[HTML][HTML] Measuring the impact of conservation: The growing importance of monitoring fauna, flora and funga

PJ Stephenson, MC Londoño-Murcia, PAV Borges… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many stakeholders, from governments to civil society to businesses, lack the data they need
to make informed decisions on biodiversity, jeopardising efforts to conserve, restore and …

Mixed effectiveness of global protected areas in resisting habitat loss

G Li, C Fang, JEM Watson, S Sun, W Qi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protected areas are the cornerstones of conservation efforts to mitigate the anthropogenic
pressures driving biodiversity loss. Nations aim to protect 30% of Earth's land and water by …

Ecological marginalization is widespread and increases extinction risk in mammals

JA Britnell, Y Zhu, GIH Kerley, S Shultz - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - pnas.org
Human land-use results in widespread range change across taxa. Anthropogenic pressures
can result in species' realized niches expanding, shifting, or contracting. Marginalization …

[HTML][HTML] An actor-centered, scalable land system typology for addressing biodiversity loss in the world's tropical dry woodlands

M Pratzer, P Meyfroidt, M Antongiovanni… - Global Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Land use is a key driver of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and therefore also a major
opportunity for its mitigation. However, appropriately considering the diversity of land-use …

Current national nature reserves are insufficient to safeguard the long-term survival of birds and mammals in China

W Sun, Y Zhao, W Chen, Y Bai - Communications Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Enhancing the connectivity of protected areas is a global consensus for conserving
biodiversity. Yet, it is unclear whether habitats are sufficiently connected within protected …

Global patterns and predictors of avian population density

L Santini, JA Tobias, C Callaghan… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim How population density varies across animal species in the context of environmental
gradients, and associated migratory strategies, remains poorly understood. The recent influx …

Expanding China's protected areas network to enhance resilience of climate connectivity

D Xu, J Peng, J Dong, H Jiang, M Liu, Y Luo, Z Xu - Science Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Expanding the network of connected and resilient protected areas (PAs) for climate change
adaptation can help species track suitable climate conditions and safeguard biodiversity …

Assessing the conservation effectiveness of theWorld's protected areas: A habitat quality and human activities perspective

L Yang, C Bian, S Pan, W Chen, J Zeng, H Xu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The World's protected areas (WDPA) have been established for more than 100 years and
serve an essential role in global biodiversity conservation. Assessing the conservation …

On the end of evolution–Humankind and the annihilation of species

M Glaubrecht - Zoologica Scripta, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For too long and with ever‐increasing ferocity during the past decades of an exponentially
growing human world population, humankind has been waging a genuine war against …

Long‐term data reveal fitness costs of anthropogenic prey depletion for a subordinate competitor, the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

J Reyes de Merkle, S Creel, MS Becker… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Within carnivore guilds, dominant competitors (eg, lions, Panthera leo) are limited primarily
by the density of prey, while subordinate competitors (eg, African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus) …