As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free
from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous decline. There is emerging …

Forest degradation affects forest structure, composition and diversity, carbon stocks,
functionality and ecosystem processes. It is known to contribute significantly to global carbon …

Abstract The United Nations recently agreed to major expansions of global protected areas
(PAs) to slow biodiversity declines. However, although reserves often reduce habitat loss …

Maintaining the abundance of carbon stored aboveground in Amazon forests is central to
any comprehensive climate stabilization strategy. Growing evidence points to indigenous …

Conservation biologists are devoting an increasing amount of energy to debating whether
land sparing (high‐yielding agriculture on a small land footprint) or land sharing (low …

Develo** countries are increasingly decentralizing forest governance by granting
indigenous groups and other local communities formal legal title to land. However, the …

Deforestation and drought are among the greatest environmental pressures on the Amazon
rainforest, possibly destabilizing the forest-climate system. Deforestation in the Amazon …

Highlights•Distant drivers, including remote market demand, increasingly influence land
changes.•Environmental policies have indirect and distant land use consequences.• …

An important part of conservation practice is the empirical evaluation of program and policy
impacts. Understanding why conservation programs succeed or fail is essential for …