There have been recent renewed commitments to increase the extent of protected areas to
combat the growing biodiversity crisis but the underpinning evidence for their effectiveness …

Human driven environmental changes increase the concentrations of polluting reactive
compounds in the troposphere, such as ozone and nitrogen oxides. These changes lead to …

One of the most problematic forms of nature protection in Poland relates to landscape parks.
They include the most valuable landscapes, but the areas within the landscape park still …

Abstract Information on the status of biodiversity is crucial for species conservation and
management. Large scale assessments are only feasible through citizen science but some …

Citizen science, ie citizens' involvement in research activities, is achieving an increasing re-
levance across disparate scientific domains. However, literature is not consistent in arguing …

Habitat loss and climate change are key drivers of global biodiversity declines but their
relative importance has rarely been examined. We attempted to attribute spatially divergent …

Human changes on the Danube River have transformed it into a heavily engineered river,
severely threatening its ecological status. The status and management strategies vary …

Across society there is pressure to assess and reduce carbon emissions to meet the
obligations of the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact. Within the science …

Background Long-term monitoring is needed to understand the statuses and trends of
wildlife communities in montane forests, such as those in Yushan National Park (YSNP) …

Citizens' observations of wildlife offer a wealth of information. Such data, however, may be
prone to biases or inaccuracies—in particular, the over-reporting of novel species and under …