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Downlisting and recovery of species assessed by the IUCN

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the increasing number of species assessed for extinction risk by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (163,040 species as of 2024), only about 1 in 1,000 have been downlisted due to genuine population improvement. Although this rare conservation achievement has been widely celebrated in several recent cases, some ...
Mu‐Ming Lin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Underrepresentation of bats in Africa's protected areas

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is severely threatened globally, with habitat loss and other human pressures accelerating species extinctions. Protected areas (PAs) are a critical conservation tool; however, their effectiveness in safeguarding many taxa, such as bats, remains unclear.
Cecilia Montauban   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ten relevant questions for applying biodiversity offsetting in the Pantanal wetland

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Here, we formulated 10 questions that discuss and illustrate how offsetting can be applied to maintain wetland integrity, economic fairness, and biodiversity conservation in the Pantanal and Upper Paraguay River basin (UPRB) We provided examples of offsetting implementation opportunities, analyze spatial compliance deficits, and illustrate requirements
Reinaldo Francisco Ferreira Lourival   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to more inclusive and effective black rhino conservation: Insights from a decade of design and delivery in NW Namibia

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We present a synthesis of learnings from more than a decade of designing, delivering, evaluating, and improving community‐based ranger programs in northwest Namibia. We illustrate how harnessing the values of key participant groups in program design led to delivering measurable intermediate results along pathways of engaging local leadership ...
J. R. Muntifering   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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