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80% of Brazil’s land with the highest potential for discovering new flowering plant species lies outside conservation units, but half of these high-potential areas are within protected indigenous lands

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Protecting hidden treasures: Indigenous lands safeguard 50% of areas with the highest potential for angiosperm discoveries in Brazil—patterns and conservation priorities

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Caatinga dry forest at Parque Estadual da Mata Seca.

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80% of Brazil’s land with the highest potential for discovering new flowering plant species lies outside conservation units, but half of these high-potential areas are within protected indigenous lands

Article URL: http://plos.io/4l2l1Hy

Article title: Protecting hidden treasures: Indigenous lands safeguard 50% of areas with the highest potential for angiosperm discoveries in Brazil—patterns and conservation priorities

Author countries: Brazil, U.K.

Funding: JGS was holder of a Post-Doc grant given by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro -FAPERJ (process E–26/202.324/2021; E–26/203.857/2022). RCF is a recipient of grants awarded from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (303059/2020–6) and FAPERJ (E‐26/200.967/2022). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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