Global protected areas seem insufficient to safeguard half of the world's mammals from human-induced extinction

A political tsunami hits Amazon conservation

(2021) Fernando Mayer Pelicice et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

(2020) Peter Lindsey et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Climate change exposure and vulnerability of the global protected area estate from an international perspective

(2020) Samuel Hoffmann et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

(2020) David Leclère et al.   NATURE

Protected areas are now the last strongholds for many imperiled mammal species

(2020) Michela Pacifici et al.   Conservation Letters

Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land

(2020) Michelle Ward et al.   Nature Communications

Extent, intensity and drivers of mammal defaunation: a continental-scale analysis across the Neotropics

(2020) Juliano A. Bogoni et al.   Scientific Reports

Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion

(2020) David R. Williams et al.   Nature Sustainability

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

(2019) Walter Willett et al.   LANCET

Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity

(2019) Lauren Coad et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics

(2019) Orlando Acevedo‐Charry et al.   OIKOS

Protected area targets post-2020

(2019) Piero Visconti et al.   SCIENCE

Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement as a threat to iconic protected areas

(2019) Siyu Qin et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The uncertain future of protected lands and waters

(2019) Rachel E. Golden Kroner et al.   SCIENCE

Moving from representation to persistence: The capacity of Australia's National Reserve System to support viable populations of mammals

(2018) Hayley S. Clements et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

TetraDENSITY: A database of population density estimates in terrestrial vertebrates

(2018) Luca Santini et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Prevent perverse outcomes from global protected area policy

(2018) Megan D. Barnes et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Global drivers of population density in terrestrial vertebrates

(2018) Luca Santini et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Warfare and wildlife declines in Africa’s protected areas

(2018) Joshua H. Daskin et al.   NATURE

How to protect half of Earth to ensure it protects sufficient biodiversity

(2018) Stuart L. Pimm et al.   Science Advances

The coefficient of determination R 2 and intra-class correlation coefficient from generalized linear mixed-effects models revisited and expanded

(2017) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention

(2017) David Tilman et al.   NATURE

Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals

(2017) Kevin R. Crooks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

(2017) Gerardo Ceballos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Preventing Global Extinction of the Javan Rhino: Tsunami Risk and Future Conservation Direction

(2017) Ridwan Setiawan et al.   Conservation Letters

Setting population targets for mammals using body mass as a predictor of population persistence

(2016) Jelle P. Hilbers et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Biodiversity: The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers

(2016) Sean L. Maxwell et al.   NATURE

Changes in protected area management effectiveness over time: A global analysis

(2015) Jonas Geldmann et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Connectivity of the global network of protected areas

(2015) Luca Santini et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles

(2015) Nathan P. Myhrvold et al.   ECOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Protect biodiversity, not just area

(2015) Megan Barnes   NATURE

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

Evaluating Trade-Offs between Target Persistence Levels and Numbers of Species Conserved

(2015) Martina M. I. Di Fonzo et al.   Conservation Letters

Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

(2015) Stuart H.M. Butchart et al.   Conservation Letters

Genetics in conservation management: Revised recommendations for the 50/500 rules, Red List criteria and population viability analyses

(2014) Richard Frankham et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, 1900–2010

(2014) Michael B. Mascia et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Incorporating spatial population structure in gap analysis reveals inequitable assessments of species protection

(2014) L. Santini et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

(2014) D. P. Tittensor et al.   SCIENCE

Targeting Global Protected Area Expansion for Imperiled Biodiversity

(2014) Oscar Venter et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Climate change threatens protected areas of the Atlantic Forest

(2013) Priscila Lemes et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Recovery Potential of a Western Lowland Gorilla Population following a Major Ebola Outbreak: Results from a Ten Year Study

(2012) Céline Genton et al.   PLoS One

Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

(2012) K. C. Seto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Financial Costs of Meeting Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets: Current Spending and Unmet Needs

(2012) D. P. McCarthy et al.   SCIENCE

How does the 50/500 rule apply to MVPs?

(2012) Ian G. Jamieson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Global habitat suitability models of terrestrial mammals

(2011) C. Rondinini et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

(2011) Eric F. Lambin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

(2011) D. Tilman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas

(2010) Ian D. Craigie et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world

(2009) Lochran W. Traill et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

(2009) Kate E. Jones et al.   ECOLOGY

High and Far: Biases in the Location of Protected Areas

(2009) Lucas N. Joppa et al.   PLoS One

Fencing for conservation: Restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes?

(2008) Matt W. Hayward et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

On the protection of "protected areas"

(2008) L. N. Joppa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Measuring the effectiveness of protected area networks in reducing deforestation

(2008) K. S. Andam et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA