2020 Journal Article Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversitySonter, Laura J., Dade, Marie C., Watson, James E. M. and Valenta, Rick K. (2020). Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4174, 4174. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17928-5 |
2020 Journal Article Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve no net loss goalsSonter, Laura J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James E. M., Jones, Julia P. G., Kiesecker, Joseph M., Costa, Hugo M., Bennun, Leon, Edwards, Stephen, Grantham, Hedley S., Griffiths, Victoria F., Jones, Kendall, Sochi, Kei, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quétier, Fabien, Rainer, Helga, Rainey, Hugo, Roe, Dilys, Satar, Musnanda, Soares-Filho, Britaldo S., Starkey, Malcolm, ten Kate, Kerry, Victurine, Ray, von Hase, Amrei, Wells, Jessie A. and Maron, Martine (2020). Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve no net loss goals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2072, 2072. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15861-1 |
2018 Journal Article Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation scienceSonter, Laura J., Ali, Saleem H. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1892) 20181926, 20181926. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1926 |
2015 Journal Article Carbon emissions due to deforestation for the production of charcoal used in Brazil's steel industrySonter, Laura J., Barrett, Damian J., Moran, Chris J. and Soares-Filho, Britaldo S. (2015). Carbon emissions due to deforestation for the production of charcoal used in Brazil's steel industry. Nature Climate Change, 5 (4), 359-363. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2515 |
2014 Journal Article Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetationSonter, L. J., Barrett, D. J. and Soares-Filho, B. S. (2014). Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetation. Conservation Biology, 28 (4), 1068-1076. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12260 |
2014 Journal Article Global demand for steel drives extensive land-use change in Brazil's Iron QuadrangleSonter, Laura J., Barrett, Damian J., Soares-Filho, Britaldo S. and Moran, Chris J. (2014). Global demand for steel drives extensive land-use change in Brazil's Iron Quadrangle. Global Environmental Change, 26 (1), 63-72. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.03.014 |
2025 Journal Article Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive futureMaron, Martine, von Hase, Amrei, Quétier, Fabien, Sonter, Laura J., Theis, Sebastian and zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E. (2025). Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 1 (3), 183-196. doi: 10.1038/s44358-025-00023-2 |
2025 Journal Article Erratum: Publisher Correction: Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action (Nature communications (2025) 16 1 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55703-y)Mervine, Evelyn M., Valenta, Rick K., Paterson, James S., Mudd, Gavin M., Werner, Tim T., Nursamsi, Ilyas and Sonter, Laura J. (2025). Erratum: Publisher Correction: Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action (Nature communications (2025) 16 1 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55703-y). Nature communications, 16 (1) 1151. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56465-x |
2025 Journal Article Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate actionMervine, Evelyn M., Valenta, Rick K., Paterson, James S., Mudd, Gavin M., Werner, Tim T., Nursamsi, Ilyas and Sonter, Laura J. (2025). Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 481, 481-1. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55703-y |
2024 Journal Article Remote sensing of artisanal and small-scale mining: a review of scalable mapping approachesNursamsi, Ilyas, Phinn, Stuart R., Levin, Noam, Luskin, Matthew Scott and Sonter, Laura Jane (2024). Remote sensing of artisanal and small-scale mining: a review of scalable mapping approaches. Science of the Total Environment, 951 175761, 175761. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175761 |
2024 Journal Article Feasibility of multi-spectral and radar data fusion for mapping Artisanal Small-Scale Mining: A case study from IndonesiaNursamsi, Ilyas, Sonter, Laura Jane, Luskin, Matthew Scott and Phinn, Stuart (2024). Feasibility of multi-spectral and radar data fusion for mapping Artisanal Small-Scale Mining: A case study from Indonesia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 132 104015, 104015. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104015 |
