LW previously had a contract with the United Nations Environment Programme Convention on Biological Diversity. NJB receives financial support for various unrelated research projects including grants to the World Wildlife Fund from the Blue Nature Alliance/Conservation International Foundation and Margaret A Cargill Foundation, and to Coastal Renewal Society from The David and Lucille Packard Foundation. KW has received grants/contracts from the Australian Federal Government and she receives support for attending meetings/travel from the United Nations Environment Programme. NMV received payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, TED, and University of Colorado; received support for attending meetings/travel from the American Academy of Neurology, Aspen Ideas Festival, Smithsonian, and the National Academy of Medicine; is on the Board of Directors of the Global Health Council (unpaid); was previously on the Board of Directors for Health in Harmony (unpaid); and participated in an unpaid roundtable discussion convened by AstraZeneca in 2024. All other authors declare no competing interests. A-RA is from the Gumbaynggirr nyami community of New South Wales. The opinions in this Comment are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of their respective institutional affiliations or the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research or its parties.