Larger gains from improved management over sparing–sharing for tropical forests
Tropical forests are globally important for both biodiversity conservation and the production of economically valuable wood products. To...
Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches
Systematic conservation planning and Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are the two most widely used approaches for identifying important...
Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity
Protected areas (PAs) are a key tool in efforts to safeguard biodiversity against increasing anthropogenic threats. As signatories to the...
Diverse contributions benefit people and nature
A survey of more than 9,000 conservationists in 149 countries reveals that, despite broad diversity in people and ideas, the global...
A manifesto for predictive conservation
If efforts to tackle biodiversity loss and its impact on human wellbeing are to be successful, conservation must learn from other fields...
Fast-tracking extinction
New research reveals Australia's critical habitat laws are broken. Australia’s national environment laws are failing to protect critical...
Climate velocity can inform conservation in a warming world
Climate change is shifting the ranges of species. Simple predictive metrics of range shifts such as climate velocity, that do not require...
One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure
In an era of massive biodiversity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the growth of protected land globally. Protected...
Estimating the benefit of well-managed protected areas for threatened species conservation
Protected areas are central to global efforts to prevent species extinctions, with many countries investing heavily in their...
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...