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Led by ecologist Luca Luiselli, the study demonstrates that **most of Africa’s biodiversity persists outside formal protected areas**, challenging the reliance on fenced reserves and policies like the 30×30 target that prioritize spatial protection over ecological outcomes.\n\nAcross the continent, sacred forests, agricultural mosaics, pastoral rangelands, and secondary forests support rich biodiversity. For example, endangered primates thrive in unprotected forests in Cameroon, while 80% of pygmy hippo signs in Sierra Leone occur outside reserves. These “working landscapes”—shaped by centuries of human-nature coexistence—often retain higher ecological connectivity and resilience to climate change than isolated protected areas.\n\nTraditional conservation models, however, marginalize these landscapes. Protected areas are frequently fragmented, underfunded “paper parks,” while local communities are excluded from resource access, fueling conflict. The 30×30 target, though well-intentioned, incentivizes expanding protected are",{"title":28,"url":29,"domain":30,"snippet":31,"content":32},"Protecting Africa’s Biodiversity: Why Working Landscapes Matter Beyond Just Fenced Reserves","https:\u002F\u002Fbioengineer.org\u002Fprotecting-africas-biodiversity-why-working-landscapes-matter-beyond-just-fenced-reserves\u002F","bioengineer.org","Conservation efforts across Africa have historically centered on the establishment and maintenance of protected areas—national parks, wildlife reserves,...",null,{"title":34,"url":35,"domain":36,"snippet":37,"content":32},"Local Action To National Impact: Pakistan’s Emerging OECM Story","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.global-agriculture.com\u002Fbiologicals\u002Flocal-action-to-national-impact-pakistans-emerging-oecm-story\u002F","global-agriculture.com","Pakistan is increasingly confronting environmental challenges, including habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and the growing impacts...",{"title":39,"url":40,"domain":41,"snippet":42,"content":32},"Forestry South Africa champions biodiversity stewardship beyond protected areas","https:\u002F\u002Findependentonsaturday.co.za\u002Fnews\u002F2026-05-25-forestry-south-africa-champions-biodiversity-stewardship-beyond-protected-areas\u002F","independentonsaturday.co.za","In a world increasingly threatened by climate change and biodiversity loss, South Africa's forestry sector emerges as a beacon of hope,...",{"mentionsLast7Days":44,"mentionsLast30Days":44,"firstSeen":19,"lastSeen":19,"relatedEntities":45},4,[23,29,35,40],[47,50,53,56,59,62],{"topic":48,"slug":49,"score":16,"type":17,"country":13,"nicheIcon":12},"Environmental footprint of AI's hidden infrastructure and operations","environmental-footprint-of-ai-s-hidden-infrastructure-and-operations",{"topic":51,"slug":52,"score":16,"type":17,"country":13,"nicheIcon":12},"UPSC Prelims 2026 top environment topics checklist","upsc-prelims-2026-top-environment-topics-checklist",{"topic":54,"slug":55,"score":16,"type":17,"country":13,"nicheIcon":12},"Local community actions to protect and restore biodiversity","local-community-actions-to-protect-and-restore-biodiversity",{"topic":57,"slug":58,"score":16,"type":17,"country":13,"nicheIcon":12},"Nature-based solutions for climate mitigation, restoration and resilience","nature-based-solutions-for-climate-mitigation-restoration-and-resilience",{"topic":60,"slug":61,"score":16,"type":17,"country":13,"nicheIcon":12},"Open-source AI governance for accelerating sustainable development goals","open-source-ai-governance-for-accelerating-sustainable-development-goals",{"topic":63,"slug":64,"score":16,"type":17,"country":13,"nicheIcon":12},"Long-term environmental contamination from post-conflict pollution and warfare","long-term-environmental-contamination-from-post-conflict-pollution-and-warfare"]