Climate Change Will Triple Impacts to World’s ‘Life Zones’
Anticipated future changes are expected to accelerate rapidly under "business-as-usual" rate of emissions
Articles by Wildlife Conservation Society
Great Ape Assessment Reveals Human Activity Is Greatest Driver of Ape Abundance
GDP, roads, agricultural land, and human population density are the strongest factors predicting abundance
New Marmoset Species Discovered in Brazilian Amazon
“Schneider’s marmoset” is found in the highly threatened, but little-studied forests of Mato Grosso State
Nearly 20 Percent of Intact Forest Landscapes Overlap with Extractive Industries
Intact forest landscapes are critical for conserving biodiversity and fighting climate change
New Rapid Assessment to Promote Conservation and Nature-Based Solutions
Authors offer a rapid assessment framework that can be used to facilitate climate-informed conservation
Study Says Climate Impact from Loss of Intact Tropical Forests Grossly Underreported
New numbers reveal a staggering increase in the carbon impacts—626 percent higher than previously thought—due to losses of intact tropical forest between 2000 and 2013
Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs
More than 2,500 reef systems across 44 countries were analyzed
Landmark Paper Finds Light at End of the Tunnel for World's Wildlife and Wild Places
The global demographic and economic trends that have resulted in unprecedented destruction of the environment are now creating the necessary conditions for a possible renaissance of nature, paper says
Birds and Beans: Study Shows Best Coffee for Bird Diversity
The study has important implications as coffee production is an increasingly important driver of landscape transformation
Some—But Not All—Corals Adapting to Warming Climate
Recent study looked at responses to extreme temperature exposures in the same reefs over time, and found less coral bleaching in 11 of the 21 coral species studied