Are debt-for-nature swaps scalable: Which nature, how much debt, and who pays?

AMBIO, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 53(1), С. 63 - 78

Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2023

With the ongoing sovereign debt and biodiversity crises in many emerging economies, applications of debt-for-nature swaps as a dual solution for nature conservation have been re-emerging. We analyze how (DNS) can be scaled to protect priority areas reduce burden. build dataset restructuring 67 countries at risk distress show that they hold over 22% global areas, 82.96% which are unprotected. Furthermore, we 35 countries, using conservative cost estimates, 100% unprotected could protected fraction debt; remaining applying DNS would allow protection 11-13% currently areas. By interdisciplinary research combining fundamental economic data methods merging, contributes methodologically practically understanding economies.

Язык: Английский

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Insect and arthropod conservation policies: the need for a paradigm shift

Current Opinion in Insect Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 58, С. 101075 - 101075

Опубликована: Июнь 15, 2023

Язык: Английский

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¿Hacia una restauración efectiva de la biodiversidad en Europa? El nuevo Reglamento (UE) 2024/1991 relativo a la restauración de la naturaleza

Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 79, С. 293 - 333

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2025

The EU Nature Restoration Regulation (2024/1991) is a key initiative within the European Green Pact to restore degraded ecosystems and halt loss of biodiversity. biodiversity legislation already included obligations ecosystems, but this provides stronger legal instruments achieve its objectives. Proposed in 2022 adopted 2024, regulation aims meet binding targets Europe's contribute EU's 2050 climate neutrality target. Its adoption was marked by significant political tensions due potential impact on economic sectors such as agriculture, livestock fisheries. faces challenges for future implementation, effective monitoring targets, relationship with other related policies, anthropogenic impacts that irreversibly affect ecosystems. Time will tell whether objectives conservation, restoration non-regression be achieved through instrument. In study, I analyze detail new Regulation, context which it adopted, background - particular reference Birds Habitats Directives case law Court Justice Union, critically evaluate positive negative aspects have been discussed.

Язык: Английский

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A year in review: environmental policy changes in 2024

Climate Change Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100093 - 100093

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Predicting the impact of targeted fence removal on connectivity in a migratory ecosystem

Ecological Applications, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 35(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Abstract Fencing is one of the most widely utilized tools for reducing human‐wildlife conflict in agricultural landscapes. However, increasing global footprint fencing exceeds millions kilometers and has unintended consequences wildlife, including habitat fragmentation, movement restriction, entanglement, mortality. Here, we present a novel quantitative approach to prioritize fence removal within historic migratory pathways white‐bearded wildebeest ( Connochaetes taurinus ) across Kenya's Greater Masai Mara Ecosystem. Our first assesses contemporary landscape connectivity between seasonal ranges by incorporating two sets GPS tracking data fine‐scale data. We then predict gains from simulated evaluate impact different corridor widths locations on costs derived locally implemented interventions. Within study system, found that modest levels resulted substantial (39%–54% improvement 15–140 km line removed). By identifying suitable site, show strategically placed narrow corridors outperform larger, more expensive results demonstrate how where targeted can enhance wildlife. framework aid cost‐effective restoration sites guide decision‐makers fences other linear barriers. transferable landscapes or modification similar barriers feasible mitigation strategy restore connectivity.

Язык: Английский

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Refined gap analysis for biodiversity conservation under climate change

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 305, С. 111054 - 111054

Опубликована: Март 10, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Decadal population depletion, size class reduction, and range contraction of the giant yellow croaker in China: Implications for conservation and management

Ocean & Coastal Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 265, С. 107659 - 107659

Опубликована: Март 26, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Media coverage of biodiversity falls short compared to climate change and popular culture

npj Biodiversity, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4(1)

Опубликована: Март 30, 2025

We compared global media coverage and internet search interest in COP15—which resulted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework—with COP27, a climate-focused conference, popular American singer Taylor Swift. Despite critical environmental societal implications of biodiversity loss, COP15 received significantly less attention, even highly biodiverse countries. Addressing this attention shortfall will be crucial for building awareness advocacy needed to achieve goals.

Язык: Английский

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Recognising Seaweeds: Addressing Gaps in International Biodiversity Frameworks for Global Seaweed Conservation

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2025

ABSTRACT As anthropogenic pressures increasingly impact marine ecosystems and the biodiversity they support, governance mechanisms for international conservation have emerged. Seaweed habitats are important repositories biodiversity, provide crucial ecosystem services that support both ocean human health. Despite their ecological significance, seaweeds been overlooked in global discourse compared to other habitats. This study provides a thematic analysis of 18 frameworks assess representation explores ways better integrate them into policies. Key obstacles preventing full integration include imperfect institutional coordination, inconsistent seaweed‐related terminology use, limited within targets absence legally binding agreements with enforcement mechanisms. To address these, recommendations improve frameworks, thereby supporting broader resilience. Improved seaweed will contribute achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life below water).

Язык: Английский

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Integrating Hyperspectral Imaging, Plant Functional Diversity, and Soil-Lithology to Uncover Mountainscape Disturbance Dynamics Induced by Landsliding

Remote Sensing, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(11), С. 1806 - 1806

Опубликована: Май 22, 2025

The global biodiversity crisis has emphasized the unique contribution of functional diversity to ecosystem function, stability, and resilience. In this regard, increasing availability remotely sensed data together with development new sensors approaches potential improve our ability quantify monitor traits functions at unprecedented spatial, temporal, spectral scales. particular, air- spaceborne hyperspectral are making possible measurement plant-level investigate function in novel ways. review, we posit that these developments, similar ones on soils lithologies, can help us understand relationships between diversity, processes, landsliding, more broadly disturbance dynamics mountainscapes. Acknowledging challenges associated mountainous regions, review aims (1) synthesize broad established methods retrieve from data, (2) summarize characterize derived traits, (3) work addressing functioning, mountainscapes, (4) elaborate how develop a needed “ecosystem-centered” view landslides. This acknowledges influences both slope resistance susceptibility failure landslide recovery, interactions geomorphic processes drive mountainscapes mediated by landslides multiple scales, variability size represents source while also playing fundamental role recovery landscape memory.

Язык: Английский

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