Highlights•Trajectories in the global land system call for improvements in our understanding
of land-use intensity.•A comprehensive conceptual framework and a system of measurement …

Many of the first European settlers in Africa sought refuge from the heat and diseases of the
plains by moving to the cool and salubrious highlands. Although many of the highlands were …

It is theoretically possible to protect large fractions of species in relatively small regions. For
plants, 85% of species occur entirely within just over a third of the Earth's land surface …

Habitat loss and fragmentation due to human activities is the leading cause of the loss of
biodiversity and ecosystem services. Protected areas are the primary response to this …

Leading up to the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties 15, there is
momentum around setting bold conservation targets. Yet, it remains unclear how much of …

It's time for a new kind of economy We're overusing the earth's finite resources, and yet
excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. In Enough Is Enough, Rob Dietz and …

Articles sions of 6 billion people add up to a global phenomenon in a way unique to our
time. What we need is a way to understand this influence that is global in extent and yet easy …

Written by a world-respected scientist on the subject of the book, this is an advanced text for
students of ecology, population biology and evolution, as well as professional ecologists …

" One of those rare books that's both sweeping and specific, scholarly and readable… What
makes the book stand out is its wealth of historical detail."—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New …

We assessed the impacts of anthropogenic threats on 93 protected areas in 22 tropical
countries to test the hypothesis that parks are an effective means to protect tropical …