Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

S Díaz, J Settele, ES Brondízio, HT Ngo, J Agard… - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Human actions have long been known to drive declines in nature, and there
is growing awareness of how globalization means that these drivers increasingly act at a …

More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends

C Finn, F Grattarola, D Pincheira‐Donoso - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …

[HTML][HTML] A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

N Cox, BE Young, P Bowles, M Fernandez, J Marin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Comprehensive assessments of species' extinction risks have documented the extinction
crisis 1 and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks 2. Global assessments reveal …

[HTML][HTML] More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction

J Borgelt, M Dorber, MA Høiberg, F Verones - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is essential for practical and theoretical
efforts to protect biodiversity. However, species classified as “Data Deficient”(DD) regularly …

[HTML][HTML] The threat of invasive species to IUCN-listed critically endangered species: A systematic review

MA Duenas, DJ Hemming, A Roberts… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted a comprehensive review of the research literature on interactions between
invasive species and species included in the critically endangered category of the …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring and evaluating SDG indicators with Big Earth Data

H Guo, D Liang, Z Sun, F Chen, X Wang, J Li, L Zhu… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides an
important framework for economic, social, and environmental action. A comprehensive …

Tropical forests are home to over half of the world's vertebrate species

R Pillay, M Venter, J Aragon‐Osejo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are renowned for their astonishing diversity of life, but the fundamental
question of how many species occur in tropical forests remains unanswered. Using …

The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation

U Roll, A Feldman, M Novosolov, A Allison… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
The distributions of amphibians, birds and mammals have underpinned global and local
conservation priorities, and have been fundamental to our understanding of the …

Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes

MG Betts, C Wolf, WJ Ripple, B Phalan, KA Millers… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss is a critical environmental crisis, yet the lack of spatial data on
biodiversity threats has hindered conservation strategies. Theory predicts that abrupt …

[HTML][HTML] Thousands of reptile species threatened by under-regulated global trade

BM Marshall, C Strine, AC Hughes - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Wildlife trade is a key driver of the biodiversity crisis. Unregulated, or under-regulated
wildlife trade can lead to unsustainable exploitation of wild populations. International efforts …