Grasslands used to be vital landscape elements throughout Europe. Nowadays, the area of
grasslands is dramatically reduced, especially in industrial countries. Grassland restoration …

Abstract Rice, JC, and Garcia, SM 2011. Fisheries, food security, climate change, and
biodiversity: characteristics of the sector and perspectives on emerging issues.–ICES …

As anthropogenic pressures on the environment grow, science-policy interaction is
increasingly needed to support evidence-informed decision-making. However, there are …

Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

Political commitment and policy instruments to halt biodiversity loss require robust data and
a diverse indicator set to monitor and report on biodiversity trends. Gaps in data availability …

Taxonomic and aesthetic biases permeate biodiversity conservation. We used the LIFE
program—the European Union's funding scheme for the environment—to explore the …

Romania's protected areas network currently covers 19.29% of the national territory, a
significant increase from the 4.1% protected prior to 1989. The increase occurred over the …

Conservation of grassland biodiversity is a key issue in the EU agro-biodiversity policy. We
assessed the effects of yearly mowing on target forb biomass in years with contrasting …

With increasing road encroachment, habitat fragmentation by transport infrastructures has
been a serious threat for European biodiversity. Areas with no roads or little traffic (“roadless …

Dispersal knowledge is essential for conservation management, and demand is growing.
But are we accumulating dispersal knowledge at a pace that can meet the demand? To …