Mining poses serious and highly specific threats to biodiversity. However, mining can also
be a means for financing alternative livelihood paths that, over the long-term, may prevent …

Background Botanists, ecologists and evolutionary biologists are familiar with the
astonishing species richness and endemism of the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region and …

Mining poses significant and potentially underestimated risks to tropical forests worldwide. In
Brazil's Amazon, mining drives deforestation far beyond operational lease boundaries, yet …

Hydrological connectivity regulates the structure and function of Amazonian freshwater
ecosystems and the provisioning of services that sustain local populations. This connectivity …

Recognizing that protected areas (PAs) are essential for effective biodiversity conservation
action, the Convention on Biological Diversity established ambitious PA targets as part of the …

Brazil faces an enormous challenge to implement its revised Forest Code. Despite big
losses for the environment, the law introduces new mechanisms to facilitate compliance and …

Mining regions undergo abrupt and extensive land use change, the impacts of which pose
management challenges for mining companies and regulatory agencies. In this study we …

Global sustainability rests on a myriad of benefits provided by natural ecosystems that
support human livelihoods and well-being, from biodiversity persistence to climate …

Many nations use ecological compensation policies to address negative impacts of
development projects and achieve No Net Loss (NNL) of biodiversity and ecosystem …

Abstract Meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals requires reconciling development
with biodiversity conservation. Governments and lenders increasingly call for major …