Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

SL Maxwell, V Cazalis, N Dudley, M Hoffmann… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of
underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based conservation efforts …

Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature

WF Laurance, J Sayer, KG Cassman - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2014 - cell.com
The human population is projected to reach 11 billion this century, with the greatest
increases in tropical develo** nations. This growth, in concert with rising per-capita …

Global protected areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change

C Mi, L Ma, M Yang, X Li, S Meiri, U Roll… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. Here, we
collated distributional data for> 14,000 (~ 70% of) species of amphibians and reptiles …

Global shortfalls in documented actions to conserve biodiversity

RA Senior, R Bagwyn, D Leng, AK Killion, W Jetz… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
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 …

Functional connectivity of the world's protected areas

A Brennan, R Naidoo, L Greenstreet, Z Mehrabi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Global policies call for connecting protected areas (PAs) to conserve the flow of animals and
genes across changing landscapes, yet whether global PA networks currently support …

Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity

L Coad, JEM Watson, J Geldmann… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Protected areas (PA s) are a key tool in efforts to safeguard biodiversity against increasing
anthropogenic threats. As signatories to the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, 196 …

Map** the planet's critical areas for biodiversity and nature's contributions to people

RA Neugarten, R Chaplin-Kramer, RP Sharp… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Meeting global commitments to conservation, climate, and sustainable development
requires consideration of synergies and tradeoffs among targets. We evaluate the spatial …

Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications

A Waldron, V Adams, J Allan, A Arnell, G Asner… - 2020 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications Waldron, A.
Page 1 https://helda.helsinki.fi Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and …

Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas in reducing habitat loss and population declines

J Geldmann, M Barnes, L Coad, ID Craigie… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Protected Areas (PAs) are a critical tool for maintaining habitat integrity and species
diversity, and now cover more than 12.7% of the planet's land surface area. However, there …

A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

DP Tittensor, M Walpole, SLL Hill, DG Boyce… - Science, 2014 - science.org
In 2010, the international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, agreed on 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade …