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2025

Journal Article

Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots

Bell-James, Justine, Shumway, Nicole, Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar, Andradi-Brown, Dominic A., Brown, Christopher J., Fitzsimons, James A., Foster, Rose, Hamman, Evan, Lovelock, Catherine E., Saunders, Megan I. and Waltham, Nathan J. (2025). Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots. Environmental Science and Policy, 163 103962, 103962. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103962

Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots

2024

Other Outputs

Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature based solutions in Australia – Legislative permitting processes for restoration. Report to the National Environmental Science Program.

Justine Bell-James, Phillipa McCormack, Alexandra Wawryk and Nicole Shumway (2024). Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature based solutions in Australia – Legislative permitting processes for restoration. Report to the National Environmental Science Program.. University of Tasmania: National Environmental Science Program..

Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature based solutions in Australia – Legislative permitting processes for restoration. Report to the National Environmental Science Program.

2024

Journal Article

Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?

Bell‐James, Justine, Foster, Rose, Frohlich, Miguel, Archibald, Carla, Benham, Claudia, Evans, Megan, Fidelman, Pedro, Morrison, Tiffany, Rolim Baggio, Liza, Billings, Peter and Shumway, Nicole (2024). Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?. Conservation Letters, 17 (6) e13054. doi: 10.1111/conl.13054

Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?

2024

Conference Publication

Solutions for marine and coastal restoration law reform

Bell-James, Justine, Foster, Rose and Shumway, Nicole (2024). Solutions for marine and coastal restoration law reform. Australian Coastal Restoration Network Symposium, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28-29 May 2024.

Solutions for marine and coastal restoration law reform

2024

Journal Article

The Global Biodiversity Framework’s ecosystem restoration target requires more clarity and careful legal interpretation

Bell-James, Justine, Foster, Rose, Shumway, Nicole, Lovelock, Catherine E., Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar, Brown, Christopher J., Andradi-Brown, Dominic A., Saunders, Megan I., Waltham, Nathan J. and Fitzsimons, James A. (2024). The Global Biodiversity Framework’s ecosystem restoration target requires more clarity and careful legal interpretation. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8 (5), 840-841. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02389-6

The Global Biodiversity Framework’s ecosystem restoration target requires more clarity and careful legal interpretation

2024

Other Outputs

Governance principles for novel reef interventions

Shumway, Nicole, Foster, Rose, Head, Brian and Fidelman, Pedro (2024). Governance principles for novel reef interventions. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program.

Governance principles for novel reef interventions

2023

Journal Article

The permitting process for marine and coastal restoration: A barrier to achieving global restoration targets?

Bell‐James, Justine, Foster, Rose and Shumway, Nicole (2023). The permitting process for marine and coastal restoration: A barrier to achieving global restoration targets?. Conservation Science and Practice, 5 (12) e13050. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13050

The permitting process for marine and coastal restoration: A barrier to achieving global restoration targets?

2023

Journal Article

Policy solutions needed for the future of coral reefs

Shumway, Nicole, Foster, Rose, Head, Brian and Fidelman, Pedro (2023). Policy solutions needed for the future of coral reefs. BioScience, 73 (11), 1-3. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biad092

Policy solutions needed for the future of coral reefs

2022

Journal Article

Exploring the risks and benefits of flexibility in biodiversity offset location in a case study of migratory shorebirds

Shumway, Nicole, Saunders, Megan I., Nicol, Sam, Fuller, Richard A., Ben‐Moshe, Noam, Iwamura, Takuya, Kim, Sun W., Murray, Nicholas J., Watson, James E. M. and Maron, Martine (2022). Exploring the risks and benefits of flexibility in biodiversity offset location in a case study of migratory shorebirds. Conservation Biology, 37 (2) e14031, e14031. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14031

Exploring the risks and benefits of flexibility in biodiversity offset location in a case study of migratory shorebirds

2022

Conference Publication

Exploring the human dimensions of assisted adaptation and restoration of coral reefs

Erin Bohensky, Victoria Graham, Gillian Paxton, Umberto Baresi, Annah Piggot-McKellar, Taryn Kong, Lintje Siehoyono Sie and Nicole Shumway (2022). Exploring the human dimensions of assisted adaptation and restoration of coral reefs. Sustainability Research + Innovation 2022, Oceania Satellite Event, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 June - 01 July 2022. Future Earth and the Belmont Forum .

