Fig. 2: Few countries and territories maintain a structurally connected PA network.

a Proportion of connected and disconnected PAs for each nation. Countries and territories are grouped per continent and are ordered based on smallest to largest landmass (moving clockwise). b Relationship between the proportion of land under protection (x-axis) and the proportion of connected PAs (y-axis) per country and territory (less connected countries and territories are purple while more connected countries and territories are yellow). The size of the bubble indicates the size of the country and territory.