Grasslands store approximately one third of the global terrestrial carbon stocks and can act
as an important soil carbon sink. Recent studies show that plant diversity increases soil …

Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

Tropical savannas have been increasingly targeted for carbon sequestration by
afforestation, assuming large gains in soil organic carbon (SOC) with increasing tree cover …

Grassy biomes—from the steppes of Mongolia to the savannas of Tanzania—are predicted
to be the ecosystems hardest hit by the ongoing climate and land use crises. The history of …

The spatial extent of marine and terrestrial protected areas (PAs) was among the most
intensely debated issues prior to the decision about the post‐2020 Global Biodiversity …

The world's forests store large amounts of carbon (C), and growing forests can reduce
atmospheric CO 2 by storing C in their biomass. This has provided the impetus for world …

Increasing aridity is one major consequence of ongoing global climate change and is
expected to cause widespread changes in key ecosystem attributes, functions, and …

Woody encroachment is ubiquitous in grassy ecosystems worldwide, but its global impacts
on the diversity of herbaceous plants that characterise and define these ecosystems remain …

One of the foundational premises of ecology is that climate determines ecosystems. This has
been challenged by alternative ecosystem state models, which illustrate that internal …

Large‐scale tree planting on global rangelands is promoted as a natural climate solution
(NCS), but there is little scientific evidence to support this narrative. The presumed benefits …