One of the basic purposes of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation
interventions is to achieve conservation impact, the sum of avoided biodiversity loss and …

Aichi Target 11 has galvanized expansion of the global protected area network, but there is
little evidence that this brings real biodiversity gains. We argue that area-based prioritization …

Work on the post‐2020 global biodiversity framework is now well advanced and will outline
a vision, goals, and targets for the next decade of biodiversity conservation and beyond. For …

Protected areas are a fundamental mechanism for conserving global biodiversity. Given
limited conservation funds and shortfalls in funding for existing protected area management …

Aim To highlight and examine apparent paradoxes in assessing the effectiveness of different
forms of land‐use for biodiversity conservation. Location Tanzania. Methods We compare …

This paper highlights a disjunction between the basic motivation of conservation planners,
policy-makers, and managers, which is to make a positive difference for biodiversity, and …

Global targets for the percentage area of land protected, such as 30% by 2030, have gained
increasing prominence, but both their scientific basis and likely effectiveness have been …

With the adoption of the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD), 196 nations agreed to achieve ambitious biodiversity-related targets. These targets …

Biodiversity impact assessments under threatened species legislation often focus on
individual development proposals at a single location, usually for a single species, leading …

Institutions striving to conserve biological diversity spend millions of dollars on initiatives
worldwide but rarely define, measure, and communicate conservation success …