Approximately 2.5× 106 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by
fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all …

We present an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution of avian biodiversity,
changes in our knowledge of that biodiversity, and the extent to which it is imperilled. Birds …

A comprehensive quantification of global forest fragmentation is urgently required to guide
forest protection, restoration and reforestation policies. Previous efforts focused on the static …

The COVID-19 pandemic struck the tourism industry severely. Based on the review of 35
papers that studied the tourism industry in the wake of the pandemic, we propose a …

Abstract The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is challenging the world. With no vaccine and
limited medical capacity to treat the disease, nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) are the …

Accurate characterization of tropical moist forest changes is needed to support conservation
policies and to quantify their contribution to global carbon fluxes more effectively. We …

Area-based protection is the cornerstone of international conservation policy. The
contribution of Indigenous Lands (ILs)—areas traditionally owned, managed, used or …

Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …

Many global environmental agendas, including halting biodiversity loss, reversing land
degradation, and limiting climate change, depend upon retaining forests with high …

Amazonian biodiversity is increasingly threatened due to the weakening of policies for
combating deforestation, especially in Brazil. Loss of animal and plant species, many not yet …