The nearly 200-member Convention of Biological Diversity – which embodies the global consensus on the need to protect ecological diversity – aims to do just that. The CBD’s Strategic Plan for Biodiversity calls for the formal protection of at least 17% of the most ecologically important terrestrial areas, while the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation seeks to protect 60% of plant species.
有近200名成员的生物多样性公约体现了保护生态多样性的全球共识——该公约恰恰以此为目标。生物多样性公约的生物多样性战略计划呼吁为至少17%最具生态价值的陆地面积提供正式保护，而全球植物保护战略则力争保护60%的植物物种。鉴于约67%的植物物种完全生长在特定区域，另外还有14%部分生长在上述区域，这种方法的确很有前途。