The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

JEM Watson, T Evans, O Venter, B Williams… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free
from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous decline. There is emerging …

Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

H Ralimanana, AL Perrigo, RJ Smith, JS Borrell… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Madagascar's unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat.
Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar's …

A global record of annual terrestrial Human Footprint dataset from 2000 to 2018

H Mu, X Li, Y Wen, J Huang, P Du, W Su, S Miao… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Human Footprint, the pressure imposed on the eco-environment by changing ecological
processes and natural landscapes, is raising worldwide concerns on biodiversity and …

Human impacts on global freshwater fish biodiversity

G Su, M Logez, J Xu, S Tao, S Villéger, S Brosse - Science, 2021 - science.org
Freshwater fish represent one-fourth of the world's vertebrates and provide irreplaceable
goods and services but are increasingly affected by human activities. A new index …

Enhanced habitat loss of the Himalayan endemic flora driven by warming-forced upslope tree expansion

X Wang, T Wang, J Xu, Z Shen, Y Yang… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
High-elevation trees cannot always reach the thermal treeline, the potential upper range
limit set by growing-season temperature. But delineation of the realized upper range limit of …

Species better track climate warming in the oceans than on land

J Lenoir, R Bertrand, L Comte, L Bourgeaud… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
There is mounting evidence of species redistribution as climate warms. Yet, our knowledge
of the coupling between species range shifts and isotherm shifts remains limited. Here, we …

More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction

J Borgelt, M Dorber, MA Høiberg, F Verones - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is essential for practical and theoretical
efforts to protect biodiversity. However, species classified as “Data Deficient”(DD) regularly …

Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems

ML Noon, A Goldstein, JC Ledezma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires rapid decarbonization and improved
ecosystem stewardship at a planetary scale. The carbon released through the burning of …

A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

ST Garnett, ND Burgess, JE Fa… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the scale, location and nature conservation values of the lands over which
Indigenous Peoples exercise traditional rights is central to implementation of several global …

Global hydro-environmental sub-basin and river reach characteristics at high spatial resolution

S Linke, B Lehner, C Ouellet Dallaire, J Ariwi, G Grill… - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
The HydroATLAS database provides a standardized compendium of descriptive hydro-
environmental information for all watersheds and rivers of the world at high spatial …