A good understanding of the mechanisms and magnitude of the impact of invasive alien
species on ecosystem services and biodiversity is a prerequisite for the efficient prioritisation …

Many areas of science, including conservation and environmental management, regularly
require engaging stakeholders or experts to produce consensus or technical inputs. The …

Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for
informing conservation action,. Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes …

Humanity is on a deeply unsustainable trajectory. We are exceeding planetary boundaries
and unlikely to meet many international sustainable development goals and global …

Expert judgement informs a variety of important applications in conservation and natural
resource management, including threatened species management, environmental impact …

Background The question of how many marine species exist is important because it
provides a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have …

Stopping declines in biodiversity is critically important, but it is only a first step toward
achieving more ambitious conservation goals. The absence of an objective and practical …

Data on the extent, patterns, and trends of human land use are critically important to support
global and national priorities for conservation and sustainable development. To inform these …

Policy-and decision-makers in government and industry constantly face important decisions
without full knowledge of all the facts. They rely routinely on expert advice to fill critical …

Landscape-scale conservation planning is urgent given the extent of anthropogenic land-
use change and its pervasive impacts on Earth's biodiversity. However, such efforts are …