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...
Challenges in assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change to inform conservation action
Butt, N. H.P. Possingham, C. De Los Rios, R. Maggini, R.A. Fuller, S.L. Maxwell, J.E.M. Watson (in press) Challenges in assessing the...
The inequity in climate change
The countries responsible for most greenhouse emissions incur the least impacts whereas those least responsible bear the greatest cost....
Does the social equitability of community and incentive based conservation interventions in non-OECD
An increasing number of conservation interventions aim to reduce their negative impacts on vulnerable people and to provide incentives...
Seeking convergence on the key concepts in ‘no net loss’ policy
Summary Biodiversity conservation policies incorporating a no net loss (NNL) principle are being implemented in many countries. However,...
The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people
Climate change impacts have now been documented across every ecosystem on Earth, despite an average warming of only ~1°C so far. Here, we...