in-situ conservation

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the conservation of ecosystems, habitats, and species within their natural environments, including through the establishment and management of protected areas such as national parks, nature reserves, marine protected areas, and community conservancies; in-situ conservation is considered the primary and most effective approach to biodiversity conservation because it maintains species within their ecological context, preserving the evolutionary processes, species interactions, and ecosystem functions on which long-term survival depends; the global protected area network now covers approximately seventeen percent of terrestrial land and eight percent of marine areas, though coverage is uneven and the effectiveness of protection varies enormously with management capacity and political commitment