Drought–fire feedback is accelerating the collapse of the Amazon ecosystem.

Fires are increasingly linked to forest degradation rather than deforestation.

MCWD anomalies reveal a persistent and intensifying drying trend in the Amazon.

Governance gaps hinder Brazil’s capacity to manage drought–fire interactions.

Fragmented climate and fire policies weaken coordinated responses to degradation.

Designing legal amendments to reduce long-term conflicts and environmental impact.

Using spatial analysis to reveal the state of native vegetation can improve land management.

Optimization of environmental legal analyses through GIS tools.

Roads threaten wildlife by causing roadkill and reducing connectivity.

We analyzed data on roadkills and wildlife crossings usage from 14 years of daily monitoring.

The number of wildlife crossings at mitigation structures increased over time.

Roadkill numbers have increased over the years, even in mitigated segments.

Wildlife crossings structures are likely to fail to reduce roadkill due to absence of proper fencing.

Well-planned, context-sensitive targeted interventions fostered coexistence in high human-jaguar conflict areas of southeastern Mexico.

Cost-effective mitigation measures significantly reduced jaguar predation on livestock, offering a practical, economical solution.

Rancher acceptance of jaguars increased following the interventions, shifting attitudes crucial for long-term coexistence.

Understanding plantations as forests damages culture, knowledge and human wellbeing.

Unclear demarcation between forests and plantations hinders conservation commitments.

We present an actionable agenda to prevent the impacts of unclear forest definitions.

Multi-scale systemic changes are necessary to safeguard social wellbeing.

We propose a definition that clearly discerns forests from plantations.

Citizen science and collections offer complementary strengths and distinct biases.

Citizen science adds broad coverage and recent data, key for biodiversity research.

Collections provide historical depth and taxonomic precision via voucher specimens.

Both datasets are biased toward accessible areas; remote regions remain under-sampled.

Combining completeness and recency helps identify areas to update and monitor biodiversity.

Ecological niche models reveal that Nicotiana glauca has a broad climatic suitability that includes regions where it is not yet present.

Future climate scenarios indicate increased suitability at higher latitudes, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.

Current and future potential distribution areas overlap with biodiversity hotspots and protected areas worldwide.

Protected areas and hotspots in the Palearctic realm are projected to become increasingly suitable in the future.

The results provide spatially explicit guidance to support targeted prevention, early detection, and control of this highly invasive species.

There is a paradox: a demand for large databases and a resistance to creating them.

Resistance barriers were identified by those who shared and those who compiled data.

Strategies are proposed to encourage individuals and institutions to participate.

Non-native plants drive both floristic homogenization and differentiation between Andean ecoregions.

Floristic similarity declined with geographic and climatic distances and political dissimilarity.

Geographic distance and political dissimilarity more strongly affect non-native similarity.

Aplomado Falcon predates Eared Doves, supporting pest control in agroecosystems.

Tree stands increase granivorous bird prey, linking diet to landscape features.

Falcon diet study combines pellet analysis with prey abundance field surveys.

Raptors support sustainable agriculture by reducing reliance on chemical controls.

The Aplomado Falcon adjusts its diet to exploit resources in modified ecosystems.