The conservation of plants has not generated the sense of urgency—or the funding—that
drives the conservation of animals, although plants are far more important for us. There are …

The aim of this review was to (i) acknowledge structural advantages of natural products
(NPs) for designing therapeutic drugs;(ii) emphasize how wildlife conservation is socially …

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time, 1, 2 and attempts to address it
require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental …

Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

The population extinction pulse we describe here shows, from a quantitative viewpoint, that
Earth's sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at …

INTRODUCTION The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR; the effect of biodiversity on
ecosystem productivity) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis …

Biodiversity contributes to the ecological and climatic stability of the Amazon Basin,, but is
increasingly threatened by deforestation and fire,. Here we quantify these impacts over the …

Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of
ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's remaining …

Recent debates on the number of plant species in the vast lowland rain forests of the
Amazon have been based largely on model estimates, neglecting published checklists …

Tropical forests are global centres of biodiversity and carbon storage. Many tropical
countries aspire to protect forest to fulfil biodiversity and climate mitigation policy targets, but …