International agreements mandate the expansion of Earth's protected-area network as a
bulwark against the continued extinction of wild populations, species, and ecosystems. Yet …

Many conservation plans remain unimplemented, in part because of insufficient
consideration of the social processes that influence conservation decisions. Complementing …

Biodiversity conservation and human well-being are tightly interlinked. Yet, mismatches in
the scale at which these two priority issues are planned and implemented have exacerbated …

Abstract In 1985, Michael Soulé asked,“What is conservation biology?” We revisit this
question more than 25 years later and offer a revised set of core principles in light of the …

Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is a field of conservation biology concerned with
delivering on‐the‐ground actions that achieve conservation goals. It describes a set of …

Recent work has shown that antagonist (eg predator–prey food web) and mutualist (eg
pollinator–plant) network structure can be altered by global environmental change drivers …

Invasive alien species are a major problem for managers of protected areas (PAs)
worldwide. Until the 1980s biological invasions were widely considered to be largely …

The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on"
surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species …

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of
protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the …

The future of tropical forest biodiversity depends more than ever on the effective
management of human‐modified landscapes, presenting a daunting challenge to …