BACKGROUND Biodiversity is under siege, with greatly enhanced rates of local and global
extinction and the decline of once-abundant species. Current rates of human-induced …

Private land conservation (PLC) is an important means for achieving global conservation
targets. We reviewed peer-reviewed literature focussing on PLC to summarize past scientific …

Governments have committed to conserving≥ 17% of terrestrial and≥ 10% of marine
environments globally, especially “areas of particular importance for biodiversity” through …

Protected areas are crucial for biodiversity conservation because they provide safe havens
for species threatened by land-use change and resulting habitat loss. However, protected …

Abstract Forests across the United States are expected to undergo numerous changes in
response to the changing climate. This second edition of the Forest Adaptation Resources …

Global conservation needs far exceed the available resources, so scarce resources must be
used cost-effectively. Although many conservation priory-setting frameworks used by NGO's …

Reestablishment of locally extinct populations and augmentation of declining populations
are management activities used with increasing frequency in the conservation of imperiled …

Background The typical mandate in conservation planning is to identify areas that represent
biodiversity targets within the smallest possible area of land or sea, despite the fact that area …

A crucial gap exists between the static nature of the United States' existing protected areas
and the dynamic impacts of 21st century stressors, such as habitat loss and fragmentation …

With some of the highest biodiversity on the planet, the Mediterranean Biome is
experiencing a conservation crisis driven by high human population density, development …