Status of World’s Wilderness
A study published in the journal Nature has revealed that 70 per cent of the world’s remaining untouched wilderness is in just five countries. In 2016, scientists charted the planet’s remaining terrestrial wilderness and in 2018 examined which parts of the world’s oceans remained free from the damaging impacts of human activity.
Securing Wilderness
- The study identified Australia, the US, Brazil, Russia and Canada as the five countries that hold the vast majority of the world’s remaining wilderness.
- Wilderness can be secured globally only if these nations take a leadership role.
- It says that the planet’s remaining wilderness can be protected only ....
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