Drug development, Brazilian biodiversity and political choices: Where are we heading?

PMP Ferreira, DDR Arcanjo… - Journal of Toxicology and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this review was to (i) acknowledge structural advantages of natural products
(NPs) for designing therapeutic drugs;(ii) emphasize how wildlife conservation is socially …

[HTML][HTML] Plant diversity in a changing world: status, trends, and conservation needs

RT Corlett - Plant diversity, 2016 - Elsevier
The conservation of plants has not generated the sense of urgency—or the funding—that
drives the conservation of animals, although plants are far more important for us. There are …

Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

G Ceballos, PR Ehrlich, R Dirzo - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The population extinction pulse we describe here shows, from a quantitative viewpoint, that
Earth's sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at …

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

J Liang, TW Crowther, N Picard, S Wiser, M Zhou… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR; the effect of biodiversity on
ecosystem productivity) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis …

A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status

PL Ibisch, MT Hoffmann, S Kreft, G Pe'er, V Kati… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of
ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's remaining …

How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian biodiversity

X Feng, C Merow, Z Liu, DS Park, PR Roehrdanz… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Biodiversity contributes to the ecological and climatic stability of the Amazon Basin,, but is
increasingly threatened by deforestation and fire,. Here we quantify these impacts over the …

[PDF][PDF] Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development

J Birkmann, E Liwenga, R Pandey, E Boyd, R Djalante… - 2022 - orbi.uliege.be
Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list

D Cardoso, T Särkinen, S Alexander… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Recent debates on the number of plant species in the vast lowland rain forests of the
Amazon have been based largely on model estimates, neglecting published checklists …

[HTML][HTML] Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

RL Carvalho, AF Resende, J Barlow, FM França… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time, 1, 2 and attempts to address it
require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental …

A strategy for the next decade to address data deficiency in neglected biodiversity

A Hochkirch, MJ Samways, J Gerlach… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Measuring progress toward international biodiversity targets requires robust information on
the conservation status of species, which the International Union for Conservation of Nature …