Biodiversity—the variety of genes, species and ecosystems—underpins the services and resilience of the biosphere. Yet over recent decades anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, ...

Biodiversity patterns reflect the distribution and variety of life across Earth’s surface, ranging from local species assemblages to global biomes. Classic gradients such as the increase in species ...

Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support all life on Earth. It provides critical resources such as food and energy, and supports ecosystem health. However, climate change, ...

Microbial biodiversity plays a critical role in the preservation and deterioration of cultural heritage (CH) objects. Museums, archives, and historical sites are constantly battling the effects of ...

Plants produce an extraordinary array of phytochemicals that are essential for their survival, ecological interactions, and ...

Conservation of biological diversity is the subject of Chapter 15 of Agenda 21, which was adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, in 1992, in Rio de Janeiro. At the ...

In 2021, ten Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) signed a Joint Statement on Nature, People, and Planet, recognizing that tackling global poverty, climate change, and the drivers of nature loss are ...