July - 2016

Progress in improving the protection of species and habitats in Australia

Lissa M Barr, James Watson; Hugh P Possingham; Takuya Iwamura; Richard Fuller, (in press). Progress in improving the protection of...

Oxford and the Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN) workshop

For the month of June I was very fortunate to visit E.J. Milner-Gulland’s lab – the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science...

Formulating smart commitments on biodiversity: lessons from the Aichi Targets

Butchart, S., Di Marco, M. and J.E.M. Watson (in press). Formulating smart commitments on biodiversity: lessons from the Aichi Targets....

Conservation planning for Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique: a collaboration between WCS Mozambiqu

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is currently managing the Niassa National Reserve (NNR) in Northern Mozambique. It is an ...

Seeking convergence on the key concepts in ‘no net loss’ policy

Bull, J.W., Gordon, A., Watson, J.E.M and M. Maron (2016). Seeking convergence on the key concepts in ‘no net loss’ policy. Journal of...

Interactions between biodiversity offsets and protected area commitments: avoiding perverse outcomes

Economic growth is often in conflict with environmental goals. Biodiversity offsetting attempts to resolve this conflict by requiring...

'We may not survive' - UN issues dire warning over climate change

Fire regimes are changing in both Australia and Brazil

Ambitious and holistic goals key to saving Earth’s biodiversity, study says

How Australia Can Rise From The Ashes

Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems

Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of.....

World’s protected areas lack connections, recent study finds

Study finds a Mexico-sized swath of intact land lost to human pressure

Planetary ‘safety net’ could halt wildlife loss and slow climate breakdown

Isolation of protected areas a major blind spot in habitat conservation