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We Must Recognize Indigenous Temporalities in Our Dash to Reach the Global Biodiversity Framework's “30 by 30” 在实现全球生物多样性框架“30 by 30”目标的过程中，我们必须认识到本土的时间性

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-10-14 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70090

Gilbert B. Adum, Alicia Donnellan Barraclough, Maureen G. Reed

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A Critical Year for Nature: Now Is the Time to Accelerate Action on the Global Biodiversity Framework 对自然至关重要的一年：现在是加快全球生物多样性框架行动的时候了

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-10-12 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70089

E. J. Milner-Gulland, Éilish Farrelly, Talitha Bromwich, Cecil Haverkamp, Stefania A. Karlsdottir, Noelle F. Kumpel, Lain E. Pardo, Rebecca Shaw, Thomas B. White, Guido Broekhoven, Sarah K. Jones, Michael Obersteiner, Piero Visconti, Kotone Yamamoto, Mike Barrett

{"title":"A Critical Year for Nature: Now Is the Time to Accelerate Action on the Global Biodiversity Framework","authors":"E. J. Milner-Gulland, Éilish Farrelly, Talitha Bromwich, Cecil Haverkamp, Stefania A. Karlsdottir, Noelle F. Kumpel, Lain E. Pardo, Rebecca Shaw, Thomas B. White, Guido Broekhoven, Sarah K. Jones, Michael Obersteiner, Piero Visconti, Kotone Yamamoto, Mike Barrett","doi":"10.1111/con4.70089","DOIUrl":"10.1111/con4.70089","url":null,"abstract":"In October 2026, Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will convene for COP17 to review progress against the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) adopted in 2022. A global report provides a summary of collective progress, primarily drawing from government self-reporting at the halfway mark to 2030, the target year for taking urgent action to halt and reverse nature loss. Data suggest that action on the KMGBF to date remains highly insufficient. Simultaneously, the decline of biodiversity is continuing, with a real danger of reaching irreversible tipping points. We highlight four key needs to help turn this around: (i) an independent mechanism to track national and local efforts on nature to complement formal government reporting; (ii) an approach for prioritizing the most impactful potential country actions, incorporating principles of fairness and ability to act; (iii) broader whole-of-society dialogue in and across countries on what works and what is needed; and (iv) a platform to facilitate context-specific scientific insights to support country-level and global action. To turn these needs into opportunities, we propose specific tools already under development which could complement existing CBD mechanisms to reinforce and account for collective action during these critical next few years.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"19 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/con4.70089","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Managing the Consequences of Conservation Success: When Wildlife Recovery Intensifies Conflict 管理保护成功的后果：当野生动物的恢复加剧冲突

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70092

Craig Packer

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Above Water Deterrents Reduce Auk Bycatch in Gillnet Fisheries off the United Kingdom 海面上的威慑物减少了英国刺网渔业的海雀副渔获量

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70082

Thomas W. Horton, Robert Enever, Grant Course, Tom Hooper, Matthew C. Horton, Pete Kibel, Yann Rouxel, Paul St. Pierre, Brendan J. Godley, Philip D. Doherty

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Recovering Ecosystems As Well As Their Constituent Parts 恢复生态系统及其组成部分

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70088

Lynn V. Dicks, Clare Fitzsimmons, Sallie Bailey

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Taiwan: A Blind Spot of the Nagoya Protocol 台湾：名古屋议定书的盲点

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70091

Matan Shelomi

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Hidden Mortality: Bottom Trawling Challenges the Legal Protection of Vulnerable Marine Species 隐藏的死亡率：海底拖网捕鱼挑战脆弱海洋物种的法律保护

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-09-26 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70087

Ateret Shabtay, Dana Kruger, Erez Yeruham, Alon Rothschild

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The Environmental Cost of Development in a Biodiversity Hotspot 生物多样性热点地区发展的环境成本

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-09-25 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70086

Michela Pacifici, Claire Vincent, Milena M. Beekmann, Alessandra M. Bissattini, Alessandra D'Alessio, Marco Davoli, Claudia Fornarini, Vincenzo Buono, Andrea Cristiano, Andrea Lauta, Carlo Rondinini

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Multi-Sensor Logger Tracking Reveals the Threats of Offshore Windfarms to Passerine-Sized Birds 多传感器记录器跟踪揭示了海上风电场对雀形鸟大小的鸟类的威胁

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70077

Paul Doniol-Valcroze, Ian Beggs, Fraser Bell, Pierrick Bocher, Malcolm Burgess, Greg Conway, Yannig Coulomb, Sophie de Grissac, Rose Delacroix, Paul Dufour, Catrin F. Eden, Chris Hewson, Kevin Leighton, Raphaël Nussbaumer, Fanny Rey, Stuart P. Sharp, Frédéric Jiguet

{"title":"Multi-Sensor Logger Tracking Reveals the Threats of Offshore Windfarms to Passerine-Sized Birds","authors":"Paul Doniol-Valcroze, Ian Beggs, Fraser Bell, Pierrick Bocher, Malcolm Burgess, Greg Conway, Yannig Coulomb, Sophie de Grissac, Rose Delacroix, Paul Dufour, Catrin F. Eden, Chris Hewson, Kevin Leighton, Raphaël Nussbaumer, Fanny Rey, Stuart P. Sharp, Frédéric Jiguet","doi":"10.1111/con4.70077","DOIUrl":"10.1111/con4.70077","url":null,"abstract":"Offshore wind energy is a cornerstone of the transition to renewable energy, yet its rapid expansion raises concerns for wildlife. These concerns notably involve small migratory birds whose movements across marine barriers and therefore potential interactions with offshore wind turbines remain poorly understood. Here, we deployed hundreds of miniature multi-sensor loggers on 14 small (12–80 g) bird species from eight families near the N-E Atlantic (Western France and the United Kingdom). We obtained useful data from 13 species and were able to reconstruct their migratory timing, trajectories and flight altitudes with high precision. From 137 sea-crossing flights across the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay, we reveal that most species crossed these maritime barriers almost exclusively at night and routinely at altitudes below 300 m above sea level, overlapping with turbine rotor-swept zones, thereby exposing them to multiple threats, including collision risks and displacement through barrier effects. These findings highlight the critical need to include passerine-sized migrants, often overlooked in biodiversity assessments, in environmental impact studies prior to offshore wind farm installation, as well as in monitoring protocols during the operational phase. Moreover, our study provides a proof-of-concept of the utility of multi-sensor loggers to integrate small bird migration ecology into windfarm planning and sustainable energy transitions.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"19 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/con4.70077","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Good Condition, but Noisy: Critical Gaps in Ecological Assessment Frameworks 环境良好，但有噪音：生态评估框架的关键空白

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2026-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/con4.70085

Katrine Eldegard, Andrea F. Vallejo Vargas, Regine Benz, Anders Gunnar Helle

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