Vast expanses of tropical forests worldwide are being impacted by selective logging. We
evaluate the environmental impacts of such logging and conclude that natural timber …

Ongoing conversion of tropical forests makes it urgent to invest in ecological restoration on
grand scales in order to promote biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. The 4 …

The multiple, complex risks to plant species survival are increasing, and conservation
strategies that include ex situ as well as in situ approaches are needed now more than ever …

Secondary forests (SFs) regenerating on previously deforested land account for large,
expanding areas of tropical forest cover. Given that tropical forests rank among Earth's most …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Recent practise has revealed that conservation interventions that seek to achieve multiple
benefits generally face significant, if under-recognized trade-offs. REDD+ policies present …

Ecological restoration is important to mitigate global ecological degradation. However,
previous restoration, mainly targeting a single ecosystem or ecological problem at a single …

Climate change can affect tree recruitment altering post-dispersal seed fates and impairing
seedling development, and these effects will be stronger at man-disturbed areas than …

Land use change can reduce the wealth and wellbeing of a nation by modifying its
biodiversity. We used value transfer methodology to estimate changes in the value of …

Sustainable livelihoods (SL) have emerged as a crucial area of focus in global
environmental change research, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …