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...
A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data
Inadequate information on the geographical distribution of biodiversity hampers decision-making for conservation. Major efforts are...
Bold nature retention targets are essential for the global environment agenda
Ambitious targets for the retention — not just formal protection — of nature are urgently needed to conserve biodiversity and to maintain...
Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn
Recent increases in ivory poaching have depressed African elephant populations. Successful enforcement has led to ivory stockpiling....
Persistence of methodological, taxonomical, and geographical bias in assessments of species' vul
Species' vulnerability to climate change has become a well-researched field in recent years: between 2000 and 2016, at least 743 articles...
The essential role of other effective area-based conservation measures in achieving big bold conserv
Continued biodiversity loss has prompted calls for half of the planet to be set aside for nature – including E. O Wilson's “Half-Earth”...
A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation
Understanding the scale, location and nature conservation values of the lands over which Indigenous Peoples exercise traditional rights...
Roles for scientific societies to engage with conservation policy.
Science and decision making can influence one another at several stages in the policy process. Scientists raise new issues for policy...