Connectivity underpins the persistence of life; it needs to inform biodiversity conservation
decisions. Yet, when prioritising conservation areas and develo** actions, connectivity is …

Institutions are vital to the sustainability of social-ecological systems, balancing individual
and group interests and coordinating responses to change. Ecological decline and social …

The unprecedented global heatwave of 2014–2017 was a defining event for many
ecosystems. Widespread degradation caused by coral bleaching, for example, highlighted …

Highlights•Case comparison and synthesis methods are increasingly being used alongside
in-depth case studies to investigate causal effects and causal mechanisms in social …

Despite striking global change, management to ensure healthy landscapes and sustained
natural resources has tended to set objectives on the basis of the historical range of …

Rapid climate changes are currently driving substantial reorganizations of marine
ecosystems around the world. A key question is how these changes will alter the provision of …

There is global consensus that we must immediately prioritize climate change adaptation—
change in response to or anticipation of risks from climate change. Some researchers and …

This issue addresses the multifaceted problems of understanding biodiversity change to
meet emerging international development and conservation goals, national economic …

The rapid development of seafood trade networks alongside the decline in biomass of many
marine populations raises important questions about the role of global trade in fisheries …

Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) are a form of private governance using seafood supply
chains to reduce environmental impacts of fishing in some of the most challenged fisheries …