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Nash KL, Blythe JL, Cvitanovic C, et al., 2020, To Achieve a Sustainable Blue Future, Progress Assessments Must Include Interdependencies between the Sustainable Development Goals, ONE EARTH, Vol: 2, Pages: 160-172, ISSN: 2590-3330
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Arlidge WNS, Squires D, Alfaro-Shigueto J, et al., 2020, A Mitigation Hierarchy Approach for Managing Sea Turtle Captures in Small-Scale Fisheries, FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, Vol: 7
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Hinsley A, Milner-Gulland EJ, Cooney R, et al., 2020, Building sustainability into the Belt and Road Initiative's Traditional Chinese Medicine trade, NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, Vol: 3, Pages: 96-100, ISSN: 2398-9629
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Davis KJ, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Arlidge WNS, et al., 2020, Disconnects in global discourses—the unintended consequences of marine mammal protection on small-scale fishers
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Globally, the populations of many marine mammals remain of critical concern after centuries of exploitation and hunting. However, some marine mammal populations (e.g. pinnipeds) have largely recovered from exploitation, and interactions between these species and fisheries—particularly small-scale fisheries—is once again of concern globally. The large scope and widespread scale of interactions highlights the local disconnect between two global policies: marine mammal conservation and small-scale fisheries protection. In this research, we explore these conflicting global policies by assessing the perceptions of coastal small-scale fishers in Peru and Chile regarding their interactions with pinnipeds, including the South American sea lion (<jats:italic>Otaria flavescens</jats:italic>) and South American fur seal (<jats:italic>Arctocephalus australis</jats:italic>). We surveyed 301 gill net fishers and assess perceptions using a best-worst scaling methodology. We find that fishers are chiefly concerned with the increase in pinniped populations, perceive that their interactions with pinnipeds have significantly increased over the past 80 years, and report pinniped-driven catch and income losses ≥ 26 per cent. Surprisingly, fishers do not believe that compensation schemes will resolve this issue—instead they overwhelmingly call for pinniped population culls. The reported number of pinnipeds illegally killed by fishers suggests the potential for large negative impacts on these protected species, and a loss of legitimacy in marine regulation. Collectively, our results portray a sense of marginalisation from fishers’—that global policy treats them as less “important” than marine mammals. Our results highlight the increasing disconnect in global policy, which on one hand seeks to protect threatened marine mammal populations, and on the other seeks to
Short RE, Mussa J, Hill NAO, et al., 2020, Challenging assumptions: the gendered nature of mosquito net fishing and the implications for management, GENDER TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT, Vol: 24, Pages: 66-88, ISSN: 0971-8524
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Smith T, Beagley L, Bull J, et al., 2020, Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector, CONSERVATION LETTERS, Vol: 13, ISSN: 1755-263X
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Brittain S, Ngo Bata M, de Ornellas P, et al., 2020, Combining local knowledge and occupancy analysis for a rapid assessment of the forest elephant Loxodonta cyclotis in Cameroon's timber production forests, Oryx, Vol: 54, Pages: 90-100, ISSN: 0030-6053
Information on the distribution and abundance of the forest elephant Loxodonta cyclotis is needed to allocate limited resources appropriately and set conservation goals for the species. However, monitoring at large scales in forest habitats is complicated, expensive and time consuming. We investigated the potential of applying interview-based occupancy analysis as a tool for the rapid assessment of the distribution and relative abundance of forest elephants in eastern Cameroon. Using single-season occupancy models, we explored the covariates that affect forest elephant occupancy and detectability, and identified spatial and temporal patterns in population change and occupancy. Quantitative and qualitative socio-demographic data offer additional depth and understanding, placing the occupancy analysis in context and providing valuable information to guide conservation action. Detectability of forest elephants has decreased since 2008, which is consistent with the decline in perceived abundance in occupied sites. Forest elephants occupy areas outside protected areas and outside the known elephant range defined by IUCN. Critical conservation attention is required to assess forest elephant populations and the threats they face in these poorly understood areas. Interview-based occupancy analysis is a reliable and suitable method for a rapid assessment of forest elephant occupancy on a large scale, as a complement to, or the first stage in, a monitoring process.
