Background and Research Aims: Globally, Colombia is the country with the largest extent of
Páramos (delimited in 36 complexes) and with the greatest number of amphibian species in …

Calls for biodiversity conservation practice to be more evidence based are growing, and we
agree evidence use in conservation practice needs improvement. However, evidence …

Threatened species are by definition species that are in need of assistance. In the absence
of suitable conservation interventions, they are likely to disappear soon. There is limited …

The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in
English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines …

Conservation scientists increasingly seek to find ways to implement their research for
improved policy and practice. However, such efforts may be ineffective, or even …

We contend that the exclusive focus on the English language in scientific research might
hinder effective communication between scientists and practitioners or policy makers whose …

Monitoring the impacts of anthropogenic threats and interventions to mitigate these threats is
key to understanding how to best conserve biodiversity. Ecologists use many different study …

Large language models and other artificial-intelligence systems could be excellent at
synthesizing scientific evidence for policymakers—but only with appropriate safeguards and …

Efforts to tackle the current biodiversity crisis need to be as efficient and effective as possible
given chronic underfunding. To inform decision‐makers of the most effective conservation …

Building trust in science and evidence-based decision-making depends heavily on the
credibility of studies and their findings. Researchers employ many different study designs …