2024 Journal Article Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomesSonter, Laura J., Maron, Martine, Metaxas, Anna and Bull, Joseph W. (2024). Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39 (7), 599-602. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.004 |
2024 Journal Article Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible frameworkMetaxas, A., Anglin, C. D., Cross, A., Drazen, J., Haeckel, M., Mudd, G., Smith, C. R., Smith, S., Weaver, P. P.E., Sonter, L., Amon, D. J., Erskine, P. D., Levin, L. A., Lily, H., Maest, A. S., Mestre, N. C., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Sánchez, L. E., Sharma, R., Vanreusel, A., Wheston, S. and Tunnicliffe, V. (2024). Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible framework. Global Change Biology, 30 (5) e17334, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17334 |
2024 Journal Article Threat of mining to African great apesJunker, Jessica, Quoss, Luise, Valdez, Jose, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Barrie, Abdulai, Campbell, Geneviève, Heinicke, Stefanie, Humle, Tatyana, Kouakou, Célestin Y., Kühl, Hjalmar S., Ordaz-Németh, Isabel, Pereira, Henrique M., Rainer, Helga, Refisch, Johannes, Sonter, Laura and Sop, Tenekwetche (2024). Threat of mining to African great apes. Science Advances, 10 (14) eadl0335, eadl0335. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adl0335 |
2024 Journal Article Conservation planning for retention, not just protectionNegret, Pablo Jose, Venegas, Ruben, Sonter, Laura J., Possingham, Hugh P. and Maron, Martine (2024). Conservation planning for retention, not just protection. Global Change Biology, 30 (3) e17211. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17211 |
2024 Journal Article Key questions for understanding drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships across spatial scalesMitchell, Matthew G. E., Qiu, Jiangxiao, Cardinale, Bradley J., Chan, Kai M. A., Eigenbrod, Felix, Felipe-Lucia, María R., Jacob, Aerin L., Jones, Matthew S. and Sonter, Laura J. (2024). Key questions for understanding drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships across spatial scales. Landscape Ecology, 39 (2) 36, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s10980-024-01842-y |
2023 Journal Article Biodiversity conservation threatened by global mining wastesAska, Bora, Franks, Daniel M., Stringer, Martin and Sonter, Laura J. (2023). Biodiversity conservation threatened by global mining wastes. Nature Sustainability, 7 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.1038/s41893-023-01251-0 |
2023 Journal Article Patterns of infringement, risk, and impact driven by coal mining permits in IndonesiaWerner, Tim T., Toumbourou, Tessa, Maus, Victor, Lukas, Martin C., Sonter, Laura J., Muhdar, Muhamad, Runting, Rebecca K. and Bebbington, Anthony (2023). Patterns of infringement, risk, and impact driven by coal mining permits in Indonesia. Ambio, 53 (2), 242-256. doi: 10.1007/s13280-023-01944-y |
2023 Journal Article Multiple facets of biodiversity are threatened by mining‐induced land‐use change in the Brazilian AmazonLloyd, Thomas J., Oliveira, Ubirajara, Soares‐Filho, Britaldo S., Fuller, Richard A., Butt, Nathalie, Ascher, John S., Barbosa, João Paulo Peixoto Pena, Batista, João Aguiar Nogueira, Brescovit, Antonio D., de Carvalho, Claudio J. B., De Marco, Paulo, Ferro, Viviane Gianluppi, Leite, Felipe Sá Fortes, Löwenberg‐Neto, Peter, Paglia, Adriano Pereira, de Rezende, Daniella Teixeira, Santos, Adalberto J., Silva, Daniel Paiva, de Vasconcelos, Marcelo Ferreira and Sonter, Laura J. (2023). Multiple facets of biodiversity are threatened by mining‐induced land‐use change in the Brazilian Amazon. Diversity and Distributions, 29 (9), 1190-1204. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13753 |
2023 Journal Article Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitmentsWatson, James E. M., Venegas‐Li, Ruben, Grantham, Hedley, Dudley, Nigel, Stolton, Sue, Rao, Madhu, Woodley, Stephen, Hockings, Marc, Burkart, Karl, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Possingham, Hugh P. and Ward, Michelle (2023). Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments. Integrative Conservation, 2 (3), 140-155. doi: 10.1002/inc3.24 |