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2020

Journal Article

Eroded protections threaten US forests

Perez-Hammerle, Katharina-Victoria, Moon, Katie, Possingham, Hugh P., Jose Martinez-Harms, Maria and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Eroded protections threaten US forests. Science, 370 (6519), 921-922. doi: 10.1126/science.abf5654

Eroded protections threaten US forests

2020

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Preventing extinctions post-2020 requires recovery actions and transformative change

Bolam, Friederike C., Ahumada, Jorge, Akçakaya, H. Reşit, Brooks, Thomas M., Elliott, Wendy, Hoban, Sean, Mair, Louise, Mallon, David, McGowan, Philip J.K., Raimondo, Domitilla, Rodríguez, Jon Paul, Roe, Dilys, Seddon, Mary B., Shen, Xiaoli, Stuart, Simon N., Watson, James E.M. and Butchart, Stuart H.M. (2020). Preventing extinctions post-2020 requires recovery actions and transformative change. doi: 10.1101/2020.11.09.374314

Preventing extinctions post-2020 requires recovery actions and transformative change

2020

Journal Article

Unveiling the environmental benefits of reducing sugar

de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Watson, James E. M. and Maxwell, Sean L. (2020). Unveiling the environmental benefits of reducing sugar. Lancet Planetary Health, 4 (11), E497-E498. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30226-6

Unveiling the environmental benefits of reducing sugar

2020

Journal Article

Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

Díaz, Sandra, Zafra-Calvo, Noelia, Purvis, Andy, Verburg, Peter H., Obura, David, Leadley, Paul, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, De Meester, Luc, Dulloo, Ehsan, Martín-López, Berta, Shaw, M. Rebecca, Visconti, Piero, Broadgate, Wendy, Bruford, Michael W., Burgess, Neil D., Cavender- Bares, Jeannine, DeClerck, Fabrice, Fernández-Palacios, José María, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Hill, Samantha L.L., Isbell, Forest, Khoury, Colin K., Krug, Cornelia B., Liu, Jianguo, Maron, Martine, McGowan, Philip J.K., Pereira, Henrique M., Reyes-García, Victoria, Rocha, Juan ... Zanne, Amy E. (2020). Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability. Science, 370 (6515), 411-413. doi: 10.1126/science.abe1530

Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

2020

Journal Article

Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change

Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Beger, Maria, Gallagher, Rachael V., Shanahan, Danielle F., Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change. Conservation Biology, 35 (3) cobi.13643, 775-783. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13643

Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change

2020

Journal Article

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

Maxwell, Sean L., Cazalis, Victor, Dudley, Nigel, Hoffmann, Michael, Rodrigues, Ana S. L., Stolton, Sue, Visconti, Piero, Woodley, Stephen, Kingston, Naomi, Lewis, Edward, Maron, Martine, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Wenger, Amelia, Jonas, Harry D., Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century. Nature, 586 (7828), 217-227. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2773-z

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

2020

Journal Article

Best‐practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land‐clearing

Wenger, Amelia S., Harris, Daniel, Weber, Samuel, Vaghi, Ferguson, Nand, Yashika, Naisilisili, Waisea, Hughes, Alec, Delevaux, Jade, Klein, Carissa J., Watson, James, Mumby, Peter J. and Jupiter, Stacy D. (2020). Best‐practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land‐clearing. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57 (12) 1365-2664.13743, 2381-2392. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13743

Best‐practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land‐clearing

2020

Journal Article

Agricultural intensification is causing rapid habitat change in the Tonle Sap Floodplain, Cambodia

Mahood, Simon P., Poole, Colin M., Watson, James E. M., MacKenzie, Richard A., Sharma, Sahadev and Garnett, Stephen T. (2020). Agricultural intensification is causing rapid habitat change in the Tonle Sap Floodplain, Cambodia. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 28 (5), 713-726. doi: 10.1007/s11273-020-09740-1

Agricultural intensification is causing rapid habitat change in the Tonle Sap Floodplain, Cambodia

2020

Journal Article

Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land

Ward, Michelle, Saura, Santiago, Williams, Brooke, Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Dubois, Grégoire and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4563, 4563. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18457-x

Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land

2020

Journal Article

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

Leclère, David, Obersteiner, Michael, Barrett, Mike, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Chaudhary, Abhishek, De Palma, Adriana, DeClerck, Fabrice A. J., Di Marco, Moreno, Doelman, Jonathan C., Dürauer, Martina, Freeman, Robin, Harfoot, Michael, Hasegawa, Tomoko, Hellweg, Stefanie, Hilbers, Jelle P., Hill, Samantha L. L., Humpenöder, Florian, Jennings, Nancy, Krisztin, Tamás, Mace, Georgina M., Ohashi, Haruka, Popp, Alexander, Purvis, Andy, Schipper, Aafke M., Tabeau, Andrzej, Valin, Hugo, van Meijl, Hans, van Zeist, Willem-Jan, Visconti, Piero ... Young, Lucy (2020). Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy. Nature, 585 (7826), 551-556. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

2020

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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

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

Spatial priorities for conserving the most intact biodiverse forests within Central Africa

Grantham, H. S., Shapiro, A., Bonfils, D., Gond, V., Goldman, E., Maisels, F., Plumptre, A. J., Rayden, T., Robinson, J. G., Strindberg, S., Stokes, E., Tulloch, A. I.T.T., Watson, J. E.M., Williams, L. and Rickenbach, O. (2020). Spatial priorities for conserving the most intact biodiverse forests within Central Africa. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (9) 0940B5. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9fae

Spatial priorities for conserving the most intact biodiverse forests within Central Africa

2020

Journal Article

The importance of indigenous peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals

O'Bryan, Christopher J., Garnett, Stephen T., Fa, John E., Leiper, Ian, Rehbein, Jose, Fernández‐Llamazares, Álvaro, Jackson, Micha V., Jonas, Harry D., Brondizio, Eduardo S., Burgess, Neil D., Robinson, Catherine J., Zander, Kerstin K., Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E.M. (2020). The importance of indigenous peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals. Conservation Biology, 35 (3) cobi.13620, 1002-1008. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13620

The importance of indigenous peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals

2020

Journal Article

Protected areas are now the last strongholds for many imperiled mammal species

Pacifici, Michela, Di Marco, Moreno and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Protected areas are now the last strongholds for many imperiled mammal species. Conservation Letters, 13 (6) e12748. doi: 10.1111/conl.12748

Protected areas are now the last strongholds for many imperiled mammal species

2020

Journal Article

A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests

Hansen, Andrew J., Burns, Patrick, Ervin, Jamison, Goetz, Scott J., Hansen, Matthew, Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M., Jantz, Patrick A., Virnig, Anne L. S., Barnett, Kevin, Pillay, Rajeev, Atkinson, Scott, Supples, Christina, Rodríguez-Buritica, Susana and Armenteras, Dolors (2020). A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (10), 1377-1384. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1274-7

A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests

2020

Journal Article

A global mapping template for natural and modified habitat across terrestrial Earth

Gosling, Joe, Jones, Matt I., Arnell, Andy, Watson, James E. M., Venter, Oscar, Baquero, Andrea C. and Burgess, Neil D. (2020). A global mapping template for natural and modified habitat across terrestrial Earth. Biological Conservation, 250 108674, 108674. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108674

A global mapping template for natural and modified habitat across terrestrial Earth

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

Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo’s climate during El Niño events

Chapman, Sarah, Syktus, Jozef I, Trancoso, Ralph, Salazar, Alvaro, Thatcher, Marcus J., Watson, James E. M., Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas, Dargusch, Paul and McAlpine, Clive Alexander (2020). Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo’s climate during El Niño events. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (8) 084006, 084006. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab86f5

Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo’s climate during El Niño events

2020

Journal Article

Environmental destruction not avoided with the Sustainable Development Goals

Zeng, Yiwen, Maxwell, Sean, Runting, Rebecca K., Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M. and Carrasco, L. Roman (2020). Environmental destruction not avoided with the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability, 3 (10), 795-798. doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-0555-0

Environmental destruction not avoided with the Sustainable Development Goals