Achieving global sustainability objectives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals
or Aichi Targets, including remaining within planetary boundaries, necessitates proactively …

Amid a global infrastructure boom, there is increasing recognition of the ecological impacts
of the extraction and consumption of construction minerals, mainly processed as concrete …

Development corridors are extensive, often transnational and linear, geographical areas
targeted for investment to help achieve sustainable development. They often comprise the …

Wildlife is declining around the world. Many developed nations have enacted legislation on
endangered species protection and provide funding for wildlife recovery. Protecting …

Australia's national environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) has been criticized for failing to mitigate the national …

The implementation of fauna-sensitive road design has the potential to mitigate negative
impacts on wildlife caused by roads. However, our previous international review found …

Abstract Economies depend on ecosystem services, but only recently have ecosystem
service values been incorporated into economic and political decision-making. Increasingly …

Conservation policies and environmental impact assessments commonly target threatened
species and habitats. Nevertheless, macroecological research provides reasons why also …

Construction minerals–sand, gravel, limestone–are the most extracted solid raw materials
and account for most of the world's anthropogenic mass, which as of 2020 outweighed all of …

Around the world, countries have introduced laws and policies designed to prevent species
extinction. While there have been some success stories, overall, these laws and policies are …