Perspectives: Thirty years of triad forestry, a critical clarification of theory and recommendations for implementation and testing

A Himes, M Betts, C Messier, R Seymour - Forest ecology and management, 2022 - Elsevier
The term “triad” in forestry refers to a landscape management regime composed of three
parts:(1) intensive plantation management,(2) ecological forest reserves, and (3) a matrix of …

Making protected areas effective for biodiversity, climate and food

A Arneth, P Leadley, J Claudet, M Coll… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial extent of marine and terrestrial protected areas (PAs) was among the most
intensely debated issues prior to the decision about the post‐2020 Global Biodiversity …

Post-2020 biodiversity framework challenged by cropland expansion in protected areas

Z Meng, J Dong, EC Ellis, G Metternicht, Y Qin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) are essential for biodiversity conservation but are threatened by
cropland expansion. Recent studies have only reported global cropland expansion in large …

Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas

N Pettorelli, NAJ Graham, N Seddon… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing recognition that, although the climate change and biodiversity crises
are fundamentally connected, they have been primarily addressed independently and a …

The effectiveness of global protected areas for climate change mitigation

L Duncanson, M Liang, V Leitold, J Armston… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Forests play a critical role in stabilizing Earth's climate. Establishing protected areas (PAs)
represents one approach to forest conservation, but PAs were rarely created to mitigate …

Mapping potential conflicts between global agriculture and terrestrial conservation

NT Hoang, O Taherzadeh, H Ohashi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Demand for food products, often from international trade, has brought agricultural land use
into direct competition with biodiversity. Where these potential conflicts occur and which …

Protected areas slow declines unevenly across the tetrapod tree of life

A Justin Nowakowski, JI Watling, A Murray… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) are the primary strategy for slowing terrestrial biodiversity loss.
Although expansion of PA coverage is prioritized under the Convention on Biological …

An outcome-oriented, social–ecological framework for assessing protected area effectiveness

A Ghoddousi, J Loos, T Kuemmerle - Bioscience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Both the number and the extent of protected areas have grown considerably in recent years,
but evaluations of their effectiveness remain partial and are hard to compare across cases …

Protected areas reduce deforestation and degradation and enhance woody growth across African woodlands

IM McNicol, A Keane, ND Burgess, SJ Bowers… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas are increasingly promoted for their capacity to sequester carbon, alongside
biodiversity benefits. However, we have limited understanding of whether they are effective …

Assessing protected area's carbon stocks and ecological structure at regional-scale using GEDI lidar

M Liang, M González-Roglich, P Roehrdanz… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Protected areas (PAs) serve as a critical strategy for protecting natural resources, conserving
biodiversity, and mitigating climate change. While there is a critical need to guide area …