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2020

Journal Article

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

Sonter, 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

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

2020

Journal Article

Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve no net loss goals

Sonter, 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

Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve no net loss goals

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2018

Journal Article

Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science

Sonter, 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

Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science

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2015

Journal Article

Carbon emissions due to deforestation for the production of charcoal used in Brazil's steel industry

Sonter, 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

Carbon emissions due to deforestation for the production of charcoal used in Brazil's steel industry

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2014

Journal Article

Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetation

Sonter, 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

Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetation

2014

Journal Article

Global demand for steel drives extensive land-use change in Brazil's Iron Quadrangle

Sonter, 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

Global demand for steel drives extensive land-use change in Brazil's Iron Quadrangle

2025

Journal Article

Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future

Maron, 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

Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future

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

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)

2025

Journal Article

Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action

Mervine, 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

Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action

2024

Journal Article

Remote sensing of artisanal and small-scale mining: a review of scalable mapping approaches

Nursamsi, 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

Remote sensing of artisanal and small-scale mining: a review of scalable mapping approaches

2024

Journal Article

Feasibility of multi-spectral and radar data fusion for mapping Artisanal Small-Scale Mining: A case study from Indonesia

Nursamsi, 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

Feasibility of multi-spectral and radar data fusion for mapping Artisanal Small-Scale Mining: A case study from Indonesia

2024

Journal Article

Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes

Sonter, 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

Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes

2024

Journal Article

Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible framework

Metaxas, 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

Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible framework

2024

Journal Article

Threat of mining to African great apes

Junker, 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

Threat of mining to African great apes

2024

Journal Article

Conservation planning for retention, not just protection

Negret, 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

Conservation planning for retention, not just protection

2024

Journal Article

Key questions for understanding drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships across spatial scales

Mitchell, 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

Key questions for understanding drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships across spatial scales

2023

Journal Article

Biodiversity conservation threatened by global mining wastes

Aska, 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

Biodiversity conservation threatened by global mining wastes

2023

Journal Article

Patterns of infringement, risk, and impact driven by coal mining permits in Indonesia

Werner, 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

Patterns of infringement, risk, and impact driven by coal mining permits in Indonesia

2023

Journal Article

Multiple facets of biodiversity are threatened by mining‐induced land‐use change in the Brazilian Amazon

Lloyd, 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

Multiple facets of biodiversity are threatened by mining‐induced land‐use change in the Brazilian Amazon

2023

Journal Article

Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments

Watson, 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

Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments