Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is a field of conservation biology concerned with
delivering on‐the‐ground actions that achieve conservation goals. It describes a set of …

Five anthropogenic drivers–land use change, wood extraction, hunting, atmospheric
change, climate change–will largely determine the future of tropical forests. The geographic …

The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any
other contemporary phenomenon,,. With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas …

This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term
maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case …

In the current era, a widespread threat faced by many countries is global warming and
climate change due to excessive carbon emissions from transportation and other types of …

The Earth is undergoing an accelerated rate of native ecosystem conversion and
degradation and there is increased interest in measuring and modelling biodiversity from …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …

Early global estimates of carbon emissions from biomass burning were based on empirical
assumptions of fire return interval in different biomes in the 1980s. Since then, significant …

Abstract Progress towards the Aichi Targets adopted through the Convention on Biological
Diversity has been measured globally via indicators linked to elements of targets (the 20 …

Protected areas are leading tools in efforts to slow global species loss and appear also to
have a role in climate change policy. Understanding their impacts on deforestation informs …