Responses to halt land degradation and to restore degraded land

R Pandit, J Parrota, Y Anker, E Coudel… - 2018 - researchspace.csir.co.za
The most cost-effective approach to reduce land degradation in the long run is to follow the
adage “prevention is better than cure”(well established){6.3. 1, 6.3. 2, 6.4. 2}. The economic …

Assessing ecosystem collapse risk in ecosystems dominated by foundation species: the case of fringe mangroves

A Marshall, HS to Bühne, L Bland, N Pettorelli - Ecological indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Ecosystem collapse, ie the endpoint of ecosystem decline, is a central concept of IUCN Red
List of Ecosystems (RLE) assessments and the identification of ecosystems most vulnerable …

Perspectives on the timing of ecosystem collapse in a changing climate

AJ Alaniz, PA Marquet, MA Carvajal… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is one of the most important drivers of ecosystem change, the global‐scale
impacts of which will intensify over the next 2 decades. Estimating the timing of …

Understanding long-term human ecodynamics through the lens of ecosystem collapse

AC Newton, F Coward, S Elliott, E Jenkins… - The …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Most research on long-term human ecodynamics examines changes in the size and
structure of human populations, often in relation to climate change. Here we offer an …

Reduced ecological resilience jeopardizes zero loss of biodiversity using the mitigation hierarchy

F Buschke, S Brownlie - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020 - nature.com
One proposal for the Convention on Biological Diversity's post-2020 strategic plan is 'zero
loss' of natural habitats. However, the feasibility of zero loss was questioned during the …

Widespread dieback in a foundation species on a sub‐Antarctic World Heritage Island: Fine‐scale patterns and likely drivers

CR Dickson, DJ Baker, DM Bergstrom… - Austral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Under anthropogenic climate change, emerging diseases and pathogens are increasingly
prevalent in high latitude and altitude regions that were previously protected by cold winter …

Tendencias en las evaluaciones de riesgo al colapso de ecosistemas terrestres y humedales

CA Masés-García, B Herrera-Fernández… - Madera y …, 2021 - scielo.org.mx
Las actividades antropogénicas amenazan cada vez más la extensión y procesos de los
ecosistemas. La Lista Roja de Ecosistemas (LRE) de la Unión Internacional para la …

Reconfiguration of Amazon's connectivity in the climate system

A Giammarese, J Brown, N Malik - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
With the recent increase in deforestation, forest fires, and regional temperatures, the
concerns around the rapid and complete collapse of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem have …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile generalist species dominate the food web succession in a closed ecological system, Chenghai Lake, China

Y Xu, S He, J Peng, F Huang, X Huo, H Tu, Y Cai… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As amplified by climate changes and anthropogenic activities, mobile generalist species
have been dominating the food web succession in a closed ecosystem. However, compared …

Making SDGs work to end hunger, sustain energy, resolve climate change, and reverse biodiversity loss

K Dube, D Chikodzi, G Nhamo - … Development Goals for Society Vol. 2 …, 2021 - Springer
The adoption of the 17 ambitious global sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the 169
targets in September 2015 aimed to better the global society. The year 2020 marks 5 years …