Most conservation scientists and practitioners are unaware that their corpses can transform into protected areas after death. The practice is called a conservation burial, where burial fees fund the acquisition, protection, restoration, and management of new land to benefit human and environmental well‐being. If conservation burials became commonplace, then the revenue generated could exceed the amount of money required to fund the conservation of every threatened species on the planet. The additional human‐health benefits of increased urban greenspace could also be substantial. As Halloween, “the day of the dead,” approaches, we urge governments, NGOs, and the public to contemplate how death can support future life on earth through conservation burials.

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来自坟墓的保护：为保护濒临灭绝的物种提供资金的人类葬礼

大多数保护科学家和从业人员并不知道他们的尸体在死亡后会变成保护区。这种做法被称为保护性丧葬，其中丧葬费用于购置，保护，恢复和管理新土地，以造福人类和环境福祉。如果保护性葬礼变得司空见惯，那么所产生的收入可能会超过资助保护地球上每个受威胁物种所需的资金。增加城市绿地给人类健康带来的额外好处也可能是可观的。随着万圣节的临近，“死亡之日”临近，我们敦促各国政府，非政府组织和公众考虑通过保护性埋葬方式死亡可以为地球上的未来生命提供支持。