conservation Archives

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Unveiling pervasive assumptions: moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation

Journal article / This paper challenges the idea that poverty drives biodiversity loss and proposes a new approach for more just and effective conservation.

16 June 2025

Yuba river with gravel riverbank under blue sky.

Predictability of cottonwood recruitment along a dynamic, regulated river

Journal article / This article investigates the use of different algorithms to predict cottonwood growth around river banks and its implications in river conservation.

14 May 2025 / About Planning and modelling and Water resources

A forest of deciduous trees frames a rough path. In the distance are two walkers with their backs to the camera. One is dressed in a red coat, the other in blue.

Quantifying the unseen benefits: an innovative economic valuation of the social and cultural values of trees, woods, and forests at risk

Journal article / Economic valuations of trees must take account of their social and cultural values if they are to accurately reflect the financial benefits of treescapes.

31 October 2024 / About Forests

First UNCCRD Delta Summit 2025

Past event / The summit on 17-20 March aims to deliver a White Paper to the United Nations to make operational the UN Convention for Conserving Deltas (UNCCRD).

17 March 2025 / About Water resources

A sea otter floats on their back in the sea, sideways to the camera, looking at something out of shot to the left.

Time to fix the biodiversity leak

Journal article / Biodiversity leakage - displacing nature-damaging human activities by protecting or restoring areas of land - undermines global conservation efforts.

14 February 2025 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Land use

How is the concept of charisma used in the academic literature about biodiversity conservation? A systematic map protocol

Journal article / The authors present a protocol to systematically map the application of "charisma" in biodiversity conservation within peer-reviewed academic literature.

17 January 2025

Water lost to evaporation from lower Snake River reservoirs

SEI brief / This brief compares the extra evaporation caused by four lower Snake River dams in Washington state, US, with predicted evaporation of an undisturbed river.

16 January 2025 / About Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

A leopard looks directly at the camera. The leopard sits high up in a tree, surrounded by greenery.

LIFE: a metric for mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions

Journal article / LIFE quantifies and maps the extinction risk impacts of land-cover changes, using data on over 30 000 vertebrate species.

9 January 2025 / About Forests and Land use

Strategic Country Cluster Evaluation of the Amazon Basin (SCCE Amazon)

Project / This evaluation it's about measuring impact and shaping the future of conservation and sustainable development in one of the world’s most critical ecosystems

2025 / About Ecosystems, Forests, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals