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- Ecosystem indices to support global biodiversity conservation
- Source: Society for Conservation Biology
- Author(s): Jessica A. Rowland et al
- Governments have committed to global targets to slow biodiversity loss and sustain ecosystem services. Biodiversity state indicators that measure progress toward these targets mostly focus on species, while indicators synthesizing ecosystem change are largely lacking.
- Climate politics, metaphors and the fractal carbon trap
- Source: Nature Climate Change
- Author(s): Steven Bernstein & Matthew Hoffmann
- In this Perspective, the authors argue that defining the climate change problem as one of decarbonization rather than emissions reduction suggests a new guiding metaphor — the global fractal — which may be a more…
- Tradeoffs in the value of biodiversity feature and cost data in conservation prioritization
- Source: Scientific Reports
- Author(s): Amanda D. Rodewald, Matt Strimas-Mackey, Richard Schuster & Peter Arcese
- We evaluated how the relative value of information on biodiversity features and land cost varied with data structure and variability, attributes of focal species and conservation targets, and habitat suitability thresholds for contrasting bird communities in the Pacific Northwest of North America.
- Unless warming is slowed, emperor penguins will be marching towards extinction
- Source: Global Change Biology
- Author(s): Stéphanie Jenouvrier et al
- Emperor penguins are some of the most striking and charismatic animals on Earth, but a new study has found that a warming climate may render them extinct by the end of this century.
- Melting Arctic sea ice linked to emergence of deadly virus in marine mammals
- Source: Scientific Reports
- Author(s): E. VanWormer et al
- Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North Pacific, according to a study.
- Scientist sheds light on complexity of biodiversity loss
- Source: Ecology Letters
- Author(s): Christopher T. Filstrup, Katelyn B. S. King, Ian M. McCullough
- Species richness — the number of different species in a given ecological community — is not the only, nor necessarily the best, way to measure biodiversity impacts on ecosystems.
- Scientists declare climate emergency, establish global indicators for effective action
- Source: Bioscience
- Author(s): William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Thomas M Newsome, Phoebe Barnard, William R Moomaw
- A global coalition of scientists says ‘untold human suffering’ is unavoidable without deep and lasting shifts in human activities that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and other factors related to climate change.
- What we can learn from Indigenous land management
- Source: Geographical Research
- Author(s): Samantha Muller, Steve Hemming, Daryle Rigney
- First Nations peoples’ world view and connection to Country provide a rich source of knowledge and innovations for better land and water management policies when Indigenous decision-making is enacted, Australian researchers say. Incorporating the spirit and principles of Aboriginal people’s appreciation…
- Global policy-makers must take a more ambitious approach to reversing biodiversity loss
- Source: Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Author(s): Joseph W. Bull et al
- Leading conservationists urge governments to adopt a new approach to address the impact of economic development on the natural world.
- Extent of human encroachment into world’s protected areas revealed
- Source: Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences
- Author(s): Jonas Geldmann
- Largest study yet to compare protected with ‘matched’ unprotected land finds ‘significantly higher’ increases in human pressure — primarily through agriculture — in protected areas across the tropics. Researchers argue that efforts to increase coverage may not help save wildlife unless protecting land…
- Large-scale afforestation of African savannas will destroy valuable ecosystems
- Source: Science
- Author(s): Alan Grainger, Louis R. Iverson, Gregg H. Marland, Anantha Prasad
- Scientists from around the world argue that the suggested afforestation of large areas of Africa to mitigate climate change will destroy valuable ecological, agricultural, and tourist areas, while doing little to reduce global CO2 levels.
- No place like home: Species are on the move, but many have nowhere to go
- Source: Scientific Reports
- Author(s): Philip J. Platts et al
- Since the 1970s, insects in the warmer half of Britain have been flying, hopping and crawling northwards at an average rate of around five metres per day. However, a new study has analysed 25 million recorded sightings of 300 different insect species and found there is huge variation in the rates at…
- Study on climate protection: More forest — less meat
- Source: Environmental Research Letters
- Author(s): Heera Lee et al
- Forests help protect the climate. Reforestation can decisively contribute to mitigating global warming according to the Paris Agreement. Based on simulations, researchers have studied the conditions that should be fulfilled in Europe for this. According to the study, sufficient increase in forest areas…
- Conservation scientists call for reverse to biodiversity loss
- Source: Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Author(s): Joseph W. Bull et al
- A group of international conservationists is urging governments across the globe to adopt a new approach to address the impact of economic development on the natural world. Scientists, aim to draw attention to what they call ”net positive outcomes for nature”.
- Understanding local attitudes to snow leopards vital for their ongoing protection
- Source: PLOS ONE
- Author(s): Jonathan H. Hanson, Maurice Schutgens, Nigel Leader-Williams
- Local people in the Nepal Himalayas value snow leopards as much for the potential personal benefits they gain from the animals’ conservation as they do for the intrinsic value of this charismatic species.
- Implementing a social-ecological systems framework for conservation monitoring: lessons from a multi-country coral reef program
- Source: Biological Conservation
- Author(s): Georgina G. Gurney et al
- Multi-scale social-ecological systems (SES) approaches to conservation and commons management are needed to address the complex challenges of the Anthropocene.
- Connectivity of protected areas must consider landscape heterogeneity: A response to Saura et al.
- Source: Biological Conservation
- Author(s): R. Naidoo, A. Brennan
- Conservationists’ moral obligations toward wildlife: Values and identity promote conservation conflict
- Source: Biological Conservation
- Author(s): Jeremy T. Bruskotter et al
- Recent debate among scholars reveals potential rifts in the conservation community concerning the moral bases of conservation, and the nature of humanity’s obligations to nature
- Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia’s extinction crisis?
- Source: Conservation Letters
- Author(s): Brendan A. Wintle
- As with most governments worldwide, Australian governments list threatened species and proffer commitments to recovering them. Yet most of Australia’s imperiled species continue to decline or go extinct and a contributing cause is inadequate investment in conservation management. However, this…
- Ecological thresholds and large carnivores conservation: Implications for the Amur tiger and leopard in China
- Source: Global Ecology and Conservation
- Author(s): Jinzhe Qi, Marcel Holyoak, Yao Ning, Guangshun Jiang
- The ecological threshold concept describes how changes in one or more factors at thresholds can result in a large shift in the state of an ecosystem. This…
- An expert-based approach to assess the potential for local people engagement in nature conservation: the case study of the Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique
- Source: Journal for Nature Conservation
- Author(s): Aires Afonso Mbanze, Natasha Ribeiro, Carina Silva, José Lima Santos
- Implementation of new conservation measures without consistent consultation with key stakeholders has resulted in multiple failures…
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