Societal Impact Statement There is increasing awareness that plants and fungi, as natural
solutions, can play an important role in tackling ongoing global environmental challenges …

Bats are an ecologically and taxonomically diverse group accounting for roughly a fifth of
mammalian diversity worldwide. Many of the threats bats face (eg, habitat loss, bushmeat …

Natural climate solutions (NCS) are strategies for climate mitigation in the land sector that
increase carbon storage or avoid GHG emissions. Here we estimate China's historic NCS …

Here we build on the manifesto 'World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, issued by the
Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologists deeply concerned about …

Abstract Southeast Asia (SE Asia) is a known global hotspot of biodiversity and endemism,
yet the region is also one of the most biotically threatened. Ecosystems across the region are …

Quantifying and assessing changes in biological diversity are central aspects of many
ecological studies, yet accurate methods of estimating biological diversity from sampling …

Tropical forest diversity is simultaneously threatened by habitat loss and exploitation for
wildlife trade. Quantitative conservation assessments have previously considered these …

Habitat degradation and subsequent biodiversity damage often take place far from the place
of consumption because of globalization and the increasing level of international trade …

Global biodiversity change is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time.
Here, we review current scientific knowledge on global biodiversity change and identify the …

Ecologists often rely on observational data to understand causal relationships. Although
observational causal inference methodologies exist, predictive techniques such as model …