Milner-Gulland EJ, Ibbett H, Wilfred P, et al., 2020, Understanding local resource users' behaviour, perspectives and priorities to underpin conservation practice, CONSERVATION RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE, Editors: Sutherland, Brotherton, Davies, Ockendon, Pettorelli, Vickery, Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, Pages: 63-81
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Bull JW, Milner-Gulland EJ, Addison PFE, et al., 2020, Net positive outcomes for nature., Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol: 4, Pages: 4-7, ISSN: 2397-334X
Grace M, Akcakaya HR, Bennett E, et al., 2019, Using historical and palaeoecological data to inform ambitious species recovery targets, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Vol: 374, ISSN: 0962-8436
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Doughty H, Verissimo D, Tan RCQ, et al., 2019, Saiga horn user characteristics, motivations, and purchasing behaviour in Singapore (vol 14, e0222038, 2019), PLOS ONE, Vol: 14, ISSN: 1932-6203
Booth H, Squires D, Milner-Gulland EJ, 2019, The neglected complexities of shark fisheries, and priorities for holistic risk-based management, OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT, Vol: 182, ISSN: 0964-5691
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- Citations: 53
Beauchamp E, Moskeland A, Milner-Gulland EJ, et al., 2019, The role of quantitative cross-case analysis in understanding tropical smallholder farmers' adaptive capacity to climate shocks, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol: 14, ISSN: 1748-9326
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Travers H, Archer LJ, Mwedde G, et al., 2019, Understanding complex drivers of wildlife crime to design effective conservation interventions, CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, Vol: 33, Pages: 1296-1306, ISSN: 0888-8892
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de Lange E, Milner-Gulland EJ, Keane A, 2019, Improving Environmental Interventions by Understanding Information Flows, TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, Vol: 34, Pages: 1034-1047, ISSN: 0169-5347
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- Citations: 39
Beauchamp E, Clements T, Milner-Gulland EJ, 2019, Investigating Perceptions of Land Issues in a Threatened Landscape in Northern Cambodia, SUSTAINABILITY, Vol: 11
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Bull J, Baker J, Griffiths VF, et al., 2019, Garantir l'absence de perte nette pour la population comme pour la biodiversité - bonnes pratiques
<p>Il est de plus en plus attendu des projets de développement qu’ils quantifient et atténuent pleinement leurs impacts sur la biodiversité avec pour objectif général « l’absence de perte nette » (no net loss) ou un « gain net » (net gain) de biodiversité. Or, chercher à atteindre ces objectifs en matière de biodiversité peut également affecter les populations qui dépendent de la biodiversité, de ses usages et des valeurs qui lui sont attribuées. Même si les impactssociaux sont aussi et de plus en plus pris en compte et atténués par les projets, ceux qui découlent de l’atténuation des impacts sur la biodiversité sont souvent sous-valus etinsuffisamment pris en compte. Ce document met en exergue les principes fondamentaux pour la mise en oeuvre de bonnes pratiques pour la prise en compte optimale des impacts sociaux résultant des pertes et des gains de biodiversité du fait d’un projet de développement et de son application de la hiérarchie d’atténuation. Il vise à:• Définir les effets sociaux mesurables de la mise en oeuvre de la hiérarchie d’atténuation pour la biodiversité.• Fournir un cadre pour s’assurer de la bonne intégration des aspects sociaux dans la mise en oeuvre de la compensation pour la biodiversité, conformément aux bonnes pratiques.• Faciliter, tout au long d’un projet, la collaboration étroite entre toutes les parties prenantes impliquées dans l’atténuation et la compensation des impacts sur la biodiversité, et en en particulier entre les spécialistes environnementaux et sociaux. Les principes énoncés dans ce document s’appuient sur
Jones JPG, Bull JW, Roe D, et al., 2019, Net Gain: Seeking Better Outcomes for Local People when Mitigating Biodiversity Loss from Development, ONE EARTH, Vol: 1, Pages: 195-201, ISSN: 2590-3330
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Doughty H, Veríssimo D, Tan R, et al., 2019, Saiga horn user characteristics, motivations, and purchasing behaviour in Singapore: Research Brief
<p>Key findings-19% of individuals interviewed stated saiga was a product they use most often, to treat heatiness or fever in themselves or others.-Saiga users were significantly more likely to be aged 36-59 years old and to identify as Buddhist or Taoist.-47% of individuals who use saiga themselves also buy it for someone else.-Women aged 35-59 years old were significantly more likely to purchase saiga for someone else.-Saiga ‘cooling water’ was the most commonly preferred product form.-Saiga users were significantly more likely than non- saiga users to think that saiga was common in the wild.</p>
Castilho LC, De Vleeschouwer KM, Milner-Gulland EJ, et al., 2019, Hunting of mammal species in protected areas of the southern Bahian Atlantic Forest, Brazil, ORYX, Vol: 53, Pages: 687-697, ISSN: 0030-6053
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Dobson ADM, de Lange E, Keane A, et al., 2019, Integrating models of human behaviour between the individual and population levels to inform conservation interventions, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Vol: 374, ISSN: 0962-8436
