Summary
I’m passionate about applied biodiversity conservation research and I’m interested in improving policy that impacts the persistence of species and people’s wellbeing. I spend most of my time applying social science theories to solve challenges associated to biodiversity conservation. My research spans marine and terrestrial systems, and I run both global and local scale projects. For example, at a global scale, I am investigating what, how and why conservation interventions spread around the world. At a local scale I investigating how policies aimed at conserving and restoring biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and coast can be improved.
Publications
Journals
Adams VM, Mills M, Weeks R, et al., 2019, Implementation strategies for systematic conservation planning, Ambio, Vol:48, ISSN:0044-7447, Pages:139-152
Alvarez-Romero JG, Mills M, Adams VM, et al., 2018, Research advances and gaps in marine planning: towards a global database in systematic conservation planning, Biological Conservation, Vol:227, ISSN:0006-3207, Pages:369-382
Teixeira JB, Moura RL, Mills M, et al., 2018, A habitat-based approach to predict impacts of marine protected areas on fishers, Conservation Biology, Vol:32, ISSN:0888-8892, Pages:1096-1106
Salazar G, Mills M, Veríssimo D, 2018, Qualitative impact evaluation of a social marketing campaign for conservation., Conserv Biol
de Paula Costa MD, Mills M, Richardson AJ, et al., 2018, Efficiently enforcing artisanal fisheries to protect estuarine biodiversity, Ecological Applications, Vol:28, ISSN:1051-0761, Pages:1450-1458