Balancing conservation priorities for nature and for people in Europe

Priorities to protect nature in Europe There is consensus among conservation scientists that protected areas should be expanded safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services, but it often difficult prioritize for protection. Considering factors motivate across Europe, an analysis by O'Connor et al. includes the value of species, represented distribution >800 vertebrate species; cultural landscapes, activities such as tourism; services carbon sequestration flood Although these three main features do not coincide landscape, authors found a focus on spatial planning most effective means capturing range nature's values. Science , abc4896, this issue p. 856