The current set of global conservation targets requires methods for monitoring the changing
status of ecosystems. Protocols for ecosystem risk assessment are uniquely suited to this …

Abstract Wetlands along the Yellow Sea coast of China, which are a major staging area for
shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, are in a state of crisis that threatens the …

Tidal flats are threatened by tidal reclamation and climatic changes around the world.
Particular challenges exist in China where tidal flats are changing rapidly along with …

There is increasing concern about the world's animal migrations. With many land‐use and
climatological changes occurring simultaneously, pinning down the causes of large‐scale …

Executive Summary The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a global framework for monitoring
the status of ecosystems. It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity …

We synthesized the results of many case studies from experts worldwide on the state of the
environment, sustainability, and the likely future of estuaries, lagoons, semienclosed seas …

Land reclamation can impact a variety of ecosystem services provided by coastal wetlands.
The dynamics of coastal blue carbon storage (CBCS) altered by land use/land cover (LULC) …

China's coastal wetlands are critically important to shorebirds. Substantial loss of tidal flats,
shorebirds' primary foraging grounds, has occurred from land claim and other processes …

The Numeniini is a tribe of 13 wader species (Scolopacidae, Charadriiformes) of which
seven are Near Threatened or globally threatened, including two Critically Endangered. To …

Loss and degradation of wetlands has occurred worldwide, impacting ecosystems and
contributing to the decline of waterbirds, including shorebirds that occur along the heavily …