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2020

Journal Article

Proposed legislation to mine Brazil's Indigenous lands will threaten Amazon forests and their valuable ecosystem services

Siqueira-Gay, Juliana, Soares-Filho, Britaldo, Sanchez, Luis E., Oviedo, Antonio and Sonter, Laura J. (2020). Proposed legislation to mine Brazil's Indigenous lands will threaten Amazon forests and their valuable ecosystem services. One Earth, 3 (3), 356-362. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.008

Proposed legislation to mine Brazil's Indigenous lands will threaten Amazon forests and their valuable ecosystem services

2020

Other Outputs

Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it

Sonter, Laura, Watson, James and Valenta, Richard (2020, 09 02). Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it The Conversation

Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it

2020

Journal Article

Exploring potential impacts of mining on forest loss and fragmentation within a biodiverse region of Brazil's northeastern Amazon

Siqueira-Gay, Juliana, Sonter, Laura J. and Sánchez, Luis E. (2020). Exploring potential impacts of mining on forest loss and fragmentation within a biodiverse region of Brazil's northeastern Amazon. Resources Policy, 67 101662, 101662. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101662

Exploring potential impacts of mining on forest loss and fragmentation within a biodiverse region of Brazil's northeastern Amazon

2020

Journal Article

Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat

Ward, Michelle, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Radford, James Q., Williams, Brooke A., Reside, April E., Macdonald, Stewart L., Mayfield, Helen J., Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P., Vine, Samantha J., O’Connor, James L., Massingham, Emily J., Greenville, Aaron C., Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Lintermans, Mark, Scheele, Ben C., Carwardine, Josie, Nimmo, Dale G., Lindenmayer, David B., Kooyman, Robert M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (10), 1321-1326. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1251-1

Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat

2020

Journal Article

Effects of spatial autocorrelation and sampling design on estimates of protected area effectiveness

Negret, Pablo J., Di‐Marco, Moreno, Sonter, Laura J., Rhodes, Jonathan, Possingham, Hugh P. and Maron, Martine (2020). Effects of spatial autocorrelation and sampling design on estimates of protected area effectiveness. Conservation Biology, 34 (6) cobi.13522, 1452-1462. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13522

Effects of spatial autocorrelation and sampling design on estimates of protected area effectiveness

2020

Journal Article

Conserving ecosystem services and biodiversity: measuring the tradeoffs involved in splitting conservation budgets

Watson, Keri B., Galford, Gillian L., Sonter, Laura J. and Ricketts, Taylor H. (2020). Conserving ecosystem services and biodiversity: measuring the tradeoffs involved in splitting conservation budgets. Ecosystem Services, 42 101063, 101063. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101063

Conserving ecosystem services and biodiversity: measuring the tradeoffs involved in splitting conservation budgets

2020

Journal Article

Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas

Rehbein, Jose A., Watson, James E. M., Lane, Joe L., Sonter, Laura J., Venter, Oscar, Atkinson, Scott C. and Allan, James R. (2020). Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas. Global Change Biology, 26 (5) gcb.15067, 3040-3051. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15067

Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas

2020

Other Outputs

Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke

Ward, Michelle, Greenville, Aaron, Reside, April, Tulloch, Ayesha, Williams, Brooke, Massingham, Emily, Mayfield, Helen, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Radford, Jim and Sonter, Laura (2020, 01 19). Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke The Conversation

Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke

2019

Journal Article

Global no net loss of natural ecosystems

Maron, Martine, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James E. M., Sonter, Laura J., Bennun, Leon, Griffiths, Victoria F., Quétier, Fabien, von Hase, Amrei, Edwards, Stephen, Rainey, Hugo, Bull, Joseph W., Savy, Conrad E., Victurine, Ray, Kiesecker, Joseph, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Stevens, Todd, Cozannet, Naïg and Jones, Julia P. G. (2019). Global no net loss of natural ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (1), 46-49. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-1067-z

Global no net loss of natural ecosystems

2019

Journal Article

Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target-based approach for ecological compensation

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Watson, James E. M., Bennun, Leon, Costa, Hugo M., Dutson, Guy, Edwards, Stephen, Grantham, Hedley, Griffiths, Victoria F., Jones, Julia P. G., Kiesecker, Joseph, Possingham, Hugh P., Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quetier, Fabien, Rainer, Helga, Rainey, Hugo, Roe, Dilys, Savy, Conrad E., Souquet, Mathieu, ten Kate, Kerry, Victurine, Ray, von Hase, Amrei and Maron, Martine (2019). Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target-based approach for ecological compensation. Conservation Letters, 13 (2) e12695. doi: 10.1111/conl.12695

Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target-based approach for ecological compensation

2019

Journal Article

Net gain: seeking better outcomes for local people when mitigating biodiversity loss from development

Jones, Julia Patricia Gordon, Bull, Joseph William, Roe, Dilys, Baker, Julia, Griffiths, Victoria Frances, Starkey, Malcolm, Sonter, Laura Jane and Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2019). Net gain: seeking better outcomes for local people when mitigating biodiversity loss from development. One Earth, 1 (2), 195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.09.007

Net gain: seeking better outcomes for local people when mitigating biodiversity loss from development

2019

Journal Article

Offsetting impacts of development on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Sonter, Laura J., Gordon, Ascelin, Archibald, Carla, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle, Metzger, Jean Paul, Rhodes, Jonathan R. and Maron, Martine (2019). Offsetting impacts of development on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ambio, 49 (4), 892-902. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01245-3

Offsetting impacts of development on biodiversity and ecosystem services

2019

Journal Article

Emerging evidence that armed conflict and coca cultivation influence deforestation patterns

Negret, Pablo Jose, Sonter, Laura, Watson, James E.M., Possingham, Hugh P., Jones, Kendall R., Suarez, Cesar, Ochoa-Quintero, Jose Manuel and Maron, Martine (2019). Emerging evidence that armed conflict and coca cultivation influence deforestation patterns. Biological Conservation, 239 108176, 108176. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.021

Emerging evidence that armed conflict and coca cultivation influence deforestation patterns

2019

Journal Article

Who benefits from ecosystem services? Analysing recreational moose hunting in Vermont, USA

Grima, Nelson, Fisher, Brendan, Ricketts, Taylor H. and Sonter, Laura J. (2019). Who benefits from ecosystem services? Analysing recreational moose hunting in Vermont, USA. Oryx, 53 (4) PII S003060531800145X, 1-9. doi: 10.1017/s003060531800145x

Who benefits from ecosystem services? Analysing recreational moose hunting in Vermont, USA

2019

Journal Article

The climate sensitivity of carbon, timber, and species richness covaries with forest age in boreal–temperate North America

Thom, Dominik, Golivets, Marina, Edling, Laura, Meigs, Garrett W., Gourevitch, Jesse D., Sonter, Laura J., Galford, Gillian L. and Keeton, William S. (2019). The climate sensitivity of carbon, timber, and species richness covaries with forest age in boreal–temperate North America. Global Change Biology, 25 (7), 2446-2458. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14656

The climate sensitivity of carbon, timber, and species richness covaries with forest age in boreal–temperate North America

2019

Journal Article

Quantifying habitat losses and gains made by U.S. Species Conservation Banks to improve compensation policies and avoid perverse outcomes

Sonter, Laura J., Barnes, Megan, Matthews, Jeffrey W. and Maron, Martine (2019). Quantifying habitat losses and gains made by U.S. Species Conservation Banks to improve compensation policies and avoid perverse outcomes. Conservation Letters, 12 (3) e12629, e12629. doi: 10.1111/conl.12629

Quantifying habitat losses and gains made by U.S. Species Conservation Banks to improve compensation policies and avoid perverse outcomes

2019

Journal Article

Effects of human demand on conservation planning for biodiversity and ecosystem services

Watson, Keri B., Galford, Gillian L., Sonter, Laura J., Koh, Insu and Ricketts, Taylor H. (2019). Effects of human demand on conservation planning for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Conservation Biology, 33 (4), 942-952. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13276

Effects of human demand on conservation planning for biodiversity and ecosystem services

2018

Journal Article

Biodiversity offsets may miss opportunities to mitigate impacts on ecosystem services

Sonter, Laura J., Gourevitch, Jesse, Koh, Insu, Nicholson, Charles C., Richardson, Leif L., Schwartz, Aaron J., Singh, Nitin K., Watson, Keri B., Maron, Martine and Ricketts, Taylor H. (2018). Biodiversity offsets may miss opportunities to mitigate impacts on ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (3), 143-148. doi: 10.1002/fee.1781

Biodiversity offsets may miss opportunities to mitigate impacts on ecosystem services

2017

Journal Article

Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Sonter, Laura J, Herrera, Diego, Barrett, Damian J, Galford, Gillian L, Moran, Chris J and Soares-Filho, Britaldo S (2017). Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 1013, 1-7. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00557-w

Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

2017

Journal Article

Biodiversity offsetting in dynamic landscapes: influence of regulatory context and counterfactual assumptions on achievement of no net loss

Sonter, L. J., Tomsett, N., Wu, D. and Maron, M. (2017). Biodiversity offsetting in dynamic landscapes: influence of regulatory context and counterfactual assumptions on achievement of no net loss. Biological Conservation, 206, 314-319. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.025

Biodiversity offsetting in dynamic landscapes: influence of regulatory context and counterfactual assumptions on achievement of no net loss