Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

HO Pörtner, RJ Scholes, A Arneth, DKA Barnes… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …

[HTML][HTML] A global meta-analysis on patterns of amphibian and reptile diversity in agroforestry systems

M de Jesús Cervantes-López… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global herpetofauna faces threats by habitat loss and degradation, with amphibian and
reptile species maintenance in human-modified landscapes not only depending on forest …

Conflation of reforestation with restoration is widespread

CL Parr, M Te Beest, N Stevens - Science, 2024 - science.org
The Bonn Challenge was launched by the German government and the International Union
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2011 with the goal of restoring 350 million ha of …

Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography

J Kemppinen, JJ Lembrechts… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Brief introduction: What are microclimates and why are they important? Microclimate science
has developed into a global discipline. Microclimate science is increasingly used to …

[HTML][HTML] A synthesis of the effect of regenerative agriculture on soil carbon sequestration in Southeast Asian croplands

SSX Tan, SE Kuebbing - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Policymakers and businesses in Southeast Asia are increasingly interested in using carbon
markets to encourage adoption of regenerative agriculture practices by farmers. These …

[HTML][HTML] Large gaps in voluntary sustainability commitments covering the global cocoa trade

C Parra-Paitan, EKHJ zu Ermgassen… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production and trade of agricultural commodities, such as cocoa, have important
impacts on farmer livelihoods and the environment, prompting a growing number of …

Oil palm production, instrumental and relational values: the public relations battle for hearts, heads, and hands along the value chain

B Lusiana, M Slingerland, A Miccolis… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Large-scale oil palm monoculture production in tropical forest habitats meets
strong objections.•Instrumental, relational and intrinsic values of nature are at risk.•The oil …

The CBD Post‐2020 biodiversity framework: People's place within the rest of nature

K Friedman, P Bridgewater, V Agostini… - People and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recognizing two decades of failure to achieve global goals and targets, parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity are in the final phase of negotiating a Post‐2020 Global …

Lessons from Ethiopian coffee landscapes for global conservation in a post-wild world

K Hylander, S Nemomissa, J Fischer, B Zewdie… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The reality for conservation of biodiversity across our planet is that all ecosystems are
modified by humans in some way or another. Thus, biodiversity conservation needs to be …

Enhancing economic multifunctionality without compromising multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality via forest enrichment

LR Topanotti, JM Fuchs, M Albert, J Schick… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Enriching tree species–poor and less productive forests by introducing economically
valuable species is a strategy proposed for achieving multipurpose forest management …