Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …

Biodiversity, a term now widely employed in science, policy, and wider society, has a
burgeoning associated literature. We synthesize aspects of this literature, focusing on …

Effective policies to halt biodiversity loss require knowing which anthropogenic drivers are
the most important direct causes. Whereas previous knowledge has been limited in scope …

Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human
well-being 1, 2, addressing the global biodiversity crisis 3 still implies confronting barriers to …

Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity conservation requires profound
structural changes worldwide. Often, discussions are centered on management at the field …

Archaeological and paleoecological evidence shows that by 10,000 BCE, all human
societies employed varying degrees of ecologically transformative land use practices …

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Plant-based animal product alternatives are increasingly promoted to achieve more
sustainable diets. Here, we use a global economic land use model to assess the food …

The land use and land cover change (LUCC) associated with climate change and human
activities is supposed to exert a significant effect on ecosystem functions in arid inland …

We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little
attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental …