Most often read

The largest number of restoration attempts was performed in New Zealand.

The most frequent species were Grus americana and Notiomystis cincta.

Thirteen drivers were pointed out by researchers and practitioners.

Considering only environmental causes, predation was the most remarkable driver.

The restoration of usually degraded roadsides is proposed.

Thousands of hectares are readily available for restoration in Brazil.

This corresponds to US$ 26.5 billion in the carbon market.

The restoration of these wasted public lands can stimulate ecological restoration.

High-resolution remote sensing data reveals 28%, or 32 million hectares (Mha), of native vegetation cover in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

There are 7.2Mha of degraded riparian areas, of which 5.2Mha at least must be restored before 2038 by landowners for legislation compliance.

Restoring this existing legal debt could increase native vegetation cover in the biome up to 35%.

Monitoring is a challenge for assessing targets for biodiversity agendas.

Biomonitoring systems can be linked in a network structure.

Biomonitoring initiatives in Brazil usually lack a clear conceptual framework.

The Network of Networks approach can promote the articulation of biomonitoring iniciatives.

Pond systems provide essential and unique landscape functions.

Unsustainable policies threaten to collapse pond functions in Brazil.

Emergency measures are necessary to prevent pond extirpation.

Brazil needs a national policy for wetland conservation.

Reduction in patch size affects functional trait composition of bird communities.

Functional richness is directly and positively related to habitat patch size.

Large-bodied and large-beaked frugivores are most sensitive to patch size reduction.

Loss of sensitive species potentially hinders seed dispersal for large-fruited trees.

Conserving large inter-connected patches is key to sustaining ecological processes.

Aichis Target 11 has not been adequately met.

Quality of the management of Conservation Units was poor for all indicators.

The only biome properly covered by Conservation Units in Brazil is the Amazon.

Areas of Environmental Protection offer poor protection and predominate in the system.

The funds for management should be at least 3.4 times bigger than current budget.

Cats & rodents are widely introduced and damaging mammals on islands around the world.

Eradication is possible on uninhabited small to medium but not inhabited large islands.

Management on inhabited islands focuses on agriculture, livelihoods and animal welfare.

Reticence to management leads to conservation inaction & ultimately biodiversity loss.

Fernando de Noronha shows the conflict in cat and rodent management on inhabited islands.

The Brazilian protected area network plays a key role in biodiversity conservation.

Systematic conservation planning determines the existing conservation gaps.

Conservation gaps correspond to 16.5% of the Brazilian territory.

Conservation gaps are unevenly distributed among the Brazilian biomes.

The Brazilian protected area network should be further expanded.

A hierarchical model about the building conceptions of stakeholders is proposed.

The model mechanism is based on bottom-up and top-down processes.

Unidirectional influence of scientist to other actors is clear in the literature.

Focus mainly on exchange of knowledge and not about social practices and values.

Collaborative actions may overcome these challenges and enhance decision-making.

Dogs are not resident, invading the area from surrounding areas.

Domestic dogs are distributed in the whole area with 0.74–1.37individuals/km2.

Distance from Park's limits or presence of paved roads do not affect dogs’ occurrence.

Dogs’ activity was diurnal and native animals with the same pattern would probably be more susceptible to dog's impacts.

Management strategies should consider the engagement of local people to be successful.

We looked into eight Cerrado National Parks and their surroundings.

Objective landscape biophysical attributes revealed different tourism potentials.

Rugged terrain offer more opportunities to explore long panoramic views.

Areas with flat relief are more suited for water recreational activities.

The study contributes to reduce the gap on cultural ES research in South America.

We simulate different levels of extinctions of fishes following Mariana disaster.

We asked how extinctions lead to shifts in taxonomic and functional beta-diversity.

Simulations point to taxonomic subtractive heterogenization after the disaster.

For functional beta-diversity, functional homogenization prevails.

The contribution of nestedness increased for taxonomic and functional beta diversity.

Lead contamination is a worldwide problem that affects the health status of a great variety of bird species.

There is little information about lead contamination in bird species from South America.

Our revision suggests that lead contamination in birds may be a continental-scale threat.

Ammunition could be an underestimated lead source for South American birds.

It is important to implement the progressive lead ammunition banning in South America.

Native species populations may become overabundant and cause serious harm.

Super-dominant species are poorly considered in the scientific literature.

We highlight 16 Brazilian plant species with extreme super-dominant behaviour.

Human activities trigger super-dominance, which shall intensify with climate change.

Scientists and decision-makers must work closer to identify and manage super-dominant species.