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12. Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets: governments should not meet existing conservation targets using the compensation that developers pay for damaging biodiversity

Author

Maron, Martine, Gordon, Ascelin, Mackey, Brendan G., Possingham, Hugh P., and Watson, James E.M.

Subjects
Environmental aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Biodiversity offsetting involves trying to compensate for the damage to species and habitats caused by development such as expanding cities, constructing mines and building dams, by creating an 'ecologically equivalent' [...]

Published
2015

19. A Wilderness Approach under the World Heritage Convention

Author

Kormos, Cyril F., primary, Bertzky, Bastian, additional, Jaeger, Tilman, additional, Shi, Yichuan, additional, Badman, Tim, additional, Hilty, Jodi A., additional, Mackey, Brendan G., additional, Mittermeier, Russell A., additional, Locke, Harvey, additional, Osipova, Elena, additional, and Watson, James E.M., additional

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2015
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23. A Wilderness Approach under the World Heritage Convention.

Author

Kormos, Cyril F., Bertzky, Bastian, Jaeger, Tilman, Shi, Yichuan, Badman, Tim, Hilty, Jodi A., Mackey, Brendan G., Mittermeier, Russell A., Locke, Harvey, Osipova, Elena, and Watson, James E.M.

Subjects
WILDERNESS areas, WORLD Heritage Convention (1972), CLIMATE change research, CONSERVATION biology, NATURE conservation
Abstract

The World Heritage Convention could make a bigger and more systematic contribution to global wilderness conservation by: (1) ensuring the World Heritage List includes full coverage of Earth's wilderness areas with outstanding universal value and (2) more effectively protecting the ecological integrity of existing World Heritage sites. Here, we assess current coverage of global-scale wilderness areas within natural World Heritage sites and identify broad gaps where new wilderness sites should be identified for inclusion in the World Heritage List. We also consider how existing mechanisms under the Convention can improve the ecological integrity of existing sites by expanding or buffering them, and by promoting connectivity between World Heritage sites, between World Heritage sites and other protected areas, or both. We suggest that the Convention should consider a new mechanism called a 'World Heritage Wilderness Complex' to facilitate a wilderness approach. Finally, we map three landscapes and one seascape to illustrate how World Heritage Wilderness Complexes might be implemented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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24. Ecological processes: A key element in strategies for nature conservation

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Bennett, Andrew F., primary, Haslem, Angie, additional, Cheal, David C., additional, Clarke, Michael F., additional, Jones, Roger N., additional, Koehn, John D., additional, Lake, P. Sam, additional, Lumsden, Linda F., additional, Lunt, Ian D., additional, Mackey, Brendan G., additional, Nally, Ralph Mac, additional, Menkhorst, Peter W., additional, New, Tim R., additional, Newell, Graeme R., additional, O’Hara, Tim, additional, Quinn, Gerry P., additional, Radford, James Q., additional, Robinson, Doug, additional, Watson, James E. M., additional, and Yen, Alan L., additional

Published
2009
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26. A tool for simulating and communicating uncertainty when modelling species distributions under future climates

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Gould, Susan F., Beeton, Nicholas J., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Hutchinson, Michael F., Lechner, Alex M., Porfirio, Luciana L., Mackey, Brendan G., Gould, Susan F., Beeton, Nicholas J., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Hutchinson, Michael F., Lechner, Alex M., Porfirio, Luciana L., and Mackey, Brendan G.

Abstract

Tools for exploring and communicating the impact of uncertainty on spatial prediction are urgently needed, particularly when projecting species distributions to future conditions. We provide a tool for simulating uncertainty, focusing on uncertainty due to data quality. We illustrate the use of the tool using a Tasmanian endemic species as a case study. Our simulations provide probabilistic, spatially explicit illustrations of the impact of uncertainty on model projections. We also illustrate differences in model projections using six different global climate models and two contrasting emissions scenarios. Our case study results illustrate how different sources of uncertainty have different impacts on model output and how the geographic distribution of uncertainty can vary. Synthesis and applications: We provide a conceptual framework for understanding sources of uncertainty based on a review of potential sources of uncertainty in species distribution modelling; a tool for simulating uncertainty in species distribution models; and protocols for dealing with uncertainty due to climate models and emissions scenarios. Our tool provides a step forward in understanding and communicating the impacts of uncertainty on species distribution models under future climates which will be particularly helpful for informing discussions between researchers, policy makers, and conservation practitioners.

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