Derek P. Tittensor, Matt Walpole, Samantha L. L. Hill, Daniel G. Boyce et al.
In 2010, the international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed on 20 biodiversity-related "Aichi Targets" to be achieved within a decade. We provide a comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward these global targets using 55 indicator data sets. W...
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Hervé Jactel, John A. Parrotta, Christopher P. Quine et al.
Losses of natural and semi-natural forests, mostly to agriculture, are a significant concern for biodiversity. Against this trend, the area of intensively managed plantation forests increases, and there is much debate about the implications for biodiversity. We provide a comprehensive review of the ...
Shaikh Shamim Hasan, Lin Zhen, Md. Giashuddin Miah, Tofayel Ahamed et al.
Changes in land use and ecosystem services influence each other and such changes have consequences for human wellbeing. In this paper, we review the research literature on how different types of ecosystem services are affected by LUC, and the consequences for human well-being. We begin with a review...
Chandra Giri, Bruce W. Pengra, Zhiliang Zhu, Ashbindu Singh et al.
Chandra Giri, Zhiliang Zhu, Larry L. Tieszen, Ajay Singh et al.
Abstract Aim We aimed to estimate the present extent of tsunami‐affected mangrove forests and determine the rates and causes of deforestation from 1975 to 2005. Location Our study region covers the tsunami‐affected coastal areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Bangladesh, India an...
Sven Bacher, Tim M. Blackburn, Franz Essl, Piero Genovesi et al.
Abstract Many alien taxa are known to cause socio‐economic impacts by affecting the different constituents of human well‐being (security; material and non‐material assets; health; social, spiritual and cultural relations; freedom of choice and action). Attempts to quantify socio‐economic impacts in ...
Jeffrey A. McNeely, Götz Schroth
Jacek P. Siry, Frederick W. Cubbage, Miyan Rukunuddin Ahmed
Jon Hutton, Nigel Leader‐Williams
Discussions of sustainable use have become polarized. Welfarists oppose all use that involves killing animals. Among conservationists polarization arises in part from failure to distinguish between different ideas nestled under the umbrella term of ‘sustainable use’. These include direct use as an i...
Kamrul Islam, Mohammed Jashimuddin, Biswajit Nath, Tapan Kumar Nath
The degraded Chunati wildlife sanctuary (CWS) has undergone various land use changes since 1980s. In this study, land use changes of CWS were assessed from 2005 to 2015 by using Landsat TM and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS images. The ArcGIS v10.1 and ERDAS Imagine v14 were used to process satellite imageries ...
Ashraf Dewan, Yasushi Yamaguchi, Md Ziaur Rahman
Nathalie Seddon, Elizabeth Daniels, Rowan Davis, Alexandre Chausson et al.
Non-technical summary Ecosystems across the globe are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, as are the communities that depend on them. However, ecosystems can also protect people from climate change impacts. As the evidence base strengthens, nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly prom...
Francis E. Putz, Pieter A. Zuidema, Michelle A. Pinard, René Boot et al.
Using reduced-impact timber-harvesting practices in legally logged tropical forests would reduce global carbon emissions by 0.16 Gt/year at a modest cost and with little risk of "leakage" (increased carbon emissions elsewhere).
Richard T. Corlett
Tropical East Asia is home to over 1 billion people and faces massive human impacts from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its forest cover and has the highest rates of deforestation and logging in the tropics. Hunting and the trade in wildlife pr...
Md Sayed Iftekhar, M. Rafiqul Islam