Exploring the human dimensions of assisted adaptation and restoration of coral reefs

2022

Journal Article

Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development

Bull, Joseph W, Sonter, Laura J, Gordon, Ascelin, Maron, Martine, Narain, Divya, Reside, April E, Sánchez, Luis E, Shumway, Nicole, von Hase, Amrei and Quétier, Fabien (2022). Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20 (6), 370-378. doi: 10.1002/fee.2496

Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development

2022

Journal Article

Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise

Bell‐James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A., Gillies, Chris L., Shumway, Nicole and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2022). Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (1) e593. doi: 10.1111/csp2.593

Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise

2021

Journal Article

Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments

Shumway, Nicole, Bell-James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A., Foster, Rose, Gillies, Chris and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2021). Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments. Marine Policy, 134 104789, 104789. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104789

Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments

2020

Other Outputs

Impact mitigation in marine and coastal environments: policy challenges and shortfalls

Shumway, Nicole R. (2020). Impact mitigation in marine and coastal environments: policy challenges and shortfalls. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/58c58ae

Impact mitigation in marine and coastal environments: policy challenges and shortfalls

2018

Journal Article

The location and protection status of earth's diminishing marine wilderness

Jones, Kendall R., Klein, Carissa J., Halpern, Benjamin S., Venter, Oscar, Grantham, Hedley, Kuempel, Caitlin D., Shumway, Nicole, Friedlander, Alan M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). The location and protection status of earth's diminishing marine wilderness. Current Biology, 28 (15), 2506-2512.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.010

The location and protection status of earth's diminishing marine wilderness

2018

Journal Article

A global mitigation hierarchy for nature conservation

Arlidge, William N. S., Bull, Joseph W., Addison, Prue F. E., Burgass, Michael J., Gianuca, Dimas, Gorham, Taylor M., Jacob, Céline, Shumway, Nicole, Sinclair, Samuel P., Watson, James E. M., Wilcox, Chris and Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2018). A global mitigation hierarchy for nature conservation. BioScience, 68 (5), 336-347. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biy029

A global mitigation hierarchy for nature conservation

2018

Journal Article

Opportunities for biodiversity conservation as cities adapt to climate change

Butt, Nathalie, Shanahan, Danielle F., Shumway, Nicole, Bekessey, Sarah A., Fuller, Richard A., Watson, James E. M., Maggini, Ramona and Hole, David G. (2018). Opportunities for biodiversity conservation as cities adapt to climate change. Geo: geography and environment, 5 (1) e00052, e00052. doi: 10.1002/geo2.52

Opportunities for biodiversity conservation as cities adapt to climate change

2018

Journal Article

The risks and opportunities of translating terrestrial biodiversity offsets to the marine realm

Shumway, Nicole, Watson, James E. M., Saunders, Megan I. and Maron, Martine (2018). The risks and opportunities of translating terrestrial biodiversity offsets to the marine realm. Bioscience, 68 (2), 125-133. doi: 10.1093/biosci/bix150

The risks and opportunities of translating terrestrial biodiversity offsets to the marine realm

2017

Journal Article

Australia needs a wake-up call

Shumway, Nicole, Maron, Martine and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Australia needs a wake-up call. Science, 355 (6328), 918-918. doi: 10.1126/science.aam8945

Australia needs a wake-up call

2015

Journal Article

Saving our national icon: An ecological analysis of the 2011 Australian Senate inquiry into status of the koala

Shumway, Nicole, Lunney, Daniel, Seabrook, Leonie and McAlpine, Clive (2015). Saving our national icon: An ecological analysis of the 2011 Australian Senate inquiry into status of the koala. Environmental Science and Policy, 54, 297-303. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.024

Saving our national icon: An ecological analysis of the 2011 Australian Senate inquiry into status of the koala