Increased conservation action to protect more habitat and species is fueling a vigorous
debate about the relative effectiveness of different sorts of protected areas. Here we review …

Land-use expansion is linked to major sustainability concerns including climate change,
food security and biodiversity loss. This expansion is largely concentrated in so-called …

Tropical and subtropical dry woodlands are rich in biodiversity and carbon. Yet, many of
these woodlands are under high deforestation pressure and remain weakly protected. Here …

Land use is a key driver of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and therefore also a major
opportunity for its mitigation. However, appropriately considering the diversity of land-use …

Land use changes associated with habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation exert
profoundly detrimental impacts on biodiversity conservation. Urban development is one of …

Conservation governance is increasingly globalized, particularly supply chain polices
implemented by multinational corporations. However, the ways that local elite narratives and …

Tropical deforestation has been recognized as a major and multi-faceted sustainability
issue, frequently analyzed in terms of its economic drivers, the effectiveness of protection …

Land‐use change is a major driver of biodiversity loss, affecting tropical forests and
savannas at an unprecedented rate. To protect these ecosystems and their biodiversity …

Protected areas (PAs) are established to conserve wildlife habitats and biodiversity. To this
end, the Chinese central government has initiated a pioneering environmental planning and …

Aim The persistence of large carnivore populations depends on their survival outside
protected areas, where they often impact local livelihoods through livestock depredation …