A global deal for nature: guiding principles, milestones, and targets

E Dinerstein, C Vynne, E Sala, AR Joshi… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The Global Deal for Nature (GDN) is a time-bound, science-driven plan to save the diversity
and abundance of life on Earth. Pairing the GDN and the Paris Climate Agreement would …

Global biodiversity conservation priorities

TM Brooks, RA Mittermeier, GAB Da Fonseca… - science, 2006 - science.org
The location of and threats to biodiversity are distributed unevenly, so prioritization is
essential to minimize biodiversity loss. To address this need, biodiversity conservation …

Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity

G Li, C Fang, Y Li, Z Wang, S Sun, S He, W Qi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid urban expansion has profound impacts on global biodiversity through habitat
conversion, degradation, fragmentation, and species extinction. However, how future urban …

Indigenous knowledge and the shackles of wilderness

MS Fletcher, R Hamilton… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The environmental crises currently grip** the Earth have been codified in a new proposed
geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This epoch, according to the Anthropocene Working …

Warmer and drier fire seasons contribute to increases in area burned at high severity in western US forests from 1985 to 2017

SA Parks, JT Abatzoglou - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in burned area across the western United States (US) since the mid‐1980s have
been widely documented and linked partially to climate factors, yet evaluations of trends in …

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

J Liang, TW Crowther, N Picard, S Wiser, M Zhou… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR; the effect of biodiversity on
ecosystem productivity) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis …

The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages

SA Blowes, SR Supp, LH Antão, A Bates, H Bruelheide… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Human activities are fundamentally altering biodiversity. Projections of declines at the global
scale are contrasted by highly variable trends at local scales, suggesting that biodiversity …

Marine ecoregions of the world: a bioregionalization of coastal and shelf areas

MD Spalding, HE Fox, GR Allen, N Davidson… - …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The conservation and sustainable use of marine resources is a highlighted goal on a
growing number of national and international policy agendas. Unfortunately, efforts to …

Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis

R Bobbink, K Hicks, J Galloway… - Ecological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is a recognized threat to plant diversity in temperate
and northern parts of Europe and North America. This paper assesses evidence from field …

Managing the middle: A shift in conservation priorities based on the global human modification gradient

CM Kennedy, JR Oakleaf, DM Theobald… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing number of international initiatives aim to reconcile development with
conservation. Crucial to successful implementation of these initiatives is a comprehensive …