More than two years in development, the Global Safety Net is the first comprehensive global-scale analysis of terrestrial areas essential for biodiversity and climate resilience, totaling 50.4% of the Earth’s land. Led by the research organization RESOLVE in collaboration with One Earth, University of Minnesota, Arizona State University, and Globaïa, the report was published in Science […]
Opportunities to address both climate change and the extinction crisis are time-bound. It has become clear that beyond 1.5°C average rise in global temperature, the biology of the planet becomes gravely threatened as ecosystems literally begin to unravel. Similarly, if current land conversion rates, poaching of large animals, and other threats are not dramatically slowed […]
The latest research effort from the Global Safety Net (GSN) initiative, entitled “Conservation Imperatives: Securing the Last Unprotected Terrestrial Sites Harboring Irreplaceable Biodiversity”, was published in Frontiers in Science. The paper identifies biodiversity havens, totaling 1.2% of the Earth’s land, which are home to rare but currently unprotected animal and plant species. The paper makes the case […]
The Global Safety Net has been given an Honorable Mention in the AI & Data category as part of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards 2021. Now in their fifth year, these awards honor products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. Published in Science Advances in September 2020, […]