereignty, and expanding access to nature for underserved communities.
A set of studies focused on the China-Vietnam border demonstrates that the impacts of climate change will make transboundary conservation even more important for endangered species like the Cao-Vit gibbon and tiger geckos.
The majority of Earth's biodiversity on land can be found in forests. Yet only 18 percent of these tracts are in legally protected areas such as national parks. In the past two decades alone, large intact forest around the world shrank by 12 percent.
