Perspective or Commentary
Global Carbon Budget 2010BackgroundThe “Carbon Budget 2010” assessment situates fossil fuel and land-use carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the context of post-2008 financial crisis recovery and longer-term industrial-era growth. It highlights the rapid expansion of emissions in emerging economies, especially China and India, against slower growth or declines in several developed countries. The work emphasizes that fossil fuel and cement emissions have grown from about 1% yr⁻¹ in the 1990s to over 3% yr⁻¹ in 2000–2010, intensifying pressure on the climate system. Open access copy available |
Don’t judge species on their originsBackgroundThis commentary suggests that the long-standing “native versus non-native species” debate has created a widespread bias in conservation as it encourages the idea that introduced species are inherently harmful, despite limited quantitative evidence supporting broad claims of catastrophic biodiversity loss. As global changes (such as climate change, nitrogen eutrophication, increased urbanization, and other land-use changes) cause ecosystems to be unable to restore to their historical states, categorizing species based on their origin increasingly mismatches ecological reality, influencing policy, funding, and management priorities. Open access copy available |
Public Perceptions of Mangrove Forests Matter for Their ConservationBackgroundOpen access copy available |
Seed Production and 22 Years of Climatic Changes in an Everwet Neotropical ForestBACKGROUND:Yasuní National Park in western Amazonia hosts one of the world’s most biodiverse and everwet tropical forests, with minimal seasonal variation in rainfall and temperature. Its stable climate and relative insulation from large-scale disturbances such as ENSO make it an ideal site to investigate long-term ecological responses to climate change. The forest’s biological richness and global conservation importance underscore the need to understand how shifting climatic conditions influence seed production and, by extension, forest regeneration and community dynamics. Available with subscription or purchase |
Towards more effective integration of tropical forest restoration and conservationBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Research Directions in Tropical Forest RestorationBackgroundThe paper addresses the challenges and strategies involved in tropical forest restoration. It highlights the importance of global and national initiatives aimed at restoring millions of hectares of tropical forests to achieve goals such as carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and improving human livelihoods. Researchers and practitioners are increasingly aware of the site's natural resilience and the project’s ecological and human goals when planning restoration strategies due to the various site-specific barriers to forest recovery. Available with subscription or purchase |
Automating violence? The anti-politics of ‘smart technology’ in biodiversity conservationBackgroundBiodiversity conservation initiatives, such as the UN's post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (30x30), increasingly use smart technologies. Despite recognizing Indigenous and local rights for successful conservation, these initiatives often neglect customary rights and uses. Smart technologies, like AI, camera traps, and drones, enable new surveillance methods. State, private, and corporate actors, including big tech and BINGOs, actively adopt these tools to enhance data access and form smart governance networks. Open access copy available |
Rural Women, Poverty and Natural Resources: Sustenance, Sustainability and Struggle for ChangeBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Gender equality, food security and the sustainable development goalsBackgroundOpen access copy available |
Editorial: Mangroves in the Anthropocene: From local change to global challengeBackgroundOpen access copy available |
