Societal Impact Statement There is increasing awareness that plants and fungi, as natural
solutions, can play an important role in tackling ongoing global environmental challenges …

Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Abstract The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is essential for practical and theoretical
efforts to protect biodiversity. However, species classified as “Data Deficient”(DD) regularly …

Native biodiversity decline and non-native species spread are major features of the
Anthropocene. Both processes can drive biotic homogenization by reducing trait and …

Africa is forecasted to experience large and rapid climate change and population growth
during the twenty-first century, which threatens the world's second largest rainforest …

Societal Impact Statement Plants and fungi have provided, or inspired, key pharmaceuticals
for global health challenges, including cancer, heart disease, dementia, and malaria, and …

Ethiopia is land of geographical contrasts with elevations that range from 125 m below sea
level in the Danakil Depression to 4533 m above sea level in the Semien Mountains, a world …

Biodiversity is declining globally, yet many biodiversity hotspots still lack comprehensive
species conservation assessments. Using multiple International Union for Conservation of …

Species occurrence records provide the basis for many biodiversity studies. They derive
from georeferenced specimens deposited in natural history collections and visual …

The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and
the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical …