Madagascar's unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat.
Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar's …

Madagascar's biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We
review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar's past and current terrestrial and …

Abstract The Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) approach, developed as theoretical
backdrop for the assessments of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on …

Bringing a unique perspective to the burgeoning ethical and legal issues surrounding the
presence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, the book uses theory and practice on …

Animals have always been important for human life due to the ecological, cultural, and
economic functions that they represent. This has allowed building several kinds of …

Is the tendency to morally prioritize humans over animals weaker in children than adults? In
two preregistered studies (total N= 622), 5-to 9-year-old children and adults were presented …

The ongoing global biodiversity crisis not only involves biological extinctions, but also the
loss of experience and the gradual fading of cultural knowledge and collective memory of …

Taxonomic and aesthetic biases permeate biodiversity conservation. We used the LIFE
program—the European Union's funding scheme for the environment—to explore the …

Scientific knowledge of species and the ecosystems they inhabit is the cornerstone of
modern conservation. However, research effort is not spread evenly among taxa (taxonomic …

Purpose The present paper aims to examine the concept of “plant blindness” in the context
of current sustainability debates.“Plant blindness” was the term introduced in 1999 by the …