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Biodiversity in the XXI century: new paradigms for new challenges

Theme Human activities are causing a significant decline in biodiversity across both natural and agricultural ecosystems. While the new millennium has brought opportunities for the conservation and sustainab...
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30 November 2025

A minute to midnight: advances in orchid conservation

Never before in human history have so many wild species been faced with habitat loss and decline. Orchids have not been spared so the 8th International Orchid Conservation Congress (IOCC8) to be held on Sept...
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Special Issue: Transformative change

The Transformative Change Assessment of IPBES will examine how better biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, ecosystem service delivery and restoration can be achieved, considering the totality of th...
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Topical Collection: Bioindication

This collection of articles covers the use of organisms of all kinds as indicators of pollutant levels, habitat disturbance, and ecological continuity; also value and application of surrogates for estimates ...
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Topical Collection: Freshwater

This collection of articles covers biodiversity of organisms of all kinds in and associated with freshwater, in ponds, lakes, and rivers; including diatoms, fish, invertebrates, and aquatic plants; also effe...
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Closed

Topical Collection: Phylogeography

This collection of articles covers molecular studies revealing patterns of speciation, genetic variation within species and species complexes, especially when of value as case studies and where there are imp...
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Topical Collection: Extreme Environments

This collection of articles covers arctic, alpine, and Antarctic habitat biodiversity, also biodiversity of arid lands, cold deserts, hot deserts, rock surfaces, and caves; thermophilic and xerophilic organi...
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Topical Collection: Biodiversity Exploitation and Use

This collection of articles covers bioprospecting, bush meat, ethnobiology, fishing, food, medicinal plants, Nagoya Protocol, traditional uses, timber trade, and wildlife trade. Keep up with the latest Biodi...
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Closed

Topical Collection: Coastal and Marine Biodiversity

This collection of articles covers shores, open sea, deep sea, coral reefs, estuaries, and associated organisms; plankton to fish and cetaceans, seaweeds and other algae; and factors such as marine pollution...
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Closed

Topical Collection: Biodiversity Protection and Reserves

This collection of articles covers criteria for reserve and protected area selection and establishment, from national parks and biosphere reserves to local nature reserves; effectiveness of Red Lists, Natura...
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Closed

Topical Collection: Invasive Species

This collection of articles covers impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem, aliens, colonization, competition, diseases, imports, deliberate and accidental introductions, pests, and weeds. Keep up with the lat...
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Closed

Topical Collection: Forest and Plantation Biodiversity

This collection of articles covers biodiversity of forests of all kinds, natural and planted, and habitats within them; boreal, temperate, tropical, and mangroves, and organisms within them and on wood, incl...
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Closed

Topical Collection: Ex-situ Conservation

This collection of articles covers conservation of biodiversity of all kinds outside natural habitats, including botanic gardens, zoos, wildlife parks, aquaria, microbial resource centres, and sed ad tissue ...
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Topical Collection: Urban Biodiversity

This collection of articles covers gardens, parks, urban green spaces, roadside trees, walls, roof-tops; introduced species, parks, towns, urban habitats, walls, wildlife corridors. Keep up with the latest B...
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