People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | University College London, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina 5000;, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560;, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany 07745;, School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721;, Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam, University of Maryland School of Medicine, PBL The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2594 AV The Hague, The Netherlands;, University of Maine, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;, United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, CB3 0DL United Kingdom;, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Banff, AB, Canada T2L 1G1;, The World Wide Fund for Nature, San Francisco, CA 94105;, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708;, The University of Queensland |
| ANO | 2021 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
| ISSN | 0027-8424 |
| E-ISSN | 1091-6490 |
| EDITORA | Publisher 15382 |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.2023483118 |
| CITAÇÕES | 16 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
SignificanceThe current biodiversity crisis is often depicted as a struggle to preserve untouched habitats. Here, we combine global maps of human populations and land use over the past 12,000 y with current biodiversity data to show that nearly three quarters of terrestrial nature has long been shaped by diverse histories of human habitation and use by Indigenous and traditional peoples. With rare exceptions, current biodiversity losses are caused not by human conversion or degradation of untouched ecosystems, but rather by the appropriation, colonization, and intensification of use in lands inhabited and used by prior societies. Global land use history confirms that empowering the environmental stewardship of Indigenous peoples and local communities will be critical to conserving biodiversity across the planet.