Mangrove forests provide critical services around the globe to both human populations and
the ecosystems they occupy. However, losses of mangrove habitat of more than 50% have …

Ecological restoration is becoming regarded as a major strategy for increasing the provision
of ecosystem services as well as reversing biodiversity losses. Here, we show that …

Globally, coastal wetlands have experienced extensive loss and degradation over the past
half-century. Ecological restoration is widely recognized as essential for maintaining …

The absence of national-scale mangrove species maps has hindered the precise estimation
of their blue carbon storage ecological value evaluation, and effective management of …

Mangroves are valuable ecosystems that have been protected and restored for decades in
China. However, little is known about achievements of China's mangrove conservation …

Mangroves are species of halophytic intertidal trees and shrubs derived from tropical genera
and are likely delimited in latitudinal range by varying sensitivity to cold. There is now …

The world has increasingly relied on protected areas (PAs) to rescue highly valued
ecosystems from human activities, but whether PAs will fare well with bioinvasions remains …

The goods and services provided by natural ecosystems contribute to human well being,
both directly and indirectly. The ability to calculate the economic value of the ecosystem …

Intertidal wetlands such as saltmarshes and mangroves provide numerous important
ecological functions, though they are in rapid and global decline. To better conserve and …

Only ca. 3000 individuals of Ilex khasiana Purk. are surviving today. The tree species is
endemic to Khasi hills of northeast India, and is critically endangered. For improving the …