Public urban green spaces provide people with many benefits. Understanding the
relationship between public urban green spaces' characteristics and human well-being …

It has been frequently stated, but without provision of supporting evidence, that the world has
lost 50% of its wetlands (or 50% since 1900 AD). This review of 189 reports of change in …

Background Soil microbiomes play an important role in the services and functioning of
terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known of their vertical responses to restoration …

Abstract The 1971 Ramsar Convention promotes wetland conservation worldwide, yet
climate change impacts on wetland extent and associated biodiversity are unclear …

Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable
urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability …

This paper explores the implications of the widespread success of the term circular economy
in the institutional and public debate. The concept of circular economy in itself implies a …

Epidemiological studies suggest that living close to the natural environment is associated
with long-term health benefits including reduced death rates, reduced cardiovascular …

Protecting the world's freshwater resources requires diagnosing threats over a broad range
of scales, from global to local. Here we present the first worldwide synthesis to jointly …

The management and conservation of the world's oceans require synthesis of spatial data
on the distribution and intensity of human activities and the overlap of their impacts on …

The impacts of agricultural land use are far-reaching and extend to areas outside
production. This paper provides an overview of the ecological status of agricultural systems …