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2026 Journal Article Disentangling the impacts of agriculture, logging, and extractive industries on Tapanuli orangutan habitat: A geo-ethnographic assessmentSreekar, Rachakonda, Ardiantiono, , Ni'am, Lubabun, Meyers, Koen, Lim, Jun Ying, Zeng, Yiwen, Lamba, Aakash, Teo, Hoong Chen, Siregar, Erwin Alamsyah, Muharyanda, Fachra, Mammides, Christos, Violetta, Intan, Tambunan, Riyan Wendi, Tambunan, Kevin Josua, Ng, Sean J.W. and Watson, James E.M. (2026). Disentangling the impacts of agriculture, logging, and extractive industries on Tapanuli orangutan habitat: A geo-ethnographic assessment. Biological Conservation, 321 111960, 111960-111960. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111960 |
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2026 Journal Article Global forests risk to climate and land-use changeAsamoah, Ernest F., Maina, Joseph M., Beaumont, Linda J., Grantham, Hedley S. and Watson, James E.M. (2026). Global forests risk to climate and land-use change. Biological Conservation, 318 111816, 111816. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111816 |
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2026 Journal Article Updating species representation targets for protected and conserved area planningSreekar, Rachakonda and Watson, James E. M. (2026). Updating species representation targets for protected and conserved area planning. Nature Reviews Biodiversity. doi: 10.1038/s44358-026-00169-7 |
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2026 Journal Article Tracking range and abundance trends of the poorly known Letter-winged Kite <i>Elanus scriptus</i>MacColl, Christopher, Leseberg, Nicholas P., Coleman, Lucy, Terrington, Daniel I., Jackett, Nigel, Nunn, Lisa M., Nunn, Peter J., Seaton, Richard and Watson, James E. M. (2026). Tracking range and abundance trends of the poorly known Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 126 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2026.2665112 |
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2026 Journal Article Growing nickel supply from the tropics threatens priority conservation areasHyman, Jayden, Sonter, Laura J., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Watson, James E. M., Mervine, Evelyn M., Bull, Joseph W., Dawson, Chloe, Lloyd, Thomas J., Luckeneder, Sebastian, Maron, Martine, Mendonca Severiano, Bernardo, Raymond, Sarah, Schlacher, Thomas A., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Valenta, Rick K., Visconti, Piero, Werner, Tim T. and Northey, Stephen A. (2026). Growing nickel supply from the tropics threatens priority conservation areas. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41559-026-03068-4 |
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2026 Journal Article Australia's terrestrial industrial footprint and ecological intactnessVenegas-Li, Ruben, Atkinson, Scott, de Andrade Junior, Milton Aurelio Uba, Fletcher, Rachel, Owen, Peter, Morales-Barquero, Lucia, Aska, Bora, Arias-Patino, Miguel, Grantham, Hedley S., Possingham, Hugh, Venter, Oscar, Ward, Michelle and Watson, James E. M. (2026). Australia's terrestrial industrial footprint and ecological intactness. Earth System Science Data, 18 (3), 2179-2201. doi: 10.5194/essd-18-2179-2026 |
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2026 Journal Article Beyond area: evaluating Australia's contribution to Aichi Target 11 and implications for 30 × 30Watson, James E. M., Li, Ruben Venegas, Ward, Michelle, Fitzsimons, James A., Possingham, Hugh P., Hockings, Marc, Leverington, Fiona, Grantham, Hedley, Vine, Samantha, Gunn, Jody, Morgain, Rachel, Wintle, Brendan and Cook, Carly N. (2026). Beyond area: evaluating Australia's contribution to Aichi Target 11 and implications for 30 × 30. Conservation Science and Practice, 8 (4) e70256, 1-19. doi: 10.1111/csp2.70256 |
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2026 Journal Article Habitat requirements of the little-known Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderiColeman, Lucy, Leseberg, Nick, Aubault, Helene, Dickman, Christopher and Watson, James E. M. (2026). Habitat requirements of the little-known Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 126 (2), 172-188. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2026.2643769 |
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2026 Journal Article A typology of Australian terrestrial bird communitiesMaron, Martine, Indraswari, Karlina, Mills‐Anderson, Jonathan, Melton, Courtney B., Possingham, Hugh, Radford, James, Reside, April E., Bennett, Andrew, Burbidge, Allan, Clarke, Michael, Clarke, Rohan H., Davis, Robert, Eyre, Teresa, Freeman, Amanda, Gibson, Michelle, Hansen, Birgita, Humphrey, Jacinta, Jackett, Nigel, Palmer, Bryony, Kutt, Alex, Leseberg, Nicholas P., Loyn, Richard, Maisey, Alex, Maurer, Golo, Mayfield, Helen, McDonald, Paul, Mihailou, Helenna, Noske, Richard, Rainsford, Fred ... Fraser, Hannah (2026). A typology of Australian terrestrial bird communities. Diversity and Distributions, 32 (2) e70143. doi: 10.1111/ddi.70143 |
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2026 Journal Article Projected human land-use pressures and natural habitat conversion risk within global terrestrial protected areasLi, Guangdong, Wang, Zhenbo, Sun, Siao, Qi, Wei and Watson, James E. M. (2026). Projected human land-use pressures and natural habitat conversion risk within global terrestrial protected areas. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 10 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02958-3 |
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2026 Journal Article Australia’s harmful fossil fuel approvalsThomas, Hannah, Possingham, Hugh, Klein, Carissa, Watson, James E. M. and Ward, Michelle (2026). Australia’s harmful fossil fuel approvals. Science, 391 (6780), 32-32. doi: 10.1126/science.aed7274 |
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2026 Journal Article A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026Sutherland, William J., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Clarke, Stewart J., Doar, Nigel R., Doran, Helen, Douglas, Imogen C., Field, Daniel J., Fleishman, Erica, Gaston, Kevin J., Herbert-Read, James E., Hughes, Alice C., Kaartokallio, Hermanni, Maggs, Luke, Palardy, James E., Pearce-Higgins, James W., Peck, Lloyd S., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Schloss, Irene R., Spalding, Mark D., Timoshyna, Anastasiya, Tubbs, Nicolas, Uehara, Thiago, Watson, James E. M., Wentworth, Jonathan, Wilson, Jeremy D. and Thornton, Ann (2026). A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 41 (1), 91-101. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2025.10.016 |
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2025 Journal Article Looking back to plan for the future: A short history of systematic conservation planning and its increasing importance in abating earth's biodiversity crisisAdams, Vanessa M., Grantham, Hedley S. and Watson, James E. M. (2025). Looking back to plan for the future: A short history of systematic conservation planning and its increasing importance in abating earth's biodiversity crisis. Austral Ecology, 50 (12) e70157, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/aec.70157 |
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2025 Journal Article Uncovering the calls of data‐deficient Masked Owls using morphology and environmental gradientsJackett, Nigel A., Schodde, Richard, Leseberg, Nicholas P., Murphy, Stephen A., Joseph, Leo, Wykes, Boyd J., Todd, Michael K., Gros, Charley, Bilney, Rohan J., Barden, Paul, Knock, Peter, Dunne, Craig and Watson, James E. M. (2025). Uncovering the calls of data‐deficient Masked Owls using morphology and environmental gradients. Journal of Biogeography, 52 (12) e70110. doi: 10.1111/jbi.70110 |
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2025 Journal Article Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forestsHordijk, Iris, Poorter, Lourens, Liang, Jingjing, Reich, Peter B., de-Miguel, Sergio, Nabuurs, Gert-Jan, Gamarra, Javier G. P., Chen, Han Y. H., Zhou, Mo, Wiser, Susan K., Pretzsch, Hans, Paquette, Alain, Picard, Nicolas, Hérault, Bruno, Bastin, Jean-Francois, Alberti, Giorgio, Abegg, Meinrad, Adou Yao, Yves C., Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M., Alvarado, Braulio V., Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Alves, Luciana F., Amaral, Iêda, Ammer, Christian, Antón-Fernández, Clara, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Arroyo, Luzmila, Avitabile, Valerio ... Crowther, Thomas W. (2025). Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 4773, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59754-7 |
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2025 Journal Article Role of protected areas in mitigating range loss and local extinctions of terrestrial mammalsCristiano, Andrea, Pillay, Rajeev, Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Watson, James E.M., Venter, Oscar and Pacifici, Michela (2025). Role of protected areas in mitigating range loss and local extinctions of terrestrial mammals. Conservation Biology, 39 (6) e70092, e70092. doi: 10.1111/cobi.70092 |
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2025 Journal Article Global comparison of habitat intactness models for predicting extinction risk in terrestrial mammalsRamírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Marco, Moreno Di, Johnson, Chris J., Watson, James E. M., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Barros, Luizmar de Assis, Pillay, Rajeev and Venter, Oscar (2025). Global comparison of habitat intactness models for predicting extinction risk in terrestrial mammals. Ecography, 2025 (11) e08100. doi: 10.1002/ecog.08100 |
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2025 Journal Article Shifting foundations: emerging changes shaping area-based conservation for climate adaptation and mitigationDudley, Nigel, Gorricho, Julia, Krueger, Linda, Lopoukhine, Nik, Paxton, Midori, Sandwith, Trevor, Stolton, Sue, Timmins, Hannah L., Zogib, Liza and Watson, James E.M. (2025). Shifting foundations: emerging changes shaping area-based conservation for climate adaptation and mitigation. Parks, 31 (2), 32-41. doi: 10.2305/PORL8349 |
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2025 Journal Article Towards resilient and inclusive climate compatible development: a participatory, mixed-method scenarios approach for ZambiaHughes, Nick, Nyambe-Mubanga, Mulima, Mapulanga, Willard, Hazemba, Malonga, Chileshe, Stephen, Tembo, Bernard, Watson, Jim, Cronin, Jennifer, Pye, Steve, Tomei, Julia, Tesfamichael, Meron, Mulugetta, Yacob, Bawakyillenuo, Simon and Crentsil, Aba Obrumah (2025). Towards resilient and inclusive climate compatible development: a participatory, mixed-method scenarios approach for Zambia. Global Environmental Change, 95 103072, 103072. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103072 |
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2025 Journal Article A balanced measure of conservation outcomes: tracking woody vegetation loss and protection in Queensland, AustraliaVenegas-Li, Rubén, Sherriff, Christopher Ryan, Ward, Michelle, Morales-Barquero, Lucia, Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2025). A balanced measure of conservation outcomes: tracking woody vegetation loss and protection in Queensland, Australia. Environmental Research Letters, 20 (11) 114076, 114076. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae1623 |
