"...if we act quickly and decisively, there is a slim window in which we can still conserve roughly half of Earth's land in a relatively intact state."

Research demonstrates the disproportionate impact of pollution on Indigenous peoples worldwide, as well as their resistance.

Research demonstrates the disproportionate impact of pollution on Indigenous peoples worldwide, as well as their resistance.

Urban expansion and falling population density in cities worldwide over the last 40 years are leading to problems with efficient use of land.

"One of the most critical and conspicuous ways that diversity is changing is by changing the distribution of species across space." Bird "census" data indicate the risks.

In the last 20 years, more than 60% of Myanmar's mangrove forests were converted to agricultural use, report researchers.

"Over time, people are actually creating their landscape. They're not degrading it necessarily. They're creating a landscape that is preferable for people."

Open green spaces called greenways could benefit human health, animal habitats, and fight pollution, according to a new book.

In 10 years, urban expansion into undeveloped land will destroy almost 112,000 square miles of natural habitat—an area larger than the United Kingdom.

There's still an opportunity to protect vast, relatively wild spaces for the benefit of people and other living species, research finds.