The value of private properties for the conservation of biodiversity in the Brazilian Cerrado

Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 380(6642), P. 298 - 301

Published: April 20, 2023

Areas set aside for conservation within private lands may be key to enhancing biodiversity-friendly landscapes. This strategy should especially effective in highly threatened regions that are poorly protected by public lands, such as the Brazilian Cerrado. Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law has included set-aside areas properties, but their relevance not been evaluated. We assess whether contributing biodiversity Cerrado, a global priority and major region food production, where land use conflicts often at odds with objectives. determined accommodate up 14.5% of vertebrate species ranges, which increases 25% when considering distribution remaining native habitat. Moreover, spatial spread benefits large number species. Ecological restoration would improve this protection system, Southeastern economic hub meets threat hotspot.

Language: Английский

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The breakdown of ecosystem functionality driven by deforestation in a global biodiversity hotspot

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 283, P. 110126 - 110126

Published: May 17, 2023

Language: Английский

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Securing Nature’s Contributions to People requires at least 20%–25% (semi-)natural habitat in human-modified landscapes

One Earth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(1), P. 59 - 71

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The cascading effects of biodiversity decline on human well-being present a pressing challenge for sustainable development. Conservation efforts often prioritize safeguarding specific species, habitats, or intact ecosystems but overlook biodiversity's fundamental role in providing Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) human-modified landscapes. Here, we systematically review 154 peer-reviewed studies estimate the minimum levels (semi-)natural habitat quantity, quality, and spatial configuration needed landscapes secure functional integrity essential sustaining NCP provision. We find that provision multiple is threatened when landscape falls below an area 20%–25% each km2. Five almost completely disappear level 10% habitat. exact required depends local context NCP. Today, about two-thirds lands have insufficient habitat, requiring action regeneration. Our findings serve as generic guideline target conservation actions outside natural areas.

Language: Английский

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Reassessing the ecological effectiveness of ecological restoration programs: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

Ecological Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 212, P. 107506 - 107506

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Adding forests to the water–energy–food nexus

Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 4(2), P. 85 - 92

Published: Sept. 14, 2020

Language: Английский

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Winner–Loser Species Replacements in Human-Modified Landscapes

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 36(6), P. 545 - 555

Published: March 7, 2021

Language: Английский

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Templates for multifunctional landscape design

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 37(3), P. 913 - 934

Published: Jan. 10, 2022

Language: Английский

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Global impacts of edge effects on species richness

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 272, P. 109654 - 109654

Published: July 6, 2022

Language: Английский

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Detecting Thresholds of Ecological Change in the Anthropocene

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 47(1), P. 797 - 821

Published: Sept. 6, 2022

Ecological thresholds comprise relatively fast changes in ecological conditions, with respect to time or external drivers, and are an attractive concept both scientific policy arenas. However, there is considerable debate concerning the existence, underlying mechanisms, generalizability of across a range subdisciplines. Here, we usethe general scale as unifying framework which systematically navigate variability within threshold research. We review literature show how observational adopted any one study, defined by its organizational level, spatiotemporal grain extent, analytical method, can influence detection magnitude. highlight need for nuance synthetic studies thresholds, could improve our predictive understanding thresholds. Nuance also needed when translating concepts into policies, including contingencies uncertainties.

Language: Английский

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Energy justice, democracy and deforestation

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 341, P. 118012 - 118012

Published: May 5, 2023

This paper contributes to the debate on determinants of deforestation, a menace that is posing threat sustainable development particularly in tropical developing regions. Specifically, focuses effect energy justice and democratization. The main contribution literature hinges emphasis - operationalized as rural-urban equality access electricity clean fuels technologies for cooking its interaction with democracy. Using panel data 47 sub-Saharan African countries over period 2000-2020 dynamic two-step generalized method moment estimator, results generally indicate improvement associated reduction deforestation. Democracy similarly found be conditional analysis largely depicts an intensified reducing deforestation presence improved democratic practices. though robust alternative Driscoll-Kraay differ when sub-regional considered. aligns Sustainable Development Goals, Goals 7, 13, 15 16.

Language: Английский

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