Nature affects human well-being in multiple ways. However, the association between
species diversity and human well-being at larger spatial scales remains largely unexplored …

Indigenous Peoples have shaped and managed vast tracts of the Amazon rainforest for
millennia. However, evaluations of how much biodiversity is governed under Indigenous …

Pastoralism is globally significant in social, environmental, and economic terms. However, it
experiences crises rooted in misconceptions and poor interdisciplinary understanding, while …

Transdisciplinary research, in which academics and actors from outside the academy co-
produce knowledge, is an important approach to address urgent sustainability challenges …

Local communities' dependence on the environment for their livelihood has guided the
development of indicators of local weather and climate variability. These indicators are …

The well-being of people living around protected areas is critical in its own right as well as
for effective conservation, particularly in human-dominated landscapes. We examine the …

Indicators can be powerful tools to measure progress towards achieving societal goals, and
many indicators have been developed for sustainability goals nationally and internationally …

Protected areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of global conservation policy and have expanded
dramatically over the last century. Though unequivocally beneficial for biodiversity, gazetting …

What does the future hold for (sub) tropical ecologists when present circumstances seem to
rapidly dismantle their opportunities? Especially for early career researchers (ECRs), the …

Biodiversity is integral for ensuring stability of ecosystem services and functions across
spatial and temporal scales. It has been further deduced that higher biological diversity in …