Can a l <scp>arge‐landscape</scp> conservation vision contribute to achieving biodiversity targets?

A Recipe for Achieving Aichi: Conservation Planning for 2020 Biodiversity Targets

While much remains to be known, decades of careful research have documented rapid global declines of biodiversity at the hands of humans, perhaps approaching rates not seen since the last mass extinction more than 65 million years ago. Furthermore, in addition to well-founded moral and ethical reasons to be concerned about and mitigate biodiversity loss, recent years have seen a skyrocketing re...

Can rice field channels contribute to biodiversity conservation in Southern Brazilian wetlands?

Conservation of species in agroecosystems has attracted attention. Irrigation channels can improve habitats and offer conditions for freshwater species conservation. Two questions from biodiversity conservation point of view are: 1) Can the irrigated channels maintain a rich diversity of macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and amphibians over the cultivation cycle? 2) Do richness, abundance and com...

Vision: Can colour contribute to motion?

Whether colour patterns that have no luminance variation can evoke the perception of visual motion has long been a controversial issue. Recent studies using new and old techniques have now provided compelling evidence that colour can indeed contribute to motion perception.

Does conservation on farmland contribute to halting the biodiversity decline?

Biodiversity continues to decline, despite the implementation of international conservation conventions and measures. To counteract biodiversity loss, it is pivotal to know how conservation actions affect biodiversity trends. Focussing on European farmland species, we review what is known about the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity. We argue that the effects of conservation are...

How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health: A Response to Gagnon and Colleagues