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...
Quantifying biases in marine‐protected‐area placement relative to abatable threats
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a critical defense against biodiversity loss in the world's oceans, but to realize near‐term...
Last chance for Madagascar’s biodiversity
Madagascar’s recently elected president ran on a platform of improving the economy and raising people out of poverty. We suggest that...
A composite measure of habitat loss for entire assemblages of species
Habitat destruction is among the greatest threats facing biodiversity, and it affects common and threatened species alike. However,...
Restoration priorities to achieve the global protected area target
With much of Earth's surface already heavily impacted by humans, there is a need to understand where restoration is required to achieve...
Retention and restoration priorities for climate adaptation in a multi-use landscape
Retaining and restoring habitat in areas that will remain climatically suitable through time is a key strategy for helping species' adapt...
Identifying global centers of unsustainable commercial harvesting of species
Overexploitation is one of the main threats to biodiversity, but the intensity of this threat varies geographically. We identified global...
How to send a finch extinct
Australia’s high species extinction rate shows no sign of abating, with at least three vertebrate extinctions recorded within the last...
Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events
Many conservation efforts now focus on mitigating biodiversity loss due to climate change. While a focus on impacts from mean, long‐term...
Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds
Although evidence‐based approaches have become commonplace for determining the success of conservation measures for the management of...