The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

SL Pimm, CN Jenkins, R Abell, TM Brooks… - science, 2014 - science.org
Background A principal function of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is to “perform regular and timely assessments …

Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene

CN Johnson, A Balmford, BW Brook, JC Buettel… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Biodiversity is essential to human well-being, but people have been reducing biodiversity
throughout human history. Loss of species and degradation of ecosystems are likely to …

More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends

C Finn, F Grattarola, D Pincheira‐Donoso - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …

Ensuring effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity targets

H Xu, Y Cao, D Yu, M Cao, Y He, M Gill… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Biodiversity underpins the fundamental elements for human well-being including food
security, human health and access to clean water. In 2010, the Aichi Targets were adopted …

A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

DP Tittensor, M Walpole, SLL Hill, DG Boyce… - Science, 2014 - science.org
In 2010, the international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, agreed on 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade …

Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

F Isbell, A Gonzalez, M Loreau, J Cowles, S Díaz… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Biodiversity enhances many of nature's benefits to people, including the regulation of
climate and the production of wood in forests, livestock forage in grasslands and fish in …

Economic costs of invasive alien species across Europe

PJ Haubrock, AJ Turbelin, RN Cuthbert, A Novoa… - NeoBiota, 2021 - hal.science
Biological invasions continue to threaten the stability of ecosystems and societies that are
dependent on their services. Whilst the ecological impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) …

[HTML][HTML] Social media data for conservation science: A methodological overview

T Toivonen, V Heikinheimo, C Fink, A Hausmann… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Improved understanding of human-nature interactions is crucial to conservation science and
practice, but collecting relevant data remains challenging. Recently, social media have …

Walk on the wild side: estimating the global magnitude of visits to protected areas

A Balmford, JMH Green, M Anderson, J Beresford… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
How often do people visit the world's protected areas (PAs)? Despite PAs covering one-
eighth of the land and being a major focus of nature-based recreation and tourism, we don't …

The COVID-19 pandemic is intricately linked to biodiversity loss and ecosystem health

OK Lawler, HL Allan, PWJ Baxter… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by zoonotic SARS-CoV-2, has important links to
biodiversity loss and ecosystem health. These links range from anthropogenic activities …