S. H. M. Butchart

The paper creates high-resolution Area of Habitat maps for 16,132 terrestrial bird and mammal species, showing habitat availability within their ranges and producing global species richness maps.

The paper estimates the cost distribution of expanding protected areas under the Global Biodiversity Framework, finding lower-income countries may bear larger financial burdens despite benefiting less.

The paper develops a two-step validation protocol for Area of Habitat maps, finding that 95.9% of bird and 95.0% of mammal maps perform better than random.

This paper develops a data-driven model to translate IUCN habitat classes to land-cover classes for mapping Area of Habitat of terrestrial vertebrates, showing it performs equally well to expert knowledge with greater standardization.

The paper estimates that 64 million km2 of terrestrial land requires conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity, with potential losses of 1.3 million km2 by 2030 under intensive land-use scenarios.

This paper assesses the importance of recovery actions in reducing extinction risk for threatened species under the new Global Biodiversity Framework.

The paper uses eBird data to assess how protected areas in tropical forests affect bird diversity, finding protection helps retain forest-dependent and threatened species but not overall richness.

The paper identifies 8.5 million km2 of priority marine areas needed to complement existing conservation efforts and achieve global marine biodiversity goals.