Leakage or spillover? Conservation parks boost biodiversity outside them – but there's a catch, new study shows

By Matthew Scott Luskin, Researcher and Lecturer in Conservation Science, The University of Queensland
Jedediah Brodie, Research Fellow, Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak; Associate Professor and John Craighead Endowed Chair of Conservation, University of Montana

The UN ‘30 by 30’ biodiversity strategy aims to set aside 30% of land as protected areas. New research shows these areas do support biodiversity, but big parks also increase it outside their borders.

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