Preprints
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Ambitions in national plans do not yet match bold international protection and restoration commitments
Published: 2024-10-17
Subjects: Environmental Law, Environmental Sciences
Almost 200 nations have made bold commitments to halting biodiversity loss as signatories to the Kunming-Montral Global Biodiversity Framework (‘GBF’). The effective achievement of the GBF relies on domestic targets and actions, reflected in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (‘NBSAPs’). NBSAPS are an integral feature of the CBD framework with signatory nations requested to submit [...]
Including Rural America in academic conservation science
Published: 2020-10-02
Subjects: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Law, Law, Life Sciences, Other Life Sciences
Entrenched political partisanship in the United States has placed long-standing constraints on conservation policy and climate change legislation. These barriers persist, demanding fresh insights into the ways that conservation has become a victim of political polarization, and pathways for encouraging bipartisan support for climate change and other U.S. conservation policies. We suggest three [...]