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The Global Biodiversity Framework’s ecosystem restoration target requires more clarity and careful legal interpretation

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  1. TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Justine Bell-James & Rose Foster

  2. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Justine Bell-James, Rose Foster, Nicole Shumway, Catherine E. Lovelock & Megan I. Saunders

  3. Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Rose Foster & Nicole Shumway

  4. School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Catherine E. Lovelock

  5. Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia

    Jaramar Villarreal-Rosas

  6. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia

    Christopher J. Brown

  7. Ocean Conservation, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, United States of America

    Dominic A. Andradi-Brown

  8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    Megan I. Saunders

  9. Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

    Nathan J. Waltham

  10. The Nature Conservancy, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

    James A. Fitzsimons

  11. School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

    James A. Fitzsimons

  12. School of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    James A. Fitzsimons

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Bell-James, J., Foster, R., Shumway, N. et al. The Global Biodiversity Framework’s ecosystem restoration target requires more clarity and careful legal interpretation. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 840–841 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02389-6

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