Anthropogenic activities substantially altered the ecosystem's functioning and most of them
are directly or indirectly responsible for biodiversity loss, land degradation, and climate …

Our understanding of how ecosystems function has changed from an equilibria-based view
to one that recognizes the dynamic, fluctuating, nonlinear nature of aquatic systems. This …

We define an ecosanctuary in a New Zealand context as 'a project larger than 25 ha
implementing multi-species, pest mammal control for ecosystem recovery objectives, and …

Trophic rewilding seeks to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems by repopulating them with
large animals, thereby re-establishing strong top-down interactions. Yet there are very few …

Rewilding is emerging as a promising restoration strategy to enhance the conservation
status of biodiversity and promote self-regulating ecosystems while re-engaging people with …

Invasions by alien pest species contribute heavily to global biodiversity decline, with
invasive mammals having some of the greatest impacts on endemic biota. Pest …

Outcomes from restoration projects are often difficult for policymakers and stakeholders to
assess, but this information is fundamental for scaling up ecological restoration actions. We …

Threats to ecosystems are closely linked to human development, whereas lack,
insufficiency, and inefficiency of public policies are important drivers of environmental …

Carnivore reintroduction is often expected to revert community and ecosystem properties to
their natural states via risk effects and the direct killing of prey. Because large carnivore …

The progressive expansion of human activities is causing unprecedented changes to marine
ecosystems. In some cases, the extent of these changes may be so large as to generate …