Conservation is often operationalized as a minimization of human intervention in nature.
However, many social-ecological systems depend on human interventions to maintain …

Europe has unique natural values but also has the highest level of ecosystem fragmentation.
Evaluating the effectiveness of protected area management is becoming an increasingly …

Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) refers to the strategically managed network of urban green
spaces and natural and semi-natural ecosystems situated within the boundary of an urban …

Uganda is richly endowed with flora and fauna. Until the early 2000s, most of the types of
vegetation have remained natural/virgin forests and shrubs until recent years, when human …

Studying land use change in protected areas (PAs) located in tropical forests is a major
conservation priority due to high conservation value (eg, species richness and carbon …

Many protected areas may not be adequately safeguarding biodiversity from human
activities on surrounding lands and global change. The magnitude of such change agents …

Protected areas are typically considered a cornerstone of conservation programs and play a
fundamental role in protecting natural areas and biodiversity. Human‐driven land‐use and …

Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies protected
areas into six categories, ranging from strict nature reserves to areas where multiple human …

Achieving biodiversity targets will require acknowledging that human societies are highly
interconnected with the biophysical life-support system, conforming social–ecological …

Biologging data allow animal ecologists to directly measure species' fine-scale
spatiotemporal responses to environments, such as movement–critical for our …