ABSTRACT
For most wild species the best that we can hope for is to establish and monitor their presence in some form of protected area where, provided the area itself is not under threat, and subject to the dynamics of the system and the extent of human pressures, some degree of protection may be afforded. We are a long way from achieving even this. Moreover, the fact is that most species currently (and for the foreseeable future) occur outside currently protected areas (Heywood, 2005).
