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ArticleNature2026

A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa.

Hayley S Clements, Reinette Biggs, Alta De Vos, Emmanuel Do Linh San, Gareth P Hempson, Birthe Linden, Bryan Maritz, Ara Monadjem, Chevonne Reynolds, Frances Siebert and 10 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Hayley S ClementsCentre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. hayleyclements@sun.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-7015-6532
Reinette BiggsCentre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0300-4149
Alta De VosCentre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Emmanuel Do Linh SanDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6513-5665
Gareth P HempsonSchool of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8055-4895
Birthe LindenDepartment of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0789-9920
Bryan MaritzDepartment of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2537-1222
Ara MonadjemBiological Sciences, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Eswatini.ORCID 0000-0003-1906-4023
Chevonne ReynoldsSchool of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2345-7017
Frances SiebertUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5549-8211
Nicola StevensSchool of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0693-8409
Matthew ChildSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1718-4638
Enrico Di MininCentre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5562-318X
Karen J EslerCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6510-727X
Maike HamannCentre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2906-4043
Ty LoftEnvironmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0009-0008-0591-3948
Belinda ReyersCentre for Environmental Studies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2194-8656
Odirilwe SelomaneCentre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6892-4221
Geethen SinghSchool of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Andrew L SkownoSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa.

Funding

European UnionSouth African Research Chairs InitiativeUniversity of Helsinki
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maintaining biodiversity is central to the sustainable development agenda

Indexed as

BiodiversityConservation of Natural ResourcesAfrica South of the SaharaAgricultureAnimalsForestsGrasslandSustainable Development

Identifiers

PMID41339553
PMCPMC12727506

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