ORCID Profile
0000-0003-2221-9938
Current Organisation
Wildlife Conservation Society
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-2015
DOI: 10.1111/NYAS.12952
Abstract: The impact of climate change on bio ersity is now evident, with the direct impacts of changing temperature and rainfall patterns and increases in the magnitude and frequency of extreme events on species distribution, populations, and overall ecosystem function being increasingly publicized. Changes in the climate system are also affecting human communities, and a range of human responses across terrestrial and marine realms have been witnessed, including altered agricultural activities, shifting fishing efforts, and human migration. Failing to account for the human responses to climate change is likely to compromise climate-smart conservation efforts. Here, we use a well-established conservation planning framework to show how integrating human responses to climate change into both species- and site-based vulnerability assessments and adaptation plans is possible. By explicitly taking into account human responses, conservation practitioners will improve their evaluation of species and ecosystem vulnerability, and will be better able to deliver win-wins for human- and bio ersity-focused climate adaptation.
Publisher: University of Queensland Library
Date: 2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-08-2016
DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS12558
Abstract: Human pressures on the environment are changing spatially and temporally, with profound implications for the planet’s bio ersity and human economies. Here we use recently available data on infrastructure, land cover and human access into natural areas to construct a globally standardized measure of the cumulative human footprint on the terrestrial environment at 1 km 2 resolution from 1993 to 2009. We note that while the human population has increased by 23% and the world economy has grown 153%, the human footprint has increased by just 9%. Still, 75% the planet’s land surface is experiencing measurable human pressures. Moreover, pressures are perversely intense, widespread and rapidly intensifying in places with high bio ersity. Encouragingly, we discover decreases in environmental pressures in the wealthiest countries and those with strong control of corruption. Clearly the human footprint on Earth is changing, yet there are still opportunities for conservation gains.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2019
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 16-07-2021
Abstract: As demand for commodities increases globally, resource-rich countries are focal areas for industrial expansion. The extractives sector is driving unprecedented growth of infrastructure (e.g., roads, railways and pipelines) into sparsely populated regions, which contain some of the world’s remaining intact forests. Yet, the extent of the threat posed by an increased footprint of extractive industries is not well understood. Here we provide a novel global assessment of the potential threat posed to tropical Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs), continuous patches of forest that have no remotely sensed signs of human activity or forest fragmentation, from the extractives sector including mining, oil and gas projects, using one of the most extensive global spatial datasets on extractives concessions to date. We found ∼20% of the global tropical IFL estate is designated as extractive’s concessions, presenting an enormous threat to these forests. Oil and gas concessions overlap with 408,000 km 2 of tropical IFLs (7.85% of total IFL area), with the biggest overlap in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea. Mining concessions overlap with 589,000 km 2 (11.33%) of tropical IFL area, mainly in Brazil and Democratic Republic of Congo. As the majority of concessions overlapping IFLs are currently at the exploration stages for all types of extractives, now is the time to plan for reducing the potential threat through strategies such as identifying “no go” areas and applying the mitigation hierarchy. Nations and investors should undertake regional strategic environmental assessments to reduce impacts, including potential indirect and cumulative impacts of multiple projects and other threats in the landscape. We also call for banks that funders of extractives projects to apply global best practice industry environmental safeguards that recognize the value of intact forests and the risk of cumulative impacts to these unique sites.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
DOI: 10.1016/J.CUB.2018.06.010
Abstract: As human activities increasingly threaten bio ersity [1, 2], areas devoid of intense human impacts are vital refugia [3]. These wilderness areas contain high genetic ersity, unique functional traits, and endemic species [4-7] maintain high levels of ecological and evolutionary connectivity [8-10] and may be well placed to resist and recover from the impacts of climate change [11-13]. On land, rapid declines in wilderness [3] have led to urgent calls for its protection [3, 14]. In contrast, little is known about the extent and protection of marine wilderness [4, 5]. Here we systematically map marine wilderness globally by identifying areas that have both very little impact (lowest 10%) from 15 anthropogenic stressors and also a very low combined cumulative impact from these stressors. We discover that ∼13% of the ocean meets this definition of global wilderness, with most being located in the high seas. Recognizing that human influence differs across ocean regions, we repeat the analysis within each of the 16 ocean realms [15]. Realm-specific wilderness extent varies considerably, with >16 million km
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-12-2015
DOI: 10.3390/RS71215849
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 03-06-2022
Abstract: Ambitious conservation efforts are needed to stop the global bio ersity crisis. In this study, we estimate the minimum land area to secure important bio ersity areas, ecologically intact areas, and optimal locations for representation of species ranges and ecoregions. We discover that at least 64 million square kilometers (44% of terrestrial area) would require conservation attention (ranging from protected areas to land-use policies) to meet this goal. More than 1.8 billion people live on these lands, so responses that promote autonomy, self-determination, equity, and sustainable management for safeguarding bio ersity are essential. Spatially explicit land-use scenarios suggest that 1.3 million square kilometers of this land is at risk of being converted for intensive human land uses by 2030, which requires immediate attention. However, a sevenfold difference exists between the amount of habitat converted in optimistic and pessimistic land-use scenarios, highlighting an opportunity to avert this crisis. Appropriate targets in the Post-2020 Global Bio ersity Framework to encourage conservation of the identified land would contribute substantially to safeguarding bio ersity.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-06-2018
DOI: 10.1111/CONL.12584
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2017
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 05-05-2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-04-2020
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-020-15861-1
Abstract: Many nations use ecological compensation policies to address negative impacts of development projects and achieve No Net Loss (NNL) of bio ersity and ecosystem services. Yet, failures are widely reported. We use spatial simulation models to quantify potential net impacts of alternative compensation policies on bio ersity (indicated by native vegetation) and two ecosystem services (carbon storage, sediment retention) across four case studies (in Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Mozambique). No policy achieves NNL of bio ersity in any case study. Two factors limit their potential success: the land available for compensation (existing vegetation to protect or cleared land to restore), and expected counterfactual bio ersity losses (unregulated vegetation clearing). Compensation also fails to slow regional bio ersity declines because policies regulate only a subset of sectors, and expanding policy scope requires more land than is available for compensation activities. Avoidance of impacts remains essential in achieving NNL goals, particularly once opportunities for compensation are exhausted.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 27-05-2019
DOI: 10.1111/COBI.13340
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2020
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Date: 04-10-2018
DOI: 10.3354/MEPS12743
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-01-2020
DOI: 10.1111/CSP2.169
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-12-2020
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-020-19493-3
Abstract: Many global environmental agendas, including halting bio ersity loss, reversing land degradation, and limiting climate change, depend upon retaining forests with high ecological integrity, yet the scale and degree of forest modification remain poorly quantified and mapped. By integrating data on observed and inferred human pressures and an index of lost connectivity, we generate a globally consistent, continuous index of forest condition as determined by the degree of anthropogenic modification. Globally, only 17.4 million km 2 of forest (40.5%) has high landscape-level integrity (mostly found in Canada, Russia, the Amazon, Central Africa, and New Guinea) and only 27% of this area is found in nationally designated protected areas. Of the forest inside protected areas, only 56% has high landscape-level integrity. Ambitious policies that prioritize the retention of forest integrity, especially in the most intact areas, are now urgently needed alongside current efforts aimed at halting deforestation and restoring the integrity of forests globally.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-10-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-04-2022
DOI: 10.1111/CSP2.12686
Abstract: Human activities such as urbanization, infrastructure and agriculture are driving global bio ersity declines. In an attempt to balance economic development goals with bio ersity conservation, governments and industry apply a decision‐making framework known as the mitigation hierarchy, with a goal of achieving no net loss or net gain outcomes for bio ersity. Successful application of the mitigation hierarchy requires bio ersity assessments and spatial planning to inform the design of mitigation policies, identify priority areas for bio ersity conservation and impact avoidance, assess the bio ersity impacts of developments, and identify appropