The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive resource detailing the
global conservation status of plants and animals. The 2004 edition represents a milestone in …

Determining where species diversify (cradles) and persist (museums) over evolutionary time
is fundamental to understanding the distribution of biodiversity and for conservation …

The diversity of vascular plants is very unevenly distributed across the globe. The five
centres that reach species richness of more than 5,000 spp./10,000 km2 (Costa Rica-Chocó …

Lack of attention to social complexity has created a gap between current ecosystem service
research and the kind of insights needed to inform ecosystem management in the tropics. To …

Since 1814, when rubella was first described, the origins of the disease and its causative
agent, rubella virus (Matonaviridae: Rubivirus), have remained unclear. Here we describe …

The water crisis can alternatively be called a governance crisis. Thus, the demand for good
water governance to ensure effective water resources management and to attain specific …

In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely
on parks and protected areas as isolated'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital …

The number of undescribed species of lichenized fungi has been estimated at roughly
10,000. Describing and cataloging these would take the existing number of taxonomists …

Over the past 15 years the Tanzanian government has promoted participatory forest
management (both joint forest management and community-based forest management) as a …

Poaching is one of the greatest threats to wildlife conservation world‐wide. However, the
spatial and temporal patterns of poaching activities within protected areas, and the …