Agroforestry systems in Latin America practised by local communities are a boon to biodiversity, according to research

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 30 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00091-4Multifunctional land-use systems supply multiple ecosystem services while contributing to biodiversity conservation. This Review summarizes the provision of ecosystem services and their trade-offs and synergies with biodiversity at the landscape scale, explores traditional, contemporary and emerging land-use systems, and highlights strategies and challenges to achieve multifunctionality in conservation and restoration.

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Multifunctional land-use systems supply multiple ecosystem services while contributing to biodiversity conservation. This Review summarizes the provision of ecosystem...

Guarding lakes and forests from poachers, local communities in Brazil deliver massive conservation benefits—at less than $1 per hectare.

In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chronic malnutrition

“Europe will increasingly have to learn to live with fire and adapt society to a new challenging reality,” warns Prof. Thomas Elmqvist, EASAC Environment Director. “More than twice as many urban areas...

Climate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-base...

Coppice forests are a disappearing cultural landscape in Europe and Germany, but the importance of these historical forms of forest use is…