<span style="font-size:1em"> This map is the result of a global joint optimization of valuable biodiversity, carbon storage and water regulation. This analysis collated distribution data for over 180000 terrestrial vertebrate and plant species globally, removing unsuitable areas using information on species' habitat preferences and species' known altitudinal limits or, where unknown, by removing anthropogenically modified land. <br /> <br /> Given existing biases in taxonomic coverage for plant species, we calculated 10 representative sets of species, containing approximately 10% of species of each taxonomic group. For carbon we used the combined amount of above-ground and below-ground biomass carbon density and vulnerable soil organic carbon density. For water we took potential water regulation outputs from the WaterWorld model normalized by water basin. We then determined those areas globally that jointly contributed the most to biodiversity, carbon and water conservation if up to 10%, 20%, or 100% of the Earth were to be protected. <br> <br> <u>References:</u> <ul> <li> Jung, M., et al. (2020). Areas of global importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon, and water. BioRxiv. <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.021444v1" target="_blank">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.021444v1</a>. </li> </ul> </span> EPSG:3857