Scientists’ warning: six key points where biodiversity can improve climate change mitigation

Journal Article Scientists' warning: six key points where biodiversity can improve climate change mitigation Get access Cássio Cardoso Pereira, Cássio Cardoso Pereira Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilEcologia Evolutiva & Biodiversidade, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Email: cassiocardosopereira@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-4083 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Walisson Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson Kenedy-Siqueira Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilEcologia Evolutiva & Biodiversidade, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7766-9077 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Daniel Negreiros, Daniel Negreiros Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilEcologia Evolutiva & Biodiversidade, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-2284 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stephannie Fernandes, Stephannie Fernandes Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2049-1164 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Milton Barbosa, Milton Barbosa Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-7895 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Fernando Figueiredo Goulart, Fernando Figueiredo Goulart Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilEcologia Evolutiva & Biodiversidade, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6327-5285 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Simone Athayde, Simone Athayde Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3820-6595 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Christopher Wolf, Christopher Wolf Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5519-3845 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ian J Harrison, Ian J Harrison Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, the Freshwater Conservation Committee, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Arlington, Virginia, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-8502 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Matthew G Betts, Matthew G Betts Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7100-2551 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ... Show more Jennifer S Powers, Jennifer S Powers Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3451-4803 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rodolfo Dirzo, Rodolfo Dirzo Department of Biology and Earth Systems Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5751-9888 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William J Ripple, William J Ripple Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6557-3043 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Philip M Fearnside, Philip M Fearnside Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3672-9082 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilEcologia Evolutiva & Biodiversidade, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7697-7702 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar BioScience, biae035, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae035 Published: 23 May 2024 Article history Received: 29 January 2024 Revision received: 20 March 2024 Accepted: 05 April 2024 Published: 23 May 2024