The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 illness are driving a global crisis. Governments have
responded by restricting human movement, which has reduced economic activity. These …

Several hundred species are hunted for wild meat in the tropics, supporting the diets,
customs, and livelihoods of millions of people. However, unsustainable hunting is one of the …

Managing relationships among ecosystem service supplies and demands and manipulating
certain drivers to maintain well-balanced ecosystem service suites are key challenges for …

Conservation efforts should target the few remaining areas of the world that represent
outstanding examples of ecological integrity and aim to restore ecological integrity to a much …

More than a quarter of the world's tropical forests are exploited for timber. Logging impacts
biodiversity in these ecosystems, primarily through the creation of forest roads that facilitate …

The world's largest tropical peatland complex is found in the central Congo Basin. However,
there is a lack of in situ measurements to understand the peatland's distribution and the …

Chimpanzees possess a large number of behavioral and cultural traits among nonhuman
species. The “disturbance hypothesis” predicts that human impact depletes resources and …

Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation [PeerJ] Related research Download …

Many endangered species have experienced severe population declines within the last
centuries [1, 2]. However, despite concerns about negative fitness effects resulting from …

The great apes—bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans—are critically threatened
by human activities. We have destroyed their habitats, hunted them and transmitted fatal …