

GFS turns one!
We're celebrating one year as a collaborative, diverse and supportive research group! We're looking forward to seeing how the lab grows...


An economist, a scientist and a lawyer walk into a bar...
It was with great excitement and humility that two Green Fire Science lab members, Bonnie Mappin and Sean Maxwell, attended the 2016...


Modeling Reef Fish Biomass, Recovery Potential, and Management Priorities in the Western Indian Ocea
McClanahan TR, Maina JM, Graham NAJ, Jones KR (2016) Modeling Reef Fish Biomass, Recovery Potential, and Management Priorities in the...


Testing the effectiveness of surrogate species for conservation planning in the Greater Virunga Land
Jones, K.R., Plumptre, A., Watson, J.E.M., Possingham, H.P., Ayebare, S., Rwetsiba, A.,Wanyama, F., Kujirakwinja, D. and C. J. Klein...


Reconciling ‘irreplaceability’ and ‘importance’
Di Marco M., et al. (2016) Quantifying the relative irreplaceability of important bird and biodiversity areas. Conservation Biology 30:...


Filling in Biodiversity threat gaps
L. N. Joppa, B. O'Connor, P. Visconti, C. Smith, J. Geldmann, M. Hoffmann, J. E. M. Watson, S. H. M. Butchart, M. Virah-Sawmy, B. S....


AMOS Conference - Urban Heat Island
I recently attended the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) conference at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. The...

Designing Climate-Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks
Decision making for the conservation and management of coral reef biodiversity requires an understanding of spatial variability and...


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....


Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting
Maron, M., Ives, C.D., Kujala, H., Bull, J.W., Maseyk, F., Bekessy, S., Gordon, A., Watson, J.E.M., Lentini, P., Gibbons, P.,...