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Fencing in nature? Predator exclusion restores habitat for native fauna and leads biodiversity to spill over into the wider landscape
Large areas of habitat are being fenced globally to restore and relocate species that can no longer survive in their surrounding landscapes, such as because of introduced predators. Despite their promise, the contributions of...
Spatial analysis to inform the mitigation hierarchy
Abstract: Human activities such as urbanization, infrastructure and agriculture are driving global biodiversity declines. In an attempt to balance economic development goals with biodiversity conservation, governments and...
Producing wood at least cost to biodiversity
Matthew G Betts, Benjamin T Phalan, Christopher Wolf, Susan C Baker, Christian Messier, Klaus J Puettmann, Rhys Green, Scott H Harris, David P Edwards, David B Lindenmayer, Andrew Balmford
Mar 15, 2021
Forest loss and degradation are the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. Rising global wood demand threatens further damage to remaining native forests. Contrasting solutions across a continuum of options have been...
Restoration and conservation of priority areas of caatinga’s semi‐arid forest remnants can support connectivity within an agricultural landscape
Land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes are major drivers of biodiversity loss in semi-arid regions, such as the Caatinga biome located in the Northeast of Brazil. We investigated landscape dynamics and fragmentation in...
AA Salazar, EC Arellano, A Muñoz‐sáez, MD Miranda, FO da Silva, NB Zielonka, LP Crowther, V Silva‐ferreira, P Oliveira‐reboucas, LV Dicks
May 23, 2021