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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS) shows that land use by human societies has reshaped ecology across most of Earth s land for at least 12,000 years. The research team, from over ten institutions around the world, revealed that the main cause of the current biodiversity crisis is not human destruction of uninhabited wildlands, but rather the appropriation, colonization, and intensified use of lands previously managed sustainably. The new data overturn earlier reconstructions of global land use history, some of which indicated that most of Earth s land was uninhabited even as recently as 1500 CE. Further, this new PNAS study supports the argument that an essential way to end Earth s current biodiversity crisis is to empower the environmental stewardship of Indigenous peoples and local communities across the planet.

United statesErle ellisTorben rickDarrenj rancoRebecca shawNicole boivinUs national parksWorld wildlife fundProceedings of the national academy sciencesUniversity of maineSmithsonian national museum of natural historyNational academyMax planck instituteHuman historyNative americanPenobscot indian nation