Establishing species conservation priorities and recovery goals is often enhanced by
extinction risk estimates. The need to set goals, even in data-deficient situations, has …

A sediment core recovered from Garba Guracha, a glacial lake at 3950m altitude in the Bale
Mountains of Ethiopia, at the boundary of the Ericaceous and Afroalpine vegetation belts …

Shifts in biological communities are occurring at rapid rates as human activities induced
global climate change increases. Understanding the effects of the change on biodiversity is …

Across Africa, national policies that established protected areas (PAs) typically limited local
use of wildlife and other resources. Over time, these policies have raised tensions with rural …

This book tells the sweeping story of the role that East African savannas played in human
evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region today, and how these …

ABSTRACT A study targeting the Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia was conducted
to gain a deeper understanding of local communities' opinion on benefits and disbenefits of …

Natural and social scientists everywhere are struggling to understand how to proceed in the
face of continued biodiversity loss and the injustices brought upon people living in and …

We determined the patterns of distribution and abundance of medium to large-sized
mammals on an agricultural landscape in south-eastern Brazil. Here, we discuss some …

The transition from natural habitat to agricultural land use is widely regarded as one of the
leading drivers of biodiversity loss. Despite this, most wildlife still lives outside protected …

Orography is known to affect local meteorological conditions by inducing orographic rainfall
and a rain shadow ie reduced rainfall on the mountain's leeside with respect to the …