How can we save species from climate change?
Human forced climate change is affecting biodiversity in many ways, including changes in species ranges, mass coral bleaching events, and...
Reconciling ‘irreplaceability’ and ‘importance’
Di Marco M., et al. (2016) Quantifying the relative irreplaceability of important bird and biodiversity areas. Conservation Biology 30:...
Integrating human responses to climate change into conservation vulnerability assessments and adapta
With the announcement of the 2015 Paris Agreement, things are looking up for climate policy and on-the-ground action in the coming years....
Landscape Species
Since conservation practitioners do not have enough funds to conserve all places and all species, they must prioritise where to put their...
Sustainability: root targets in consensus
Sean Maxwell, James Watson and Jonathan Rhodes recently teamed up with colleagues from Imperial College London, Bangor University,...
Performance and potential of protected areas
Watson, J.E.M., Dudley, N., Segan, D.B. and M. Hockings (2014). The performance and potential of protected areas. Nature, 515: 19-25....
Global mismatch between greenhouse gas emissions and the burden of climate change
Althor, G., Watson, J.E.M. and R. A. Fuller (2016). Global mismatch between greenhouse gas emissions and the burden of climate change....
Intact ecosystems provide best defence against climate change
Martin, T.G. and J.E.M. Watson (2016). Intact ecosystems provide best defence against climate change. Nature Climate Change, 6: 122-124....
Bolder science needed now for protected areas
Watson, J.E.M., Darling, E.S., Venter, O., Maron, M., Walston, J.,Possingham, H.P., Dudley, N., Hockings, M., Barnes M. and T. M. Brooks...
A global assessment of current and future biodiversity vulnerability to habitat loss-climate change
Segan, D.B., Murray, K. and J.E.M. Watson (2016). A global assessment of current and future biodiversity vulnerability to habitat...