According to a study by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society published in Nature Communications, protected areas provide limited benefit to Europe’s rivers. Biodiversity tends to improve only where large parts of entire catchments are protected, with connectivity being a key factor: https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/europes-protected-areas-provide-limited-benefit-river-ecosystems
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