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ArticleNature2026

Global conservation area coverage substantially exceeds current estimates.

Helen M K O'Neill, Joe Beeken, Heather C Bingham, Rachel E Golden Kroner, Yifan He, Jessica L Stewart, Adil Mohamed Ali, Javier Beltran, Joseph W Bull, Susan Canney and 26 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

36 authors.

Helen M K O'NeillDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9458-4494
Joe BeekenCABI, Wallingford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1612-1926
Heather C BinghamUN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0177-7666
Rachel E Golden KronerDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1844-3398
Yifan HeWalsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-8071
Jessica L StewartUN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Adil Mohamed AliSudanese Environment Conservation Society, Khartoum, Sudan.
Javier BeltranThe Nature Conservancy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joseph W BullDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7337-8977
Susan CanneyWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1103-7370
Nuwanthika DharmaratneDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-9196
Cristina EghenterWorking Group ICCAs Indonesia, Kota Bogor, Indonesia.
James A FitzsimonsThe Nature Conservancy, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-8040
Samantha HillUN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6554
Clinton N JenkinsDepartment of Earth and Environment & Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2198-0637
Cindy JuliantyWorking Group ICCAs Indonesia, Kota Bogor, Indonesia.
Yolanda M LeonGrupo Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
John MacKinnonDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Alphonce B MallyaThe Nature Conservancy, Arusha, Tanzania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-5649-0654
Daniel MarnewickIUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5101-589X
Golo MaurerBirdLife Australia, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3737-2479
Mayra MilkovicIndependent Researcher, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ameer Awad MohammedWildlife Research Center, Khartoum, Sudan.
Yuvenal PantaleoMpingo Conservation and Development Initiative, Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania.
Blair ParsonsGreening Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Fábio RicarteDepartment of Protected Areas, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brasilia, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8610-3443
Ryan RichardsDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Sushma Shrestha SangatIndependent Researcher, Washington, DC, USA.
Dewi Puspitasari SutejoWorking Group ICCAs Indonesia, Kota Bogor, Indonesia.
Mridhu TandonIndependent Researcher (IUCN-World Heritage), New Delhi, India.
Corrado TeofiliFederparchi-Europarc Italia, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9926-9506
Kasmita WidodoWorking Group ICCAs Indonesia, Kota Bogor, Indonesia.
Jens WunderlichMichael Succow Foundation, Greifswald, Germany.
Steffen ZutherAssociation for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8597-4482
Zoe G DaviesDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-1467
Robert J SmithDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. r.j.smith@kent.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1599-9171

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conservation areas are critical for tackling the global environmental crisis

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PMID42875494

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