Adaptive governance of areas set aside for future protection of biodiversity, sustainable
production, and recreation requires knowledge about whether and how effects of area …

Protected areas underpin global biodiversity conservation and sustainability agendas.
Biological invasions increasingly threaten the ecological functioning and long-term …

Protected areas (PAs) are an essential tool for conservation amid the global biodiversity
crisis. Optimizing PAs to represent species at risk of extinction is crucial. Vertebrate …

The rapid decline of global biodiversity has engendered renewed debate about the social,
economic, and political factors contributing to it. Specifically, there is little understanding of …

Microplastics (MPs) in freshwater have been extensively studied on a global scale.
However, a deeper understanding is still required regarding the occurrence characteristics …

Protected areas aim to conserve and restore populations of target species and their habitats,
but it is challenging to quantify their effectiveness. Assessments of protected area …

Reforestation projects in the tropics often consist of plantations, typically monocultures of
non‐native timber species. It has been questioned whether such plantations are suitable as …

Objectives In this study, we aimed to establish an evaluation framework for PAs that applies
the concept of landscape sustainability and integrates ecological and socioeconomic …

As the climate is changing, wildlife species and communities often shift towards high
latitudes, among other possible responses (Pecl et al., 2017). However, such climate-driven …

All ecosystems are affected by climate change, but differences in the pace of change will
render some areas more exposed than others. Such spatial patterns of risk are important …