Prioritize grassland restoration to bend the curve of biodiversity loss

In times of unprecedented climate change, ecological restoration efforts have a strong focus on forests for the purpose carbon sequestration. Grasslands, in contrast, remain relatively neglected global policies. Concurrently, we are midst biodiversity crisis—it is estimated that 1 million species globally threatened with extinction. Here, present analyses from central Europe and southern Brazil show majority our endangered plant fact found open ecosystems. Using Germany as an example, could reduce extinction risk by up to 82% if restore open, grassy This also holds true Brazil, where grassland constitute single largest share species, but ecosystems continue be systematically We further expand argument include role can play mitigating change. posit ramping may not only best bet bend curve loss, it will make critical contribution resilience dynamic decades come. It time receive higher priority policy.