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Doughty H, Verissimo D, Tan RCQ, et al., 2019, Saiga horn user characteristics, motivations, and purchasing behaviour in Singapore, PLOS ONE, Vol: 14, ISSN: 1932-6203
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Larrosa CR, Carrasco LR, Tambosi LR, et al., 2019, Spatial conservation planning with ecological and economic feedback effects, Biological Conservation, Vol: 237, Pages: 308-316, ISSN: 0006-3207
Most spatial conservation prioritisations being implemented across the globe are based on static approaches to conservation planning. These use snapshots of systems to support decision-making. However, ignoring the dynamic nature of systems can result in misleading spatial prioritisations and missed opportunities to encourage participation in conservation programmes. Using a modelling approach, we show that integrating economic and ecological feedbacks into conservation planning improved social and ecological outcomes. We developed an approach that enabled accounting for feedbacks of farmland set-asides using a popular conservation planning tool. We empirically assessed the impact of ignoring feedbacks on plans to restore the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by comparing outcomes of our approach and a widely used static approach. The proposed approach attained better conservation outcomes than a static approach, at about 7% lower cost, while also allowing more farmers to benefit economically from the set-aside scheme through capitalising on the differences between their opportunity costs and the amount paid by the scheme. Accounting for feedbacks led to substantially different areas being prioritised for farmland set-asides, and to more farmers being included in the set-aside scheme. These results show important benefits from understanding, and then working with, feedbacks that inevitably accompany large-scale conservation interventions. Our approach is the first to integrate both environmental and economic feedbacks into spatial conservation planning, and model information rent capture. In doing so, it demonstrates how existing economic incentives can be used to encourage farmers to join a conservation set-aside, while still resulting in a lower overall intervention cost.
Castello y Tickell S, Saenz-Arroyo A, Milner-Gulland EJ, 2019, Sunken Worlds: The Past and Future of Human-Made Reefs in Marine Conservation, BIOSCIENCE, Vol: 69, Pages: 725-735, ISSN: 0006-3568
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Travers H, Selinske M, Nuno A, et al., 2019, A manifesto for predictive conservation, BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, Vol: 237, Pages: 12-18, ISSN: 0006-3207
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Doughty H, Veríssimo D, Tan R, et al., 2019, Saiga horn user characteristics, motivations, and purchasing behaviour in Singapore
<p>Unsustainable wildlife trade is a pervasive issue affecting wildlife globally. To address this issue, a plethora of demand reduction efforts have been carried out. These necessitate consumer research which provides crucial knowledge for designing and evaluating targeted interventions. We implemented a rigorous consumer survey on saiga (Saiga tatarica) horn use in Singapore, where usage is legal and widely sold. Saiga are Critically Endangered antelopes from Central Asia with horns (often marketed as ling yang) used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Few past studies have assessed saiga horn consumers. This work is the most extensive consumer research to date specifically characterising saiga horn consumers and usage. We conducted 2294 in-person surveys on saiga horn use with Chinese Singaporeans, employing neutral questioning approaches. We found 19% of individuals reported saiga horn as a product they choose most often for themselves and/or others when treating fever and/or heatiness (a TCM state of illness), indicating a minimum estimate of high-frequency usage, not including possible low-frequency users. Overall saiga users were most characterised as middle-aged Buddhists and Taoists. However, saiga users were found in a range of demographic groups. Women preferred saiga shavings (the more traditional form), while men preferred saiga cooling water (the more modern form). About 53% of individuals who used saiga horn themselves also bought it for someone else. Buyers for others were most likely to be female middle-aged Buddhists or Taoists. Key motivating reasons for usage were “it works” and “someone recommended it to me.” The top two reported recommenders were family and TCM shopkeepers. Saiga users were more likely than non-saiga users to perceive saiga as a common species in the wild. This research holds significance for interventions targeting saiga horn consumption within Singapore and throughout Asia, by identifying poten
Griffiths VF, Sheremet O, Hanley N, et al., 2019, Local people's preferences for biodiversity offsets to achieve 'no net loss' for economic developments, BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, Vol: 236, Pages: 162-170, ISSN: 0006-3207
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Zhang F, Wang Y, Wang W, et al., 2019, Halting the release of the pangolin Manis javanica in China, ORYX, Vol: 53, Pages: 411-412, ISSN: 0030-6053
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Wilfred P, Milner-Gulland EJ, Travers H, 2019, Attitudes to illegal behaviour and conservation in western Tanzania, ORYX, Vol: 53, Pages: 513-522, ISSN: 0030-6053
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- Citations: 11
Cugniere L, Wright J, Milner-Gulland EJ, 2019, Evidence to action: research to address illegal wildlife trade, Oryx, Vol: 53, Pages: 411-411, ISSN: 0030-6053
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