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- The past and future role of conservation science in saving biodiversity
- Source: Conservation Biology
- Author(s): David R Williams, Andrew Balmford, David S Wilcove
- Global biodiversity losses continue despite tremendous growth in the volume of conservation science and many local successes. Research that can achieve conservation science’s aims—arresting declines in biodiversity and preventing extinctions—is therefore of ever greater importance.
- Using ecosystem‐services assessments to determine trade‐offs in ecosystem‐based management of marine mammals
- Source: Conservation Biology
- Author(s): Christian Riisager‐Simonsen, Olivia Rendon, Anders Galatius, Morten Tange Olsen, Nicola Beaumont
- The goal of ecosystem‐based management (EBM) is to support a sustainable and holistic multi sectored management approach, and is recognized in a number of international policy frameworks. However, it remains unknown how these goals should be linked to assessments and management plans for marine…
- Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth
- Source: Conservation Letters
- Author(s): Iago Otero et al.
- Increasing evidence—synthesized in this paper—shows that economic growth contributes to biodiversity loss via greater resource consumption and higher emissions.
- Climate change rapidly warms and acidifies Australian estuaries
- Source: Nature Communications
- Author(s): Elliot Scanes, Peter R. Scanes, Pauline M. Ross
- A 12-year study of 166 estuaries in south-east Australia shows that the waters of lakes, creeks, rivers and lagoons increased 2.16 degrees in temperature and increased acidity. Researchers say this could impact economic activity and biodiversity worldwide.
- Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world
- Source: Science
- Author(s): Joshua E. Cinner et al.
- The worldwide decline of coral reefs necessitates targeting management solutions that can sustain reefs and the livelihoods of the people who depend on them. However, little is known about the context in which different reef management tools can help to achieve multiple social and ecological goals.
- An urgent call for circular economy advocates to acknowledge its limitations in conserving biodiversity
- Source: Science of the Total Environment
- Author(s): Johanna Buchmann-DuckKaren, F. Beazley
- This discussion paper explores the relationship between biodiversity and the circular economy and the potential implications of this relationship. The circular economy has emerged as an alternative model to a traditional linear economy.
- Unwanted networks: Vessel traffic heightens the risk of invasions in marine protected areas
- Source: Biological Conservation
- Author(s): Josephine C. Lacarella et al
- To-date, research quantifying invasion risk to marine protected areas (MPAs) is limited despite potential negative consequences.
- Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene
- Source: Sciences Advances
- Author(s): C. Pimiento et al
- To better understand the potential consequences of megafaunal loss, here we quantify their current functional diversity, predict future changes under different extinction scenarios, and introduce a new metric.
- On the 50th Earth Day, take collective action for the planet
- Source: Nature
- Author(s): Emma Marris
- Reducing your own carbon footprint is not as powerful as calling governments and companies to account.
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