A study, funded by One Earth and led by RESOLVE and the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), reveals major opportunities to restore ecosystem integrity across vast areas of the globe by reintroducing historically present large mammals. The paper, titled “An ecoregion-based approach to restoring the world’s intact large mammal assemblages,” was published in […]
In a paper published in Integrative Conservation, Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments, the authors lay out six principles that guide governments to achieve a high-quality protected area network, providing the best chance of halting and reversing biodiversity loss while upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local […]
SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY SAFE HAVENS TO PREVENT ‘THE SIXTH GREAT EXTINCTION’ OF LIFE ON EARTH If we act now, scientists say we can prevent further species extinctions and loss of rare biodiversity. In a ground-breaking new paper published in Frontiers in Science, an international group of ecologists and conservation experts have identified biodiversity havens home to rare […]
In a paper published in Frontiers, Mature and old-growth forests contribute to large-scale conservation targets in the conterminous United States, an international team of scientists released the first ever coast-to-coast, map-based assessment of Mature and Old-Growth (MOG) forests in the continental United States. Older forests play a vital role in sequestering and storing carbon while fostering very […]
Opportunities to address both climate change and the extinction crisis are time-bound. It has become clear that beyond 1.5°C average rise in global temperature, the biology of the planet becomes gravely threatened as ecosystems literally begin to unravel. Similarly, if current land conversion rates, poaching of large animals, and other threats are not dramatically slowed […]
More than two years in development, the Global Safety Net is the first comprehensive global-scale analysis of terrestrial areas essential for biodiversity and climate resilience, totaling 50.4% of the Earth’s land. Led by the research organization RESOLVE in collaboration with One Earth, University of Minnesota, Arizona State University, and Globaïa, the report was published in Science […]