Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world's primates from extinction
Primates, represented by 521 species, are distributed across 91 countries primarily in the
Neotropic, Afrotropic, and Indo-Malayan realms. Primates inhabit a wide range of habitats …
Neotropic, Afrotropic, and Indo-Malayan realms. Primates inhabit a wide range of habitats …
Biocultural vulnerability exposes threats of culturally important species
There are growing calls for conservation frameworks that, rather than breaking the relations
between people and other parts of nature, capture place-based relationships that have …
between people and other parts of nature, capture place-based relationships that have …
Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system
The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tip** point, inducing
large-scale collapse, has raised global concern,–. For 65 million years, Amazonian forests …
large-scale collapse, has raised global concern,–. For 65 million years, Amazonian forests …
Evaluating natural medicinal resources and their exposure to global change
Medicinal plants and their bioactive molecules are integral components of nature and have
supported the health of human societies for millennia. However, the prevailing view of …
supported the health of human societies for millennia. However, the prevailing view of …
[HTML][HTML] Connected Conservation: Rethinking conservation for a telecoupled world
The convergence of the biodiversity and climate crises, widening of wealth inequality, and
most recently the COVID-19 pandemic underscore the urgent need to mobilize change to …
most recently the COVID-19 pandemic underscore the urgent need to mobilize change to …
Societal extinction of species
The ongoing global biodiversity crisis not only involves biological extinctions, but also the
loss of experience and the gradual fading of cultural knowledge and collective memory of …
loss of experience and the gradual fading of cultural knowledge and collective memory of …
The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments
Consulting the best available evidence is key to successful conservation decision-making.
While much scientific evidence on conservation continues to be published in non-English …
While much scientific evidence on conservation continues to be published in non-English …
Achieving zero extinction for land plants
RT Corlett - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
Despite the importance of plants for humans and the threats to their future, plant
conservation receives far less support compared with vertebrate conservation. Plants are …
conservation receives far less support compared with vertebrate conservation. Plants are …
Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation
The expansion of globalized industrial societies is causing global warming, ecosystem
degradation, and species and language extinctions worldwide. Mainstream conservation …
degradation, and species and language extinctions worldwide. Mainstream conservation …
The likely extinction of hundreds of palm species threatens their contributions to people and ecosystems
Protecting nature's contributions to people requires accelerating extinction risk assessment
and better integrating evolutionary, functional and used diversity with conservation planning …
and better integrating evolutionary, functional and used diversity with conservation planning …