African governments need to boost local efforts to protect endangered species by supporting DNA testing, argues Linda Nordling.

Better navigation and surveillance can help to prevent ships from damaging coral reefs and the need for expensive restoration, says Crispin Maslog.

The new bill is unlikely to achieve its goals without a shift in views about how knowledge is gained and used, says policymaker Arnoldo Ventura.

Ten years after introducing a Biodiversity Act, India is yet to put it to serious use, say Shalini Bhutani and Kanchi Kohli.

We need to know more about how smallholder agroforestry can help farmers adapt to climate change, write James Roshetko and Rodel Lasco.

Pacific governments should not approve deep-sea mining until more is known about its likely impact, says conservation biologist Mellie Samson Jr.

Two safeguards for communities' rights to resources can help implement the Nagoya Protocol, argues biodiversity specialist Krystyna Swiderska.

Sustainable development targets will work only if they engage with the realities of national politics, says policy expert Matthew Lockwood.

Feeding South-East Asia's rapidly growing population requires a second Green Revolution, says Crispin Maslog.

The proposed UN World Environment Organisation is badly needed to give poor countries a strong voice in green policy, says Zakri Abdul Hamid.

Combined strategies are needed to meet the world's rising demands for food without further damage to biodiversity, says Jason Clay.

The distinction between native and non-native species is "counterproductive" — we must focus on function, argue Marc Davis and colleagues.

We need a "new agriculture" and "new conservation" to feed the world's population and protect ecosystems, says Achim Steiner.

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services must ensure it prioritises science in its policies, argue Charles Perrings and colleagues.

Countries must put aside cynicism and differing opinions to make the Nagoya protocol a success, say Suneetha Subramanian and Govindan Parayil.

Developing countries should turn down the UN biodiversity convention proposals to nationalise genetic resources, argue Indian scientists.

With traditional food production under threat from climate change, we should switch from agriculture to cell culture, says Lucía Atehortúa.

Protecting biodiversity can cut poverty, but policymakers need to give the poor more control of resources, says Dilys Roe.

China must protect its coasts to replenish biodiversity and increase CO2 absorption, say Jiang Gaoming, Dou Guanyi and Chen Bosen.