Canada’s human footprint reveals large intact areas juxtaposed against areas under immense anthropogenic pressure

Efforts are underway in Canada to set aside terrestrial lands for conservation, thereby protecting them from anthropogenic pressures. Here we produce the first Canadian human footprint map by combining 12 different anthropogenic pressures and identifying intact and modified lands and ecosystems acro...

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Main Authors: Kristen Hirsh-Pearson, Chris J. Johnson, Richard Schuster, Roger D. Wheate, Oscar Venter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:FACETS
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Online Access:https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2021-0063