Wildlife’s contributions to people
Nature’s contributions to people (NCP) are increasingly incorporated in modern conservation policy and management frameworks; however, the contri…
Category: Conservation biology
Coastal wetland resilience through local, regional and global conservation
Coastal wetlands, including tidal marshes, mangrove forests and tidal flats, support the livelihoods of millions of people. Understanding the resil…
The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity
Implications for conservation Worryingly, 16% of wild bird species and 27% of mammal species with known H5N1 infections as of 2024 are already of conservation…
Successes and failures of conservation actions to halt global river biodiversity loss
To address the losses of river biodiversity worldwide, various conservation actions have been implemented to promote recovery of species and ecosys…
A case for assemblage-level conservation to address the biodiversity crisis
Traditional conservation efforts have centred on safeguarding individual species, but these strategies have limitations in a world where entire eco…
Status, trends and conservation of global sea turtle populations
Sea turtles experienced myriad human impacts during the twentieth century that caused extreme mortality across all seven species. Extensive conserv…
Current and future challenges to conservation translocations
Conservation translocation (CT) — the movement and release of organisms for conservation benefit — has been part of the conservation toolbox fo…
Conserving seagrass ecosystems to meet global biodiversity and climate goals
Despite being relatively neglected until the early 2000s, seagrass ecosystems are now recognized as critical habitats supporting biodiversity and e…
Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future
Biodiversity offsetting is a mechanism for addressing the impacts of development projects on biodiversity, but the practice remains controversial a…