Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

OJ Schmitz, M Sylvén, TB Atwood, ES Bakker… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and
enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These …

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

J Barlow, F França, TA Gardner, CC Hicks, GD Lennox… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The tropics contain the overwhelming majority of Earth's biodiversity: their terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems hold more than three-quarters of all species, including …

Human–wildlife coexistence in a changing world

HJ König, C Kiffner, S Kramer‐Schadt… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a key topic in conservation and agricultural research.
Decision makers need evidence‐based information to design sustainable management …

Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems

RM Pringle, JO Abraham, TM Anderson, TC Coverdale… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

Rewilding complex ecosystems

A Perino, HM Pereira, LM Navarro, N Fernández… - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Rapid global change is creating fundamental challenges for the persistence
of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity. Conservation efforts aimed at the protection of …

Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene

CN Johnson, A Balmford, BW Brook, JC Buettel… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Biodiversity is essential to human well-being, but people have been reducing biodiversity
throughout human history. Loss of species and degradation of ecosystems are likely to …

[HTML][HTML] The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation

Y Malhi, T Lander, E le Roux, N Stevens… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Two major environmental challenges of our time are responding to climate change and
reversing biodiversity decline. Interventions that simultaneously tackle both challenges are …

The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview

X Mi, G Feng, Y Hu, J Zhang, L Chen… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Biodiversity science in China has seen rapid growth over recent decades, ranging from
baseline biodiversity studies to understanding the processes behind evolution across …

Challenges and opportunities of area-based conservation in reaching biodiversity and sustainability goals

S Hoffmann - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2022 - Springer
Area-based conservation is essential to safeguard nature's diversity. In view of expanding
human land use, increasing climate change and unmet conservation targets, area-based …

Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change

A Ricciardi, JC Iacarella, DC Aldridge… - Environmental …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Unprecedented rates of introduction and spread of non-native species pose burgeoning
challenges to biodiversity, natural resource management, regional economies, and human …