Originally conceived to conserve iconic landscapes and wildlife, protected areas are now
expected to achieve an increasingly diverse set of conservation, social and economic …

The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), signed in 2022 by Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity, recognized the importance of area-based conservation, and its goals …

World governments have committed to halting human-induced extinctions and safeguarding
important sites for biodiversity by 2020, but the financial costs of meeting these targets are …

Illegal wildlife trade has reached alarming levels globally, extirpating populations of
commercially valuable species. As a driver of biodiversity loss, quantifying illegal harvest is …

Protected areas are extremely important for the long term viability of biodiversity in a densely
populated country like India where land is a scarce resource. However, protected areas …

Genomic studies of endangered species have primarily focused on describing diversity
patterns and resolving phylogenetic relationships, with the overarching goal of informing …

Many wildlife species face imminent extinction because of human impacts, and therefore, a
prevailing belief is that some wildlife species, particularly large carnivores and ungulates …

A widespread opinion is that conservation efforts disproportionately benefit charismatic
species. However, this doesn't mean that they are not threatened, and which species are …

Mammalian carnivores have suffered the biggest range contraction among all biodiversity
and are particularly vulnerable to habitat loss and fragmentation. Therefore, we identified …

Protecting important sites is a key strategy for halting the loss of biodiversity. However, our
understanding of the relationship between management inputs and biodiversity outcomes in …