Balancing energy growth with biodiversity is key for sustainable development.

Regulations are weakening biodiversity protections amid grid expansion.

Biodiversity policies lack focus on grid impacts despite global commitments.

Policy action is needed in planning, financing, and public engagement.

Advance in invasion science is needed considering the mounting cross-cutting impacts

Aligning with global frameworks would foster coordinated national response

A national center would bridge science, policy, and management gaps

Open data sharing and early detection are critical to reduce response delays

Education and public engagement are key to long-term biosecurity capacity

Habitat loss negatively impacts the specialist lizard Liolaemus multimaculatus.

Specialist lizard abundance responds to landscape composition at multiple scales.

The generalist lizard Liolaemus wiegmannii shows tolerance to fragmented habitats.

Small-scale patch complexity drives generalist lizard abundance.

Exotic tree encroachment degrades specialist lizard habitat quality.

1.67 million hectares of native forest were recovered in the Atlantic Forest between 2011 and 2021 and persisted until 2023.

568 thousand hectares of recovered forests in the study period did not persist until 2023.

Strengthening secondary forest protection is urgent to ensure their long-term persistence.

Wind energy has grown rapidly in Brazil.

Target areas for wind energy also overlap with biodiversity conservation priorities.

We identified sensitive areas for wind farm installation across Brazil.

Wind turbines, protected areas, and endangered species show spatial overlap.

Findings reinforce the urgent need for stronger environmental licensing frameworks.

Current policies isolate biomes, overlooking crucial ecological interdependencies

Biomes are linked by cross-boundary processes like water cycles and migrations

Isolated biome approaches limit conservation success and ecological understanding

An integrated strategy recognizing biome links is needed for robust conservation

ES were mapped across the Atlantic Forest, a highly diverse and threatened biome.

Trade-offs were found between provisioning and regulating services

Three ES bundles were identified, varying in composition and spatial distribution.

Spatial patterns of ES associations reflect socio-ecological gradients in the biome.

ES bundles contribute to policy decisions and environmental management.

Estuaries are crucial to sustaining a diverse and rich nutrient source for people.

Estuarine fishes can support balanced diets for traditional groups in Northeast Brazil.

Estuarine fishes can offer high quantities of calcium, omega-3, and selenium.

Conserving estuaries promotes biodiverse and nutritious food for coastal populations.

Thermal drones significantly enhance sloth detection efficiency.

Drones detect sloths 3× faster and in twice as many sites as ground surveys.

Drone surveys cut operational costs, offsetting upfront expenses in the medium term.

Combining drones with ground surveys is recommended for accurate density estimates.

Host traits provide opportunities for parasite occurrence.

Mammal trait profiles affect the distribution of zoonotic microparasites.

Body mass is a key trait influencing zoonotic microparasite richness.

Zoonotic microparasite richness is highest in primates, marsupials, and bats.

Predictive models inform One Health initiatives and wildlife health surveillance.

Cultural Interest and Conservation Priority shape African parks in distinct ways.

Older, larger parks attract more attention; inequality lowers conservation focus.

Overlooked Central and West African parks may gain from culture-ecology alignment.

Pangolins and red gazelle offer untapped conservation flagships beyond the iconic Big Five.

Anthropogenic climate change threatens biodiversity and accelerates extinction risk.

Poorly known species are traditionally omitted from the climate change agenda.

We present an integrative framework to assess the vulnerability of poorly known species.

Most poorly known species will show increasing vulnerability by 2070.

Our low-cost techniques help complement existing extinction risk assessments.