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