| dc.description.abstract | The protected areas are the cornerstones of protecting the biodiversity and natural resources from potential extinction due to either overexploitation or due to (delete) the effects of climate change. Climate change and population explosion remain the most critical threats to the future of biodiversity. Today, with climate worsening and the global population growing rapidly, the biodiversity future continues to become uncertain. In the recent past, the protection of natural reserves has become a global assignment in recent years (delete). The international organizations have continued to pressure the governments to enact measures to protect the natural reserves whose future is threatened by uncontrolled and unregulated use. Indeed, significant progress has been achieved in the protection of natural reserves in different parts of the globe. The European Union has a guiding action plan to follow to reach certain projections. A study by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) 2010 showed that at least 13% of the global land surface and 4% of the marine areas are categorized as protected areas. The Aichi Biodiversity Target11 seeks to establish at least 17 percent of the global terrestrial and 10 percent of marine and coast areas as a protected area by 2020. More actions are needed to halt the loss of biodiversity as current actions are not yet strong enough to achieve the desired standards. | en_US |
