The transmission of dengue virus (DENV) from an infected Aedes mosquito to a human,
causes illness ranging from mild dengue fever to fatal dengue shock syndrome. The similar …

The lack of progress in reversing the declining global trend in biodiversity is partly due to a
mismatch between how living nature is conceived and valued by the conservation …

The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector encompasses managed
ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while delivering food, wood and …

We investigate the causes of deforestation in Indonesia, a country with one of the highest
rates of primary natural forest loss in the tropics, annually between 2001 and 2016. We use …

Soils under natural, tropical forests provide essential ecosystem services that have been
shaped by long-term soil–vegetation feedbacks. However, deforestation of tropical forest …

Fire is an essential Earth system process that alters ecosystem and atmospheric
composition. Here we assessed long-term fire trends using multiple satellite data sets. We …

Agriculture is the largest contributor to biodiversity loss with expanding impacts due to
changing consumption patterns and growing populations. Agriculture destroys biodiversity …

Secondary forests are increasingly important components of human‐modified landscapes in
the tropics. Successional pathways, however, can vary enormously across and within …

Dengue fever is a re-emerging public health problem with two-fifths of the world population
being at risk of infection. Till now, dengue fever was believed to be caused by four different …

The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century. Globally, at least 25
million kilometres of new roads are anticipated by 2050; a 60% increase in the total length of …