There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused
by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may …

Background A principal function of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is to “perform regular and timely assessments …

Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for
informing conservation action,. Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes …

Abstract The Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands and Cabo Verde are commonly
united under the term “Macaronesia”. This study investigates the coherency and validity of …

Invertebrates inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems make important contributions to
global biodiversity and provide significant services that have cascading effects across …

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the premier global biodiversity
conservation organization. Its Red List is a rigorous vehicle for assessing the conservation …

Making up over 92% of life in our oceans, marine invertebrates inhabit every zone in the
water column, with contributions ranging from ecosystem functioning to socioeconomic …

The ocean holds much of the planet's biodiversity, yet< 4% of the ocean is within protected
areas. On land, the protecting of areas with low biodiversity and under little threat, rather …

Despite increasing concern over the effects of human activities on marine ecosystems [1, 2],
extinction in the sea remains scarce: 19–24 out of a total of> 850 recorded extinctions [3, 4] …

Unsustainable exploitation of wild species represents a serious threat to biodiversity and to
the livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous peoples. However, managed …