Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, 58190, Mexico.
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mérida, Yucatán, 97357, Mexico.
Ecol Lett. 2021 May;24(5):1114-1116. doi: 10.1111/ele.13689. Epub 2021 Feb 4.
Banks-Leite et al. (2021) claim that our suggestion of preserving ≥ 40% forest cover lacks evidence and can be problematic. We find these claims unfounded, and discuss why conservation planning urgently requires valuable, well-supported and feasible general guidelines like the 40% criterion. Using region-specific thresholds worldwide is unfeasible and potentially harmful.
班克斯-莱特等人(2021 年)声称,我们建议保留≥40%的森林覆盖率缺乏证据且可能存在问题。我们认为这些说法没有根据,并讨论了为什么保护规划迫切需要有价值、有充分依据且可行的一般准则,例如 40%的标准。在全球范围内使用特定区域的阈值是不可行的,并且可能具有危害性。