Climate change vulnerability assessment of species
Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change is a prerequisite for developing effective strategies to conserve them. The last three...
Need to address gaps in global fisheries observation
Military technologies accelerated the ability to navigate and find fish, leading to widespread overfishing and some rapid stock declines...
Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science
Mining poses serious and highly specific threats to biodiversity. However, mining can also be a means for financing alternative...
Scenarios and models to support global conservation targets
Global biodiversity targets have far-reaching implications for nature conservation worldwide. Scenarios and models hold unfulfilled...
Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk
Predicting how species respond to human pressure is essential to anticipate their decline and identify appropriate conservation...
Protect the last of the wild
A century ago, only 15% of Earth’s surface was used to grow crops and raise livestock 1. Today, more than 77% of land (excluding...
The effect of urban density and vegetation cover on the heat island of a subtropical city
The urban heat island (UHI) has a negative impact on the health of urban residents by increasing average temperatures. The intensity of...
Poor ecological representation by an expensive reserve system: Evaluating 35 years of marine protect
Global areal protection targets have driven a dramatic expansion of the marine protected area (MPA) estate. We analyzed how...
Large-scale environmental degradation results in inequitable impacts to already impoverished communi
Cambodian subsistence communities within the Tonle Sap Great Lake area rely on resource extraction from the lake to meet livelihood...
The location and protection status of Earth’s diminishing marine wilderness
As human activities increasingly threaten biodiversity [1, 2], areas devoid of intense human impacts are vital refugia [3]. These...