The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery

V Hermoso, SB Carvalho, S Giakoumi… - … Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union (EU) has committed to an ambitious biodiversity recovery plan
in its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Green Deal. These policies aim to halt …

The performance and potential of protected areas

JEM Watson, N Dudley, DB Segan, M Hockings - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Originally conceived to conserve iconic landscapes and wildlife, protected areas are now
expected to achieve an increasingly diverse set of conservation, social and economic …

Improving biodiversity protection through artificial intelligence

D Silvestro, S Goria, T Sterner, A Antonelli - Nature sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
Over a million species face extinction, highlighting the urgent need for conservation policies
that maximize the protection of biodiversity to sustain its manifold contributions to people's …

Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas

N Pettorelli, NAJ Graham, N Seddon… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing recognition that, although the climate change and biodiversity crises
are fundamentally connected, they have been primarily addressed independently and a …

Protected area targets post-2020

P Visconti, SHM Butchart, TM Brooks, PF Langhammer… - Science, 2019 - science.org
In 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Strategic Plan
for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets, to catalyze national and …

[HTML][HTML] A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals

GG Singh, AM Cisneros-Montemayor, W Swartz… - Marine Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Achieving the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) results in
many ecological, social, and economic consequences that are inter-related. Understanding …

Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management

AH Arthington, NK Dulvy, W Gladstone… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the disparities in size and volume of marine and freshwater realms, a strikingly
similar number of species is found in each–with 15 150 Actinopterygian fishes in fresh water …

[HTML][HTML] The location and protection status of Earth's diminishing marine wilderness

KR Jones, CJ Klein, BS Halpern, O Venter, H Grantham… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
As human activities increasingly threaten biodiversity [1, 2], areas devoid of intense human
impacts are vital refugia [3]. These wilderness areas contain high genetic diversity, unique …

Coral reef conservation in the Anthropocene: Confronting spatial mismatches and prioritizing functions

DR Bellwood, MS Pratchett, TH Morrison… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The world's coral reefs are rapidly transforming, with decreasing coral cover and new
species configurations. These new Anthropocene reefs pose a challenge for conservation; …

Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

JE Cinner, E Maire, C Huchery… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Coral reefs provide ecosystem goods and services for millions of people in the tropics, but
reef conditions are declining worldwide. Effective solutions to the crisis facing coral reefs …