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A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets

scientific article published on 19 April 2019

A Multicountry Assessment of Tropical Resource Monitoring by Local Communities

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A framework for integrating biodiversity concerns into national REDD+ programmes

A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

A global-level assessment of the effectiveness of protected areas at resisting anthropogenic pressures

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

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

scientific article published in 2021

A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

scientific article (publication date: 2 October 2014)

A practical approach to measuring the biodiversity impacts of land conversion

scientific article published in 2020

A preliminary assessment of protected area management within the WWF ‘Coastal East Africa’ priority place, Eastern Africa

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A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

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Aiming higher to bend the curve of biodiversity loss

article by Georgina M. Mace et al published September 2018 in Nature Sustainability

An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm

scientific article

An assessment of threats to terrestrial protected areas

scientific article published on 29 December 2017

An ecoregion‐based approach to restoring the world's intact large mammal assemblages

scientific article

Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

scientific article

Areas of global importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon, and water

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Assessing climate change impacts for vertebrate fauna across the West African protected area network using regionally appropriate climate projections

scholarly article by D. J. Baker et al published 8 May 2015 in Diversity and Distributions

At the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests?

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Author Correction: Aiming higher to bend the curve of biodiversity loss

correction of a scholarly article

Author Correction: Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

correction of a scholarly article

BIG DATA AND BIODIVERSITY. Filling in biodiversity threat gaps.

scientific article

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: Not all positive

scientific article published in 2015

Biofuel plantations on forested lands: double jeopardy for biodiversity and climate

scientific article

Carbon storage, structure and composition of miombo woodlands in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains

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Changes in protected area management effectiveness over time: A global analysis

Commonalities and complementarities among approaches to conservation monitoring and evaluation

Community Monitoring for REDD+: International Promises and Field Realities

scientific article published in 2013

Community Monitoring of Carbon Stocks for REDD+: Does Accuracy and Cost Change over Time?

article by Søren Brofeldt et al published 30 July 2014 in Forests

Conservation and the botanist effect

Conservation implications of omitting narrow-ranging taxa from species distribution models, now and in the future

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Conservation in areas of high population density in sub-Saharan Africa

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Correction to: Quantifying and understanding carbon storage and sequestration within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, a tropical biodiversity hotspot ⬇️

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Correlations among species distributions, human density and human infrastructure across the high biodiversity tropical mountains of Africa

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Creation and management of artificial nesting sites for wetland Birds

Deforestation in an African biodiversity hotspot: Extent, variation and the effectiveness of protected areas

Delimiting tropical mountain ecoregions for conservation

Developing a framework to improve global estimates of conservation area coverage

Developing a framework to improve global estimates of conservation area coverage

scientific article published on 7 November 2023

Does participatory forest management promote sustainable forest utilisation in Tanzania?

scholarly article by T. Treue et al published 1 March 2014 in International Forestry Review

Dynamics in the global protected-area estate since 2004.

scientific article

Earth observation as a tool for tracking progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Ecological and social outcomes of a new protected area in Tanzania

scientific article

Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas in reducing habitat loss and population declines

Environmental monitoring: the scale and speed of implementation varies according to the degree of peoples involvement

scientific article published on 23 September 2010

Erratum: Implementation and opportunity costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania

scholarly article by Brendan Fisher et al published 31 May 2011 in Nature Climate Change

Establishing IUCN Red List criteria for threatened ecosystems

scientific article

Estimating management costs of protected areas: A novel approach from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

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Ethnic and locational differences in ecosystem service values: Insights from the communities in forest islands in the desert

scholarly article by Aida Cuni-Sanchez et al published June 2016 in Ecosystem services

Exploring consensus in 21st century projections of climatically suitable areas for African vertebrates

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Exploring the international trade in African snakes not listed on CITES: highlighting the role of the internet and social media

scientific article

Financial costs of meeting global biodiversity conservation targets: current spending and unmet needs

scientific article

Flagship species, ecological complementarity and conserving the diversity of mammals and birds in sub-Saharan Africa

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Flooded and Riparian Habitats in the Tropics Community Definitions and Ecological Summaries

From local scenarios to national maps: a participatory framework for envisioning the future of Tanzania ⬇️

scholarly article by Claudia Capitani et al published 2016 in Ecology and Society

Funding begets biodiversity

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Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: a case study of progress and challenges

scholarly article by Neil D. Burgess et al published July 2010 in Oryx

Global analysis of the protection status of the world’s forests

scientific article (publication date: October 2009)

Global screening for Critical Habitat in the terrestrial realm.

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Harvesting fodder trees in montane forests in Kenya: species, techniques used and impacts

scientific article published on 24 February 2018

Heuristic and optimal solutions for set-covering problems in conservation biology

scientific article published in 2003

High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests

scientific article published on 25 August 2021

How much of the vertebrate diversity of sub-Saharan Africa is catered for by recent conservation proposals?

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Identifying global centers of unsustainable commercial harvesting of species

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Impacts of Community-Based Natural Resource Management on Wealth, Food Security and Child Health in Tanzania

scientific article

Implementation and opportunity costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania

scholarly article by Brendan Fisher et al published 29 May 2011 in Nature Climate Change

Importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of Intact Forest Landscapes

scientific article

Improving collaboration in the implementation of global biodiversity conventions

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Integrating biodiversity priorities with conflicting socio-economic values in the Guinean–Congolian forest region

article published in 2003

Integrating climate change vulnerability assessments from species distribution models and trait-based approaches

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Land cover change and carbon emissions over 100 years in an African biodiversity hotspot ⬇️

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Land use change and carbon fluxes in East Africa quantified using earth observation data and field measurements

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Linking Public Participation in Scientific Research to the Indicators and Needs of International Environmental Agreements

Linking global drivers of agricultural trade to on-the-ground impacts on biodiversity

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Local factors mediate the response of biodiversity to land use on two African mountains

Local participation in natural resource monitoring: a characterization of approaches

scientific article published on 15 September 2008

Macroecology meets IPBES

scientific article published on 09 October 2018

Macroecology meets IPBES

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Mapping change in human pressure globally on land and within protected areas

scientific article

Mapping co-benefits for carbon storage and biodiversity to inform conservation policy and action

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Mapping socio-economic scenarios of land cover change: a GIS method to enable ecosystem service modelling.

scientific article

Matching species traits to projected threats and opportunities from climate change

scientific article

Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Measuring and modelling above-ground carbon and tree allometry along a tropical elevation gradient

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Measuring impact of protected area management interventions: current and future use of the Global Database of Protected Area Management Effectiveness

scientific article

Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania

scholarly article by Brendan Fisher published in October 2011

Mitigating the Impacts of Development Corridors on Biodiversity: A Global Review

scientific article published in 2021

Mixed method approaches to evaluate conservation impact: evidence from decentralized forest management in Tanzania

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Monitoring Matters: Examining the Potential of Locally-based Approaches

New insights on above ground biomass and forest attributes in tropical montane forests ⬇️

article by Aida Cuni-Sanchez et al published September 2017 in Forest Ecology and Management

Performance of Sub-Saharan Vertebrates as Indicator Groups for Identifying Priority Areas for Conservation

Perspectives on area-based conservation and what it means for the post-2020 biodiversity policy agenda

scientific article published on 11 April 2020

Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk: the need for critical application of appropriate datasets

scholarly article published 1 September 2013

Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions.

scientific article

Policy responses to the Ukraine crisis threaten European biodiversity

scientific article published in 2022

Post COVID-19: a solution scan of options for preventing future zoonotic epidemics

scientific article

Predictable waves of sequential forest degradation and biodiversity loss spreading from an African city

scientific article (publication date: 17 August 2010)

Preliminary assessment of the distribution, status and biological importance of coastal forests in Tanzania

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Present and future biodiversity risks from fossil fuel exploitation

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use of wild species inferred from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

scientific article published in 2021

Progress toward Equitably Managed Protected Areas in Aichi Target 11: A Global Survey

scientific article published on 02 January 2019

Protected areas: mixed success in conserving East Africa's evergreen forests

scientific article

Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Putting species back on the map: devising a robust method for quantifying the biodiversity impacts of land conversion

Quantifying and understanding carbon storage and sequestration within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, a tropical biodiversity hotspot ⬇️

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REDD herrings or REDD menace: Response to Beymer-Farris and Bassett

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Reconciling Biodiversity Indicators to Guide Understanding and Action

Red List assessments of East African chameleons: a case study of why we need experts

article by Angelique Hjarding et al published 10 July 2014 in Oryx

Relating characteristics of global biodiversity targets to reported progress

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

Reply to Jenkins and Joppa – Expansion of the global terrestrial protected area system

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

scientific article published on 16 August 2021

Securing tropical forest carbon: the contribution of protected areas to REDD

Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

scientific article

Sharing future conservation costs--response

scientific article

Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

scientific article (publication date: 24 February 2015)

Sixty years of tracking conservation progress using the World Database on Protected Areas

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

Social Perceptions of Forest Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

journal article from 'Human Ecology' published in 2019

Spatial heterogeneity of climate change in an Afromontane centre of endemism

scholarly article by Philip J. Platts et al published 22 November 2012 in Ecography

Stated preferences for tropical wildlife conservation amongst distant beneficiaries: Charisma, endemism, scope and substitution effects

scientific article published in 2012

Stated preferences for tropical wildlife conservation amongst distant beneficiaries: charisma, endemism, scope and substitution effects

Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches

Taking stock of nature in species-rich but economically poor areas: an emerging discipline of locally based monitoring

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Tanzania's reptile biodiversity: Distribution, threats and climate change vulnerability

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Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania

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Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth

scientific article (publication date: 2001)

Testing Focus Groups as a Tool for Connecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge on Abundance of Natural resources with Science-Based Land Management Systems

The Asian tsunami: a protective role for coastal vegetation

scientific article

The Concept, Practice, Application, and Results of Locally Based Monitoring of the Environment

scientific article

The Uluguru Mountains of eastern Tanzania: the effect of forest loss on biodiversity

scientific article published in 2002

The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya

scholarly article by N.D. Burgess et al published January 2007 in Biological Conservation

The coincidence of biodiversity patterns and human settlement in Africa

scientific article published in 2008

The current and future value of nature-based tourism in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania

scholarly article by Julian Bayliss et al published June 2014 in Ecosystem services

The distribution of cultural and biological diversity in Africa

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2002)

The effects of seaward distance on above and below ground carbon stocks in estuarine mangrove ecosystems

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+

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

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

The importance of livelihood strategy and ethnicity in forest ecosystem services’ perceptions by local communities in north-western Cameroon

scientific article published in 2019

The importance of local forest benefits: Economic valuation of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania

scholarly article by Marije Schaafsma et al published January 2014 in Global Environmental Change

The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa

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Thirty-six years of legal and illegal wildlife trade entering the USA

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Toward a Blueprint for Conservation in Africa

Towards a multidimensional biodiversity index for national application

scientific article

Towards operational payments for water ecosystem services in Tanzania: a case study from the Uluguru Mountains

scholarly article by Dosteus Lopa et al published January 2012 in Oryx

Towards regional, error-bounded landscape carbon storage estimates for data-deficient areas of the world ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Towards transferable functions for extraction of Non-timber Forest Products: A case study on charcoal production in Tanzania

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Two decades of change in state, pressure and conservation responses in the coastal forest biodiversity hotspot of Tanzania

scientific article published in 2016

Unveiling the patterns and trends in 40 years of global trade in CITES-listed wildlife

scientific article published in July 2018

Using Social Media to Measure the Contribution of Red List Species to the Nature-Based Tourism Potential of African Protected Areas

scientific article

Using camera trap data to assess the impact of bushmeat hunting on forest mammals in Tanzania

scholarly article by Carla Hegerl et al published 9 October 2015 in Oryx

Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale

scientific article

Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity

scientific article published in 2019

Wildlife population trends in protected areas predicted by national socio-economic metrics and body size

scientific article

Will current conservation responses save the Critically Endangered Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis?

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