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wilderness loss: a standalone construct

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Conservation biology

the shrinking of large areas mostly free of human disturbance, measured from human pressure maps over time.

In conservation biology, wilderness loss refers to the shrinking of large areas mostly free of human disturbance, measured from human pressure maps over time. This meaning comes from Watson (2016) in Current Biology.[1]

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References

Watson, J. E. M., Shanahan, D. F., Di Marco, M., Allan, J., Laurance, W. F., Sanderson, E. W., Mackey, B., & Venter, O. (2016). Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets. Current Biology, 26(21), 2929-2934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.049

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