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Wetlands function as the “kidneys of the planet”, assuring water supply and quality.

Cerrado wetlands have distinct vegetation types playing equivalent ecological roles.

All types of Cerrado wetlands should have the same status of legal protection.

The maximum water-table elevation defines the wetlands’ limit, biota and functioning.

All human actions threatening the hydrology of Cerrado wetlands must be regulated.

The impact of future climate change on narrow-ranging species is poorly documented.

We used a combination of techniques and high-resolution predictors to fill this gap.

We predict a complete extirpation of suitable conditions across their range by 2070.

Climate risk may be higher than expected in tropical narrow-ranging species.

Proactive conservation actions are needed in tropical heterogeneous environments.

We reviewed the use of network science in sustainable agriculture.

Network science can be used to understand, harness and restore ecological processes in agricultural systems.

Social, economic and ecological aspects of agriculture can be incorporated using novel methods.

Agricultural systems can be managed using a network-based framework.

Conserving ∼80% of the Brazilian Amazon is still feasible

Conservation areas are essential for a new regional development model

The cost of establishing.1.3 million km2 of new conservation areas is USD 1.0–1.6 billion

The annual cost of 3.5 million km2 of conservation areas is USD 1.7–2.8 billion

A new ambitious, decentralized, and agile fund mechanism is required

Caatinga dry forests are becoming increasingly drier and chronically disturbed.

Herb communities negatively respond to rainfall reduction and increase disturbance.

Responses may be mediated by the local density of woody plants.

Multiple successional pathways should emerge with the new environmental conditions.

Management and conservation actions are urgent to protect Caatinga herb diversity.

Here we demonstrated that large mammalian herbivores play a fundamental role in plant consumption and trampling.

Because large herbivore activities are associated to palm fruit patches, we found that palm-herbivore association is an important component to understand forest productivity.

Defaunation and palm harvesting can lead to important changes in forest structure, biomass and diversity in tropical forests.

Climate change is unlikely to modify relative habitat suitability for birds at a landscape scale in the Atlantic Forest (AF).

AF landscapes with higher forest cover will remain more suitable regardless of climate change.

Predicted impacts of climate change are minor regardless the spatial scale at which climatic suitability is quantified.

Most AF landscapes have low habitat suitability for birds due to extensive deforestation.

Multi-temporal cropland mask allows accurate classification of grassland remnants.

Grasslands of Uruguayan Eastern Plains are in an advanced stage of fragmentation.

Suitability for rice crop establishment drives the grassland fragmentation.

We projected future deforestation in Borneo and quantified the impact on orangutans.

The habitat of 26,200 Bornean orangutans could be lost by 2030s.

Worst orangutan losses in forests in industrial plantations and unprotected forests.

Orangutans in protected areas and logging concessions are less threatened.

Land-use planning for biodiversity and development should consider future dynamics.

Nautical charts indicate historical decline in reef extension in the Abrolhos Bank.

Coastal reefs lost between 20–49% of their extension in the last 160 years.

Reef declines are linked to coral extraction for lime and coastal degradation.