Rewilding means returning a non-wild area back to the wild. It implies a reduction or
cessation of human control in favour of allowing nature to take care of itself. The concept …

Forest ecosystems are a prime example of the heated debates that have arisen around how
forests should be managed, and what services and benefits they should deliver. The …

Over the last 30 years, olive farming has experienced a fast and large-scale intensification
process across its Mediterranean range, that is reshaping Mediterranean farmland …

Loggings in biodiversity hot-spots are perceived as very serious threat to forest species and
habitats of high conservation interest. In this paper we scrutinize the spatial impacts of recent …

Habitat loss is a key driver of biodiversity loss. However, hardly any long‐term time series
analyses of habitat loss are available above the local scale for finer‐level habitat categories …

Low-intensity agriculture is important for the conservation of many European habitats and
species. However, biodiverse farmlands—also referred to as high nature value (HNV) …

1. Natura 2000 network (N 2000) and national protected areas (NPA s) are recognised as
the most important core 'units' for biological conservation in E urope. 2. Species distribution …

Urban growth is a major threat to biodiversity conservation at the global scale. Its impacts
are expected to be especially detrimental when it sprawls into the landscape and reaches …

The Natura 2000 network is the largest conservation effort in Europe. However, despite the
known importance of conserving common and widespread biodiversity, criteria used to …

In the last decades the EU has made substantial efforts implementing conservation
strategies to halt biodiversity loss. However, little improvement has been reported. Given the …