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2025

Journal Article

Have significant biodiversity values been protected from industrial logging across Australia?

Taylor, Chris, Ashman, Kita, Ward, Michelle, Possingham, Hugh and Lindenmayer, David B. (2025). Have significant biodiversity values been protected from industrial logging across Australia?. Conservation Science and Practice. doi: 10.1111/csp2.70089

Have significant biodiversity values been protected from industrial logging across Australia?

2025

Journal Article

Half of the habitat of Australia's highly imperilled narrow-range species is outside protected areas

Ward, Michelle, Maron, Martine, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Lintermans, Mark, Whiterod, Nick S., Chapple, David G., Possingham, Hugh P., Legge, Sarah M., Gallagher, Rachael V., Wintle, Brendan A., Vine, Samantha, Ashman, Kita, Hoskin, Conrad J., Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John C.Z., Scheele, Ben C., Loane, Cerin, Fitzsimons, James A., Stewart, Romola R., Tulloch, Ayesha I.T., Hyman, Isabel T., Pearce, Kate, Burbidge, Allan H., Raadik, Tarmo A., Kuchling, Gerald, Georges, Arthur, West, Matthew, Adams, Vanessa M., Emery, J.P. and Watson, James E.M. (2025). Half of the habitat of Australia's highly imperilled narrow-range species is outside protected areas. Biological Conservation, 308 111195, 111195. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111195

Half of the habitat of Australia's highly imperilled narrow-range species is outside protected areas

2025

Journal Article

Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis

Bruce, Tom, Amir, Zachary, Allen, Benjamin L, Alting, Brendan F., Amos, Matt, Augusteyn, John, Ballard, Guy‐Anthony, Behrendorff, Linda M., Bell, Kristian, Bengsen, Andrew J., Bennett, Ami, Benshemesh, Joe S., Bentley, Joss, Blackmore, Caroline J., Boscarino‐Gaetano, Remo, Bourke, Lachlan A., Brewster, Rob, Brook, Barry W., Broughton, Colin, Buettel, Jessie C., Carter, Andrew, Chiu‐Werner, Antje, Claridge, Andrew W., Comer, Sarah, Comte, Sebastien, Connolly, Rod M., Cowan, Mitchell A., Cross, Sophie L., Cunningham, Calum X. ... Luskin, Matthew S. (2025). Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis. Biological Reviews, 100 (2), 530-555. doi: 10.1111/brv.13152

Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis

2025

Journal Article

Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal to Keep Polarization From Tearing CITES Apart

Cheung, Hubert, Challender, Daniel W. S., Anagnostou, Michelle, Braczkowski, Alexander R., Marco, Moreno Di, Hinsley, Amy, Kubo, Takahiro, Possingham, Hugh P., Song, Annie Young, Takashina, Nao, Wang, Yifu and Biggs, Duan (2025). Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal to Keep Polarization From Tearing CITES Apart. Conservation Letters, 18 (2) e13099. doi: 10.1111/conl.13099

Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal to Keep Polarization From Tearing CITES Apart

2025

Journal Article

Why do (or don’t) people protect nature? insights from conservation practice and environmental psychology to respond to the biodiversity crisis

van Eeden, Lily M., Possingham, Hugh P., Milfont, Taciano L., Klebl, Christoph and Fielding, Kelly (2025). Why do (or don’t) people protect nature? insights from conservation practice and environmental psychology to respond to the biodiversity crisis. Global Environmental Psychology, 3, 1-24. doi: 10.5964/gep.10927

Why do (or don’t) people protect nature? insights from conservation practice and environmental psychology to respond to the biodiversity crisis

2025

Journal Article

The estimated cost of preventing extinction and progressing recovery for Australia’s priority threatened species

Ward, Michelle, Possingham, Hugh P., Wintle, Brendan A., Woinarski, John C. Z., Marsh, Jessica R., Chapple, David G., Lintermans, Mark, Scheele, Ben C., Whiterod, Nick S., Hoskin, Conrad J., Aska, Bora, Yong, Chuanji, Tulloch, Ayesha, Stewart, Romola and Watson, James E. M. (2025). The estimated cost of preventing extinction and progressing recovery for Australia’s priority threatened species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (6) e2414985122, 1-10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2414985122

The estimated cost of preventing extinction and progressing recovery for Australia’s priority threatened species

2025

Journal Article

Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package

Hanson, Jeffrey O., Schuster, Richard, Strimas-Mackey, Matthew, Morrell, Nina, Edwards, Brandon P. M., Arcese, Peter, Bennett, Joseph R. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2025). Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package. Conservation Biology, 39 (1) e14376, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14376

Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package

2025

Journal Article

Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals

Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Richardson, Anthony J., Doxa, Aggeliki, Moro, Stefano, Andrello, Marco, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Hermoso, Virgilio, Mazor, Tessa, McGowan, Jennifer, Kujala, Heini, Law, Elizabeth, Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Magris, Rafael A., Gissi, Elena, Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Metaxas, Anna, Virtanen, Elina A., Ban, Natalie C., Runya, Robert M., Dunn, Daniel C., Fraschetti, Simonetta, Galparsoro, Ibon, Smith, Robert J., Bastardie, Francois, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Possingham, Hugh P. and Katsanevakis, Stelios (2025). Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40 (4), 395-410. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.002

Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals

2024

Journal Article

Bird utilisation of vertical space in urban environments

Re, Annalise J., Rogers, Andrew M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Kark, Salit (2024). Bird utilisation of vertical space in urban environments. Diversity, 17 (1) 16. doi: 10.3390/d17010016

Bird utilisation of vertical space in urban environments

2024

Journal Article

Reflections on the Global Biodiversity Framework: Achievements, gaps, and future priorities

Balmford, Andrew, Koh, Lian Pin, Tilman, David, Possingham, Hugh, Obura, David and Mcelwee, Pamela (2024). Reflections on the Global Biodiversity Framework: Achievements, gaps, and future priorities. One Earth, 7 (12), 2092-2094.

Reflections on the Global Biodiversity Framework: Achievements, gaps, and future priorities

2024

Journal Article

Protect kelp forests

Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Olguín-Jacobson, Carolina, Earle, Sylvia, Bello, Max, Lagger, Cristian, Mora-Soto, Alejandra, Pantano, Carolina, Palacios, Mauricio, Barbosa, Romina Vanessa, Fica-Rojas, Eliseo, Guajardo, Eduardo, Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio, Eger, Aaron, Dayton, Paul, Giraldo-Ospina, Anita, Cavanaugh, Kyle, García-Pantoja, Jessica, Montaño-Moctezuma, Gabriela, Possingham, Hugh, Sala, Enric, Schoeman, David, Torres-Moye, Guillermo and Micheli, Fiorenza (2024). Protect kelp forests. Science, 386 (6722), 629-629. doi: 10.1126/science.adr4814

Protect kelp forests

2024

Journal Article

Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics

Plowright, Raina K., Ahmed, Aliyu N., Coulson, Tim, Crowther, Thomas W., Ejotre, Imran, Faust, Christina L., Frick, Winifred F., Hudson, Peter J., Kingston, Tigga, Nameer, P. O., O’Mara, M. Teague, Peel, Alison J., Possingham, Hugh, Razgour, Orly, Reeder, DeeAnn M., Ruiz-Aravena, Manuel, Simmons, Nancy B., Srinivas, Prashanth N., Tabor, Gary M., Tanshi, Iroro, Thompson, Ian G., Vanak, Abi T., Vora, Neil M., Willison, Charley E. and Keeley, Annika T. H. (2024). Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 2577, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46151-9

Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics

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, e17211. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17211

Conservation planning for retention, not just protection

2024

Journal Article

Unearthing assumptions and power: a framework for research, policy, and practice

Pérez-Hämmerle, Katharina-Victoria, Moon, Katie and Possingham, Hugh P. (2024). Unearthing assumptions and power: a framework for research, policy, and practice. One Earth, 7 (2), 199-210. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.003

Unearthing assumptions and power: a framework for research, policy, and practice

2024

Journal Article

A report card to effectively communicate threatened species recovery

Ward, Michelle, Rout, Tracy M., Possingham, Hugh P., Stewart, Romola, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Clark, Thomas G., Kindler, Gareth S., Valentine, Leonie E., Macmillan, Ellen, Maitz, Natalya, Haskin, Elouise and Watson, James E. M. (2024). A report card to effectively communicate threatened species recovery. One Earth, 7 (2), 186-198. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.009

A report card to effectively communicate threatened species recovery

2024

Journal Article

Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate

Verdon, Simon J., Davis, Robert A., Tulloch, Ayesha, Legge, Sarah M., Watson, David M., Woinarski, John C.Z., Baker, G. Barry, Driessen, Joris, Geyle, Hayley M., Possingham, Hugh and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 21-36. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2275121

Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate

2023

Journal Article

Multiple invasive species affect germination, growth, and photosynthesis of native weeds and crops in experiments

Lenda, Magdalena, Steudel, Bastian, Skórka, Piotr, Zagrodzka, Zuzanna B., Moroń, Dawid, Bączek-Kwinta, Renata, Janowiak, Franciszek, Baran, Agnieszka, Possingham, Hugh P. and Knops, Johannes M. H. (2023). Multiple invasive species affect germination, growth, and photosynthesis of native weeds and crops in experiments. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 22146, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-48421-w

Multiple invasive species affect germination, growth, and photosynthesis of native weeds and crops in experiments

2023

Journal Article

Public opinion on protecting iconic species depends on individual wellbeing: Perceptions about orangutan conservation in Indonesia and Malaysia

Massingham, Emily J., Wilson, Kerrie A., Meijaard, Erik, Ancrenaz, Marc, Santika, Truly, Friedman, Rachel, Possingham, Hugh P. and Dean, Angela J. (2023). Public opinion on protecting iconic species depends on individual wellbeing: Perceptions about orangutan conservation in Indonesia and Malaysia. Environmental Science and Policy, 150 103588, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103588

Public opinion on protecting iconic species depends on individual wellbeing: Perceptions about orangutan conservation in Indonesia and Malaysia

2023

Journal Article

Prioritizing global land protection for population persistence can double the efficiency of habitat protection for reducing mammal extinction risk

Wolff, Nicholas H., Visconti, Piero, Kujala, Heini, Santini, Luca, Hilbers, Jelle P., Possingham, Hugh P., Oakleaf, James R., Kennedy, Christina M., Kiesecker, Joseph, Fargione, Joseph and Game, Edward T. (2023). Prioritizing global land protection for population persistence can double the efficiency of habitat protection for reducing mammal extinction risk. One Earth, 6 (11), 1564-1575. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.001

Prioritizing global land protection for population persistence can double the efficiency of habitat protection for reducing mammal extinction risk

2023

Journal Article

Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas

Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Munguia-Vega, Adrian, Micheli, Fiorenza, Vilalta-Navas, Ainoa, Villaseñor-Derbez, Juan Carlos, Précoma-de la Mora, Magdalena, Schoeman, David S., Medellín-Ortíz, Alfonso, Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Sosa-Nishizaki, Oscar, Burnham, Theresa L.U., Knight, Christopher J., Woodson, C. Brock, Abas, Marina, Abadía-Cardoso, Alicia, Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio, Esgro, Michael W., Espinosa-Andrade, Noemi, Beas-Luna, Rodrigo, Cardenas, Nirari, Carr, Mark H., Dale, Katherine E., Cisneros-Soberanis, Frida, Flores-Morales, Ana Laura, Fulton, Stuart, García-Rodríguez, Emiliano, Giron-Nava, Alfredo, Gleason, Mary G., Green, Alison L. ... Possingham, Hugh P. (2023). Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas. One Earth, 6 (11), 1523-1541. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.002

Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas