Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of
underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based conservation efforts …

Interactions between multiple ecosystem stressors are expected to jeopardize biological
processes, functions and biodiversity. The scientific community has declared stressor …

One-sixth of the global terrestrial surface now falls within protected areas (PAs), making it
essential to understand how far they mitigate the increasing pressures on nature which …

An increasing number of international initiatives aim to reconcile development with
conservation. Crucial to successful implementation of these initiatives is a comprehensive …

In an era of massive biodiversity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the
growth of protected land globally. Protected areas are the primary defense against …

Protected areas are widely considered essential for biodiversity conservation. However, few
global studies have demonstrated that protection benefits a broad range of species. Here …

Remotely-sensed and bottom-up survey information were compiled on eight variables
measuring the direct and indirect human pressures on the environment globally in 1993 and …

Wildlife populations and their habitats are exposed to an expanding diversity and intensity of
stressors caused by human activities, within the broader context of natural processes and …

Since the late 1990s, remotely sensed night-time lights (NTL) satellite imagery has been
shown to correlate with socioeconomic parameters including urbanization, economic …

Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications Page 1
Anthony Waldron1; Vanessa Adams2; James Allan3; Andy Arnell4; Greg Asner5; Scott Atkinson6; …