Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution.
Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n= 686 studies), we present the current …

The Anthropocene is characterized by a widespread biodiversity crisis that is rivaling
prehistoric mass extinctions. Amphibians are the most threatened class of vertebrates. In …

Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the
spread of diseases that threaten Earth's biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative …

Amphibians are probably the most vulnerable group to climate change and climate-change
associate diseases. This ongoing biodiversity crisis makes it thus imperative to improve the …

Abstract The Cordillera Vilcanota in southern Peru is the second largest glacierized range in
the tropics and home to one of the largest high‐alpine lakes, Sibinacocha (4,860 m). Here …

Illegal, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) often occurs in remote highly
biodiverse areas, such as the Madre de Dios region of Peru. Mercury used in gold mining …

Emerging infectious disease is a growing threat to global health, and recent discoveries
reveal that the microbiota dwelling on and within hosts can play an important role in health …

Background and Research Aims: Globally, Colombia is the country with the largest extent of
Páramos (delimited in 36 complexes) and with the greatest number of amphibian species in …

The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which causes the disease
chytridiomycosis, has been linked to catastrophic amphibian declines throughout the world …

Understanding how well tropical forest biodiversity can recover following habitat change is
often difficult due to conflicting assessments arising from different studies. One often …