Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

Telecoupling Research: The First Five Years

(2019) Kelly Kapsar et al.   Sustainability

Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers

(2019) G. Grill et al.   NATURE

Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon

(2019) Simon L. Lewis et al.   NATURE

Global patterns of fisheries conflict: Forty years of data

(2019) Jessica Spijkers et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery

(2019) Aelys M. Humphreys et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Potential adaptive strategies for 29 sub-Saharan crops under future climate change

(2019) Samuel Pironon et al.   Nature Climate Change

Transnational corporations and the challenge of biosphere stewardship

(2019) Carl Folke et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Global modeling of nature’s contributions to people

(2019) Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer et al.   SCIENCE

The biomass distribution on Earth

(2018) Yinon M. Bar-On et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers

(2018) J. Poore et al.   SCIENCE

Wicked evolution: Can we address the sociobiological dilemma of pesticide resistance?

(2018) Fred Gould et al.   SCIENCE

Assessing nature's contributions to people

(2018) Sandra Díaz et al.   SCIENCE

Tax havens and global environmental degradation

(2018) Victor Galaz et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

An attainable global vision for conservation and human well-being

(2018) Heather M Tallis et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to ecological restoration

(2018) Victoria Reyes-García et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Co-extinctions annihilate planetary life during extreme environmental change

(2018) Giovanni Strona et al.   Scientific Reports

Widespread winners and narrow-ranged losers: Land use homogenizes biodiversity in local assemblages worldwide

(2018) Tim Newbold et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

(2017) Karl-Heinz Erb et al.   NATURE

Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention

(2017) David Tilman et al.   NATURE

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

Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

(2017) Gretta T. Pecl et al.   SCIENCE

Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter

(2017) Alejandro Estrada et al.   Science Advances

The contribution of policy, law, management, research, and advocacy failings to the recent extinctions of three Australian vertebrate species

(2016) John C.Z. Woinarski et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets

(2016) James E.M. Watson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Extinction of experience: the loss of human-nature interactions

(2016) Masashi Soga et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

(2016) Simon G. Potts et al.   NATURE

Human influences on evolution, and the ecological and societal consequences

(2016) Andrew P. Hendry et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains

(2016) Holly P. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

(2016) Kira A. Krumhansl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Urbanization drives the evolution of parallel clines in plant populations

(2016) Ken A. Thompson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Counting counts: revised estimates of numbers of accepted species of flowering plants, seed plants, vascular plants and land plants with a review of other recent estimates

(2016) EIMEAR NIC LUGHADHA et al.   Phytotaxa

The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase

(2016) MAARTEN J.M. CHRISTENHUSZ et al.   Phytotaxa

Transforming Consumption: From Decoupling, to Behavior Change, to System Changes for Sustainable Consumption

(2015) Dara O'Rourke et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Dynamics of global forest area: Results from the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015

(2015) Rodney J. Keenan et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Sequestering carbon and increasing productivity by conservation agriculture

(2015) R. Lal   JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale

(2015) J. Lelieveld et al.   NATURE

Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States

(2015) Insu Koh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice

(2015) Anne D. Guerry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Boreal forest health and global change

(2015) S. Gauthier et al.   SCIENCE

Accelerating extinction risk from climate change

(2015) M. C. Urban   SCIENCE

The role of cultural ecosystem services in landscape management and planning

(2015) Tobias Plieninger et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Global Trends in the Status of Bird and Mammal Pollinators

(2015) Eugenie C. Regan et al.   Conservation Letters

Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation

(2015) Rattan Lal   Sustainability

Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

(2015) G. Ceballos et al.   Science Advances

Patterns and Emerging Trends in Global Ocean Health

(2015) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   PLoS One

Transnational Corporations as ‘Keystone Actors’ in Marine Ecosystems

(2015) Henrik Österblom et al.   PLoS One

Green Plants in the Red: A Baseline Global Assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants

(2015) Neil A. Brummitt et al.   PLoS One

Climate change, adaptation, and phenotypic plasticity: the problem and the evidence

(2014) Juha Merilä et al.   Evolutionary Applications

How much wetland has the world lost? Long-term and recent trends in global wetland area

(2014) Nick C. Davidson   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

A century of fish biomass decline in the ocean

(2014) V Christensen et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Whose conservation?

(2014) G. M. Mace   SCIENCE

Global species richness estimates have not converged

(2014) M. Julian Caley et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

(2014) Nicholas K Dulvy et al.   eLife

A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared socioeconomic pathways

(2013) Brian C. O’Neill et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW-European pollinators and plants

(2013) Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Recovery Trends in Marine Mammal Populations

(2013) Anna M. Magera et al.   PLoS One

Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits

(2013) I. Bartomeus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Title and imprint page

(2013) Zhi-Qiang Zhang   ZOOTAXA

The ‘few winners and many losers’ paradigm revisited: Emerging prospects for tropical forest biodiversity

(2012) Marcelo Tabarelli et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda

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

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

Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

(2011) Luciana Porter-Bolland et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A Meta-Analysis of Global Urban Land Expansion

(2011) Karen C. Seto et al.   PLoS One

Global growth and stability of agricultural yield decrease with pollinator dependence

(2011) L. A. Garibaldi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees

(2011) S. A. Cameron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates

(2010) M. Hoffmann et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of Natural Enemy Biodiversity on the Suppression of Arthropod Herbivores in Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2009) Deborah K. Letourneau et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Increasing importance of small phytoplankton in a warmer ocean

(2009) XOSÉ ANXELU G. MORÁN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Estimating the Worldwide Extent of Illegal Fishing

(2009) David J. Agnew et al.   PLoS One

Climate change mitigation through afforestation/reforestation: A global analysis of hydrologic impacts with four case studies

(2008) Antonio Trabucco et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

(2008) Kate E. Jones et al.   NATURE

The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge

(2008) J. Schipper et al.   SCIENCE

The Cultural Values Model: An integrated approach to values in landscapes

(2007) Janet Stephenson   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING