Area-based conservation is essential to safeguard nature's diversity. In view of expanding
human land use, increasing climate change and unmet conservation targets, area-based …

Land‐use change is considered the greatest threat to nature, having caused worldwide
declines in the abundance, diversity, and health of species and ecosystems. Despite …

Background Changes in Earth's climate over time can be measured in many ways. The
different metrics available represent alternative dimensions of climate change, each with …

Conservation science is a rapidly develo** discipline, and the knowledge base it
generates is relevant for practical applications. It is therefore crucial to monitor biases and …

This paper outlines five principles for effective practice of knowledge exchange, which when
applied, have the potential to significantly enhance the impact of environmental …

Climate change and land-cover change will have major impacts on biodiversity persistence
worldwide. These two stressors are likely to interact, but how climate change will mediate …

Abstract Changes in Earth's climate are accelerating, prompting increasing calls to ensure
that investments in ecological restoration and nature conservation accommodate such …

Birds are among the most widely studied organisms on earth and represent an important
indicator group for learning about the effects of climate change–particularly in regard to the …

Adaptive Management (AM) is widely considered to be the best available approach for
managing biological systems in the presence of uncertainty. But AM has arguably only rarely …

Despite the increase of publications focusing on the consequences of extreme weather
events (EWE) for the agricultural sector, a specific review of EWE related to agriculture is …