Protected areas and the future of insect conservation

S Chowdhury, MD Jennions, MP Zalucki… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Anthropogenic pressures are driving insect declines across the world. Although protected
areas (PAs) play a prominent role in safeguarding many vertebrate species from human …

[HTML][HTML] Three-quarters of insect species are insufficiently represented by protected areas

S Chowdhury, MP Zalucki, JO Hanson, S Tiatragul… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Insects dominate the biosphere, yet insect populations are plummeting worldwide. Massive
conservation efforts will be needed to reverse these declines. Protected areas (PAs) could …

Land-use change is associated with multi-century loss of elephant ecosystems in Asia

S de Silva, T Wu, P Nyhus, A Weaver, A Thieme… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding historic patterns of land use and land cover change across large temporal
and spatial scales is critical for develo** effective biodiversity conservation management …

Insights from citizen science reveal priority areas for conserving biodiversity in Bangladesh

S Chowdhury, RA Fuller, M Rokonuzzaman, S Alam… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The tropics contain a vast majority of species, yet our understanding of tropical biodiversity is
limited. Here we combine species locality data from scientific databases and social media to …

[PDF][PDF] Wdpar: Interface to the world database on protected areas

JO Hanson - Journal of Open Source Software, 2022 - joss.theoj.org
The wdpar R package provides an interface to data available on Protected Planet
(https://www. protectedplanet. net). It can be used to access the World Database on …

Growth of non‐English‐language literature on biodiversity conservation

S Chowdhury, K Gonzalez, MÇK Aytekin… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract English is widely recognized as the language of science, and English‐language
publications (ELPs) are rapidly increasing. It is often assumed that the number of non‐ELPs …

Using social media records to inform conservation planning

S Chowdhury, RA Fuller, S Ahmed, S Alam… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science plays a crucial role in hel** monitor biodiversity and inform conservation.
With the widespread use of smartphones, many people share biodiversity information on …

Threatened species could be more vulnerable to climate change in tropical countries

S Chowdhury - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is a major threat impacting insects globally, yet the impact on tropical
insects is largely unknown. Here, I assessed the climatic vulnerability of Bangladeshi …

Increasing biodiversity knowledge through social media: A case study from tropical Bangladesh

S Chowdhury, U Aich, M Rokonuzzaman, S Alam… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Citizen science programs are becoming increasingly popular among naturalists but remain
heavily biased taxonomically and geographically. However, with the explosive popularity of …

Identifying remnant biodiversity hotspots in Southern Asia reveals disequilibrium in mammalian communities

CC Sartor, Z Kaszta, J Kamler, AJ Hearn, E Ash… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Identification of highly biodiverse areas has become a crucial step in protecting species
richness, especially considering the rapid collapse of biodiversity and the limited funds …