Agency plans are inadequate to conserve US endangered species under climate change
Despite widespread evidence of climate change as a threat to biodiversity, it is unclear whether government policies and agencies are adequately addressing this threat to species (1-4). We evaluate species sensitivity, a component of climate change …
Agency plans are inadequate to conserve US endangered species under climate change
Despite widespread evidence of climate change as a threat to biodiversity, it is unclear whether government policies and agencies are adequately addressing this threat to species (1-4). We evaluate species sensitivity, a component of climate change …
Solve the biodiversity crisis with funding
The recent Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment …
Climate change fact sheets from Landscape Conservation
[_The Heat Is On_](https://defenders-cci.org/landscape/climate-factsheets/) fact sheets describe the current, deleterious effects of climate change on species across North America and examples from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.
Landscape of fear and human-predator coexistence: Applying spatial predator-prey interaction theory to understand and reduce carnivore-livestock conflict
In recent decades the 'landscape of fear' has grown in popularity to become a central consideration in wildlife management, and has even been reconceptualized as the 'landscape of coexistence' for understanding human- wildlife …
Potential Impacts of Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities On Ocelot Recovery in Texas
This report was produced by Defenders of Wildlife, with the support of CCI, to detail the effects three proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the Brownsville Ship Channel would have on the future of ocelot recovery in the United States. …
Win-Win: The Endangered Species Act and Our National Parks
This report, produced in collaboration between Defenders of Wildlife and National Parks Conservation Association, demonstrates how national parks and the ESA support each other - a win-win for parks and wildlife.
Desert Tortoise Report
CCI has helped support spatial analyses and mapping to protect desert tortoises, a project led by the Renewable Energy program in Landscape Conservation.
Nature divided, scientists united: US-Mexico border wall threatens biodiversity and binational conservation
Fences and walls erected along international boundaries in the name of national security have unintended but significant consequences for biodiversity (Trouwborst et al. 2016). In North America, along the 3,200 kilometer U.S.-Mexico border, fence and …