The atlas of global conservation: changes, challenges, and opportunities to make a difference

A New View of Our Home / Mark Tercek

Conservation Connections / Paul R. Ehrlich

Why Ecoregions? / Taylor Ricketts

Terrestrial ecoregions, realms, and biomes

Freshwater ecoregions and basins

Marine ecoregions, provinces, and realms

The Stories That Maps Tell / Jon Christensen

Habitats. Forests and woodlands: giving trees

Grasslands: where the buffalo roamed

Deserts and aridlands: hardy life under harsh conditions

Rivers and wetlands: the planet's lifeblood

Lakes: fragile pools of life

Caves and karst: troves of subterranean species

Hope in Habitats / Steven J. McCormick

Coasts and shelves: the sea's sunlit margins

Coral reefs: crown jewels of the ocean

Mangrove forests: bridging land and sea

Seagrass beds: marine meadows

Salt marshes: living filters along our coasts

High seas and deep oceans: Earth's uncharted "inner space"

Species. Plants: a vital variety

Freshwater fish: a diverse cast

Amphibians: fragile markers of the planet's health

Reptiles : prehistoric survivors

Migrations / Martin Wikelski, David S. Wilcove

Birds: everyday, everywhere wildlife

Mammals: shared destiny with our closest kin

Endemic species: in the narrowest niches

Evolutionary distinction: branches on the tree of life

Promoting Livelihoods, Saving Nature / Greg Mock

A World of Change. Human population: outnumbering nature

Consuming nature: running out of planet?

Climate change: the planetary emergency

Ultimate Agents of Global Change / Joel E. Cohen

Habitat loss on land: going, going,...

Coastal development: reshaping the seashore

Bottom trawling and dredging: scouring the seafloor

Landscape fragmentation: going to pieces

Thwarted fish runs: up against a wall

Global Contamination of the Biosphere / John Peterson Myers

Freshwater pollution: clear but hazardous

Nitrogen pollution: too much of a good thing

Ruin of the reefs: fading jewels, lost wealth

Into the wild: the cost of expanding human access

Poverty and Nature's Services / M. Sanjayan

Forest clearing: uprooting nature

Water stress: overused and undermanaged

Overfishing: emptying the oceans

Wildlife trade: sold into extinction

Future of Fisheries / Jackie Alder, Daniel Pauly

Fire: healthy doses of destruction

Dams and reservoirs: clogging Earth's arteries

Sediment flow: starving some habitats, smothering others

Melting ice and rising seas: squeezing the coasts

Disappearing glaciers: ice storage on a slippery slope

Nature Conservation and Climate Change / Jonathan M. Hoekstra

Terrestrial invaders: unwelcome guests

Freshwater invaders: good intentions with costly consequences

Marine invaders: stowaways attacking our coasts

Terrestrial animals at risk: more in jeopardy each year

Freshwater animals at risk: are their futures drying up?

Marine animals at risk: sea life unraveling

Taking Action. Protected areas on land: triumph for nature

Protecting rivers, lakes, and wetlands: thinking beyond park boundaries

Marine protected areas: oases for fish and people

Protecting nature's services: dividends from the wealth of nature

Convergent Conservation / Scott A. Morrison

International cooperation: saving the whales and more

Greening the marketplace: certifiably profitable

Collaborative solutions: problem-solving partnerships

Conservation on Our Watch / Gretchen C. Daily, Marilyn Cornelius, Charles J. Katz, Jr., Brian Shillinglaw

Rule of law: protecting the commons

Individual action: parting the waters

Restoring nature: mending the web of life

Our Future, Our Choices

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