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A Global Mitigation Hierarchy for Nature Conservation.

scientific article

A Wilderness Approach under the World Heritage Convention

article by Cyril F. Kormos et al published 2 November 2015 in Conservation Letters

A bold successor to Aichi Target 11-Response

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

A composite measure of habitat loss for entire assemblages of species

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

A framework for systematic conservation planning and management of Mediterranean landscapes

A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change

scientific article published on 13 November 2021

Accommodating the human response for realistic adaptation planning: response to Gillson et al.

scientific article published on 24 July 2013

Achieving open access to conservation science.

scientific article

Aerial Imagery Analysis - Quantifying Appearance and Number of Sorghum Heads for Applications in Breeding and Agronomy

scientific article published on 23 October 2018

Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Australia needs a wake-up call.

scientific article published in March 2017

Author Correction: Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Author Correction: The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Avoiding Unintended Outcomes from REDD

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

BIG DATA AND BIODIVERSITY. Filling in biodiversity threat gaps.

scientific article

Barometer of Life: More Action, Not More Data

scientific article published in Science

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Bias in protected-area location and its effects on long-term aspirations of biodiversity conventions.

scientific article

Biodiversity conservation in a changing climate: a review of threats and implications for conservation planning in Myanmar

scientific article (publication date: November 2013)

Biodiversity: The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers

scientific article

Bold nature retention targets are essential for the global environment agenda

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Bolder science needed now for protected areas.

scientific article published on 21 October 2015

Bring climate change back from the future.

scientific article

Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets

scientific article (publication date: November 2016)

Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Choosing Open Access

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Climate Velocity Can Inform Conservation in a Warming World

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Conservation in the face of climate change: recent developments

scientific article

Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets.

scientific article published on July 2015

Countries’ differentiated responsibilities to fulfill area-based conservation targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

scientific article published in May 2023

Defending the scientific integrity of conservation-policy processes

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

Degradation and forgone removals increase the carbon impact of intact forest loss by 626

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Designing Climate-Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks by Combining Remotely Sensed Coral Reef Habitat with Coastal Multi-Use Maps

Determining Crop Growth Dynamics in Sorghum Breeding Trials Through Remote and Proximal Sensing Technologies

scientific article published in July 2018

Diverse contributions benefit people and nature

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Ecological correlates and conservation implications of overestimating species geographic ranges.

scientific article published in February 2008

Ecology: A global plan for nature conservation.

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Effective conservation requires clear objectives and prioritizing actions, not places or species

scientific article published on 3 August 2015

Environmental science. Being smart about SMART environmental targets

scientific article

Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them

article by Don A. Driscoll et al published September 2010 in Biological Conservation

Gaps and opportunities for the World Heritage Convention to contribute to global wilderness conservation.

scientific article

Global correlates of range contractions and expansions in terrestrial mammals

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Global humid tropics forest structural condition and forest structural integrity maps

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Global mismatch between greenhouse gas emissions and the burden of climate change

scientific article

Global no net loss of natural ecosystems

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Global opportunities and challenges for transboundary conservation

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions

scientific article published on 30 October 2024

Global rarity of intact coastal regions

scientific article published in 2022

Global status of and prospects for protection of terrestrial geophysical diversity.

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Habitat structure and proximity to forest edge affect the abundance and distribution of forest-dependent birds in tropical coastal forests of southeastern Madagascar

article

Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity

scientific article published on 3 November 2022

Identifying global centers of unsustainable commercial harvesting of species

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Identifying traits for genotypic adaptation using crop models ⬇️

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 20 July 2020

Improving policy efficiency and effectiveness to save more species: A case study of the megadiverse country Australia

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Integrating human responses to climate change into conservation vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning

scientific article

Integrating social–ecological vulnerability assessments with climate forecasts to improve local climate adaptation planning for coral reef fisheries in Papua New Guinea

scholarly article by Joseph M. Maina et al published 12 May 2015 in Regional Environmental Change

Investing in threatened species conservation: does corruption outweigh purchasing power?

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Large-scale environmental degradation results in inequitable impacts to already impoverished communities: A case study from the floating villages of Cambodia.

scientific article published on 19 February 2018

Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve No Net Loss goals

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019–20 Australian forest fires

scientific article published in 2022

Madagascar: Crime threatens biodiversity

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Manage forests as protection against warming

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Mapping terrestrial anthropogenic degradation on the inhabited islands of the Galapagos Archipelago

Matrix condition mediates the effects of habitat fragmentation on species extinction risk

scientific article published on 01 February 2022

Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds

article

Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Mining and conservation: implications for Madagascar's littoral forests

article published in 2010

Mismatch between bird species sensitivity and the protection of intact habitats across the Americas

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Multi-Spectral Imaging from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Enables the Assessment of Seasonal Leaf Area Dynamics of Sorghum Breeding Lines.

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

Need for conservation planning in postconflict Colombia.

scientific article

Need to address gaps in global fisheries observation

scientific article published on 22 January 2019

Net positive outcomes for nature

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Oats-From Farm to Fork.

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure

scientific article published in Science

Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests ⬇️

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Potential negative consequences of geoengineering on crop production: A study of Indian groundnut ⬇️

scientific article

Priority Actions for Sustainable Forest Management in the International Year of Forests

scientific article published on June 2012

Projected impact of future climate on water-stress patterns across the Australian wheatbelt

scientific article published on 25 November 2017

Protected area targets post-2020

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Protected areas and global conservation of migratory birds.

scientific article published in December 2015

Quantifying biases in marine-protected-area placement relative to abatable threats

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Quantifying the relative irreplaceability of important bird and biodiversity areas

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn

scientific article published in March 2018

Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging and associated forest management

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Regional scalable priorities for national biodiversity and carbon conservation planning in Asia

scientific article published on 26 August 2021

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes

scientific article

Reply to 'Consider species specialism when publishing datasets' and 'Decision trees for data publishing may exacerbate conservation conflict'

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Resolving conflicts in fire management using decision theory: asset-protection versus biodiversity conservation

article by Don A. Driscoll et al published 5 April 2010 in Conservation Letters

Restoration priorities to achieve the global protected area target

scientific article published on 06 April 2019

Roles for scientific societies to engage with conservation policy

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Scenarios and Models to Support Global Conservation Targets

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

scientific article published on 16 August 2021

Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

scientific article (publication date: 24 February 2015)

Shortfalls in the global protected area network at representing marine biodiversity.

scientific article published on 3 December 2015

Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia's extinction crisis?

article published in 2019

Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting

Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity.

scientific article

Temporally inter-comparable maps of terrestrial wilderness and the Last of the Wild.

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

The Location and Protection Status of Earth's Diminishing Marine Wilderness

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

The Location and Protection Status of Earth’s Diminishing Marine Wilderness

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people.

scientific article

The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

The cost of conservation.

scientific article

The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems

scientific article

The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems.

scientific article

The extent and predictability of the biodiversity-carbon correlation

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

The importance of littoral forest remnants for indigenous bird conservation in southeastern Madagascar

article

The mesoscavenger release hypothesis and implications for ecosystem and human well-being

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity

scientific article published in 2022

The performance and potential of protected areas

scientific article published in November 2014

The threats to Australia’s imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response ⬇️

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Three-quarters of insect species are insufficiently represented by protected areas

scientific article published in February 2023

Toward reassessing data-deficient species

scientific article

Towards a Threat Assessment Framework for Ecosystem Services.

scientific article

Using anecdotal reports to clarify the distribution and status of a near mythical species: Australia’s Night Parrot (<i>Pezoporus occidentalis</i>)

scientific article published on 23 June 2021

Why do we map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions

article by Vivitskaia JD Tulloch et al published March 2015 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Wilderness and future conservation priorities in Australia

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Wilderness areas halve the extinction risk of terrestrial biodiversity

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

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