<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/link-2025-02-protected-habitats-arent-enough-to-save-endangered-mammals-msu-researchersfind.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Protected habitats aren’t enough to save endangered mammals, MSU researchers find</title><description><span>Worldwide, </span><a href="https://www.cbd.int/gbf"><span>regional governments and international groups</span></a><span> </span><span/><span>are establishing new protected areas to slow further loss of threatened species. However, new research appearing in the journal </span><em><span><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002976">PLOS Biology</a> </span></em><span>demonstrates that this strategy may not be enough on its own to reverse, or even stop, these regions’ declining biodiversity.</span></description><pubDate>02/21/2025</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/25-02-380-380-jaguar.png" alt="A jaguar is seen on a hidden camera in a jungle."/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/protected-habitats-arent-enough-to-save-endangered-mammals-msu-researchers-find</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Climate and Sustainability,Discovery Science</categories><broadcast/></item>