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    A new study by World Conservation Society scientists shows that 10% of the world's wilderness areas have disappeared over the past two decades, with particularly alarming losses in sub-Saharan Africa and South America. The researchers argue that international conservation agreements ignore these wild areas despite their ecological and cultural value, and that only about 20% of the world's land is currently classified as wilderness free from large-scale human disturbances.

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    A new study by World Conservation Society scientists shows that 10% of the world's wilderness areas have disappeared over the past two decades, with particularly alarming losses in sub-Saharan Africa and South America. The researchers argue that international conservation agreements ignore these wild areas despite their ecological and cultural value, and that only about 20% of the world's land is currently classified as wilderness free from large-scale human disturbances.

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    A new study by World Conservation Society scientists shows that 10% of the world's wilderness areas have disappeared over the past two decades, with particularly alarming losses in sub-Saharan Africa and South America. The researchers argue that international conservation agreements ignore these wild areas despite their ecological and cultural value, and that only about 20% of the world's land is currently classified as wilderness free from large-scale human disturbances.

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    A TENTH OF THE WORLD’S WILDERNESS HAS

    VANISHED IN THE PAST TWO DECADES,


    RESEARCH SHOWS.

    NEW MAPS / SHOWS “ALARMING LOSSES” /


    OF PRISTINE LANDSCAPES / PARTICULARLY / IN
    SOUTH AND AFRICA / ACCORDING TO / WORLD
    CONSERVATION SOCIETY SCIENCETISTS.
    THEY ARGUE IN / CURRENT BIOLOGY / THAT
    WILD AREAS / ARE IGNORED IN / INTERNATIONAL
    COSERVATION AGREEMENTS / DESPITE THEIR
    ECOLOGICAL AND / CULTURAL VALUE.
    ABOUT 20% / OF THE WORLDS LAND AREA / IS
    CLASSIFIED AS WIDERNESS.
    BY THIS / SCIENTIST MEAN LANDSCAPES
    FREE OF LARGE-SCALE HUMAN / DISTURBANCES
    SUCH AS / HOUSING / DEVELOPMENT AND /
    INDUSTRY.

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