Image used in hero section:Amsterdam Albatross. Photo credit: Ross Wanless. Key resources on the Alliance for Zero Extinction and AZE sites: AZE Fact Sheets pdf English version pdf Spanish version AZE and Aichi Biodiversity TargetsPrevent perverse outcomes from global protected area policy Barnes, M.D., Glew, L., Wyborn, C. and I.D. Craigie. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Volume 2, pages 759–762 (2018)Opportunities and costs for preventing vertebrate extinctions Conde, Dalia A. et al. Current Biology. Volume 25, Issue 6 , R219 - R221Meeting the Aichi targets: Pushing for zero extinction conservation. Funk, S.M., Conde, D., Lamoreux, J. et al. Ambio (2017) 46: 443Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets Butchart et al. Conservation Letters. Volume 8, Issue 5. 03 February 2015Protecting Important Sites for Biodiversity Contributes to Meeting Global Conservation Targets Butchart SHM, Scharlemann JPW, Evans MI, Quader S, Aricò S, Arinaitwe J, et al. (2012) PLoS ONE 7(3): e32529Monitoring Protected Area Coverage and Impact on Key Biodiversity Areas, Important Bird Areas and Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites 211. S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi IN Protected Areas: Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity? Lucas N. Joppa, Jonathan E. M. Bailie, John G. Robinson. John Wiley & Sons, 2016. 288 pagesAZE and Conservation Conservation actions benefit the most threatened species: A 13-year assessment of Alliance for Zero Extinction species Luther et al. (2021). Conservation actions benefit the most threatened species: A 13-year assessment of Alliance for Zero Extinction species. Conservation Science and Practice, e510Ecological criteria to identify areas for biodiversity conservation Asaad, I., Lundquist, C.J., Erdmann, M.V., and M.J.Costello. Biological Conservation, Volume 213, Part B, September 2017, Pages 309-316Conserving Critical Sites for Biodiversity Provides Disproportionate Benefits to People Larsen FW, Turner WR, Brooks TM (2012). PLoS ONE 7(5): e36971. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036971Assessing the Cost of Global Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Juffe-Bignoli, D. et al. PLoS One. 2016; 11(8): e0160640.bWhy we should aim for zero extinction Parr et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.001Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools Karen C. Seto, Burak Güneralp, and Lucy R. Hutyra. PNAS October 2, 2012. 109 (40) 16083-16088; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1211658109 A Global Mitigation Hierarchy for Nature Conservation Arlidge et al. BioScience, Volume 68, Issue 5, 1 May 2018, Pages 336–347Global marine protected areas to prevent extinctions Davidson, LNK and NK Dulvy. Nature ecology & evolution. Volume 1, Article number: 0040 (2017).How to save more species: ‘zero tolerance’ conservation for zoos Fa, J.E. (2012). WAZA News 2, 2–4Monitoring Protected Area Coverage and Impact on Key Biodiversity Areas, Important Bird Areas and Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites 211. S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi IN Protected Areas: Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity? Lucas N. Joppa, Jonathan E. M. Bailie, John G. Robinson. John Wiley & Sons, 2016. 288 pagesPinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions Ricketts et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2005, 102 (51) 18497-18501; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509060102 pdf Assessing the conservation potential of fish and corals in aquariums globally Assessing the conservation potential of fish and corals in aquariums globally. da Silva, Rita; Pearce-Kelly, Paul; Zimmerman, Brian; Knott, Meredith; Foden, Wendy;Conde, Dalia A. Published in: Journal for Nature Conservation DOI:10.1016/j.jnc.2018.12.001 Publication date:2019Regional and individual AZE site analysesNatural History of the Mocha Island Ground Frog Eupsophus insularis, a Critically Endangered Species Gabriel Lobos, Nicolás Rebolledo, Andrés Charrier, Claudio Correa, Felipe Rabanal, and Marcela Vidal "Natural History of the Mocha Island Ground Frog Eupsophus insularis, a Critically Endangered Species," South American Journal of Herpetology 21(1), 70-79, (31 December 2021).Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments Brooks et al. Scientific Data volume 3, Article number: 160007 (2016)Amphibian alliance for zero extinction sites in Chiapas and Oaxaca. Lamoreux, J. F., M. W. McKnight, and R. Cabrera Hernandez. International Union for Conservation of Nature xxiv 320 (2015)Prioritizing freshwater fish conservation in Western Ghats Hotspot: Alliance Molur, S and R. Raghavan. In book: Asia Protected Planet Report 2014, Publisher: UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK, Editors: D. Juffe Bignoli, S. Bhatt, S. Park, S. Eassom, E.M.S. Belle, R. Murti, C. Buyck, A. Raza-Rizvi, M. Rao, E. Lewis, B. MacSharry, N. KingstonDeveloping Local Wisdom to Integrate Etnobiology and Biodiversity Conservation in Mount Ungaran, Central Java Indonesia M Rahayuningsih, NR Utami, AM Tsabit International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Vol: 4, No:9, 2017Vulnerability of cloud forest reserves in Mexico to climate change Ponce-Reyes, R. et al. Nature Climate Change volume 2, pages 448–452 (2012Be a force for zero extinctionPolicy MakersInclude AZE sites within your national government conservation strategiesGovernment resourcesResearch ScientistsHelp conservation efforts through submitting site updates and nominationScience resourcesConservation organizationsProtect sites independently or in collaboration with other organizations Conservation resourcesIndividual contributorsGive your support to individual AZE partner organizations around the worldContribution options Bale Mountains. Photo: stefancek