Science Brief Aquaculture Adds Value to Habitat Bivalve and seaweed farming systems result in measurable increases in fish and invertebrate abundance and diversity.
Science Brief Energy Matters: The Importance of Mitigating the Land Impacts of Energy and Extraction Energy and mining could convert nearly as much land as agriculture by 2050 – including nearly 80% of all projected expansion into the world’s most intact natural lands.
Science Brief Table Corals Could Be the Key to a Resilient Great Barrier Reef Scientists discover that table corals regenerate Great Barrier Reef habitats 14 times faster than other coral species.
Science Brief Biodiversity Conservation: 7 Principles for Matching Goals with Actions Scientists offer 7 key principles to help achieve the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2050 vision: living in harmony with nature.
Science Brief Rebalancing Water and Land Use for Nature and People in California Examining how ecological restoration efforts – rewilding – could recover the San Joaquin’s natural diversity and ensure the long-term health and productivity of farms and the local communities they support.
Science Brief Saving Animals by Mapping Their Migrations Maps that display migration data with the human connections and livelihoods can help advance sustainable conservation.
Science Brief Deforestation Reduces Worker Productivity in the Tropics Research from Indonesia finds that rural workers in deforested landscapes were less productive than those working in intact forest settings.
Science Brief Remove the Rats, Restore the Seashore New science from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands finds that eradicating invasive rodents helps restore marine habitats, too.
Science Brief Listening to Forests After Logging New research from Borneo shows that the soundscape of a forest changes significantly following selective logging.
Science Brief The Carbon Cost of Converting Peatlands to Oil Palm New research from Indonesia calculates the carbon cost of converting peat swamps to oil palm plantations: 640 metric tons of CO2 per hectare.
Science Brief It’s Not Too Late for Biodiversity in Heavily Urbanized Environments It’s not too late for the 102 species at risk of extinction in the heavily urbanized Fraser River estuary of British Columbia.
Science Brief Indigenous Lands Are Critical for Mammal Conservation A new analysis reveals the importance of indigenous lands to global mammal conservation.
Science Brief AgEvidence: Science on the Impact of Conservation Agriculture AgEvidence shows how agricultural management can impact the environment and food.
Science Brief Earth Transformed: Mapping of Global Human Modification from 1990 to 2017 Between 1990 and 2015, humans have modified an area of land greater than the size of Russia.
