Steve CarverDirector, Wildland Research Institute

For People and PlanetA Global Look at Nature Needs Half

Iceland (scaled) British Isles (scaled)

Conclusions

• Nature Needs Half… • Can it be done? • It depends on scale:• Global = YES!• Continental = Yes and No• Country = depends on which• Geography = skewed• Biomes = challenging

• Population growth• Drives demand for food, land and

resources• Principal threat to wilderness and

wild nature