Conservation organizations have increasingly raised concerns about escalating rates of
illegal hunting and trade in wildlife. Previous studies have concluded that people hunt …

Predators and scavengers are frequently persecuted for their negative effects on property,
livestock and human life. Research has shown that these species play important regulatory …

Increasing human population interacts with local and global environments to deplete
biodiversity and resources humans depend on, thus challenging societal values centered on …

Understanding the trajectories and extents of land use/land cover change (LULCC) is
important to generate and provide helpful information to policymakers and development …

Background Global policy initiatives and international conservation organizations have
sought to emphasize and strengthen the link between the conservation of natural …

Although ecosystem services are increasingly recognized as benefits people obtain from
nature, we still have a poor understanding of how they actually enhance multidimensional …

Measures of socio-economic impacts of conservation interventions have largely been
restricted to externally defined indicators focused on income, which do not reflect people's …

Background: Conservation decisions not only impact wildlife, habitat, and environmental
health, but also human wellbeing and social justice. The inclusion of safeguards and equity …

Highlights•The SDGs offer opportunities for closer environment–poverty integration.•To be
transformative, the SDGs need a broadening of measures and indicators.•Indicators should …

Sharks and their cartilaginous relatives (Class Chondrichthyes, herein 'sharks') are one of
the world's most threatened species groups. Their slow life history traits and vulnerability to …