Category: Publications

Fellow Martin Beal led a new paper that investigates the importance of analysing individual movement data over spatial multiple years for informing area-based conservation measures at sea for seabird species. They brought together tracking data from 23 species across 7 families, with at least 10 birds tracked in 3 or more years at each population, during the chick-rearing period. The good news are that one or two year of data are already very informative. Continue reading “New paper & Dataset: Quantifying annual spatial consistency in chick-rearing seabirds to inform important site identification” →

New publication by Inspire4Nature fellow Scott Ford sheds light on the ongoing downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement of Protected Areas in Cambodia. Associated with large-scale concessions, these events are already resulting in increasing levels of deforestation, with likely impacts of species only found in this region.

Ford, S.A. Persson, J., Jepsen, M.R., Mertz O. (2022) Sociopolitical drivers and environmental outcomes of protected-area downgrading and degazettement in Cambodia. Regional Environmental Change 22, 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-01968-2 → Open Access Repository

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Fellow Prabhat Raj Dahal led a paper (also co-authored by fellow Maria Lumbierres) in the Open Access journal Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, titled “A validation standard for area of habitat maps for terrestrial birds and mammals”. They develop a new standard validation method for area of habitat maps, and then apply it to validate thousands of maps for birds and mammals across the world. Key work to support IUCN Red List assessments!

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Fellow Marie-Morgane Rouyer co-authored a publication in the journal Conservation Biology compared the growth in scientific studies in conservation published in English versus 15 other languages. It found similar rates of growth for 12 out of the 15 languages, underscoring the importance of non-English-language articles to improving the understanding of biodiversity and its conservation. The publication was led by Shawan Chowdhury and Tatsuya Amano at the University of Queensland, Australia. Continue reading “New paper: Growth of non-English-language literature on biodiversity conservation” →

Fellow Martin Beal co-authored a publication in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science investigating the connectivity in green turtle populations across Marine Protected Areas in West Africa.  Using satellite tags to follow 45 green turtles during the internesting period, their results highlight the importance of the existing MPA network, but also its gaps. Continue reading “New paper: Green Turtles Highlight Connectivity Across a Regional Marine Protected Area Network in West Africa” →

Fellow Scott Ford co-wrote a paper entitled Large Differences in Livelihood Responses and Outcomes to Increased Conservation Enforcement in a Protected Area.

The authors present a case study from northern Laos to explore how conservation through protected-area enforcement combined with market forces is impacting local livelihoods. The results show a variable response, with some groups able to respond well, while others are more heavily impacted by the imposed restrictions.

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