The conversion of natural forest to oil palm plantation is a major current threat to the
conservation of biodiversity in South East Asia. Most animal taxa decrease in both species …

Background During the past decade there has been a growing interest in bioenergy, driven
by concerns about global climate change, growing energy demand, and depleting fossil fuel …

Land use and related pressures have reduced local terrestrial biodiversity, but it is unclear
how the magnitude of change relates to the recently proposed planetary boundary (“safe …

Land-use and climate change are among the greatest threats facing biodiversity, but
understanding their combined effects has been hampered by modelling and data limitations …

Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global
biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a …

Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is
essential to maximize the conservation values of partially harvested areas. Here we …

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as
habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global …

Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …

Remnant habitat patches immersed within biofuel cropland matrices can retain considerable
species diversity, although the effects of land use change on species persistence in …

Agricultural expansion is the largest threat to global biodiversity. In particular, the rapid
spread of tree plantations is a primary driver of deforestation in hyperdiverse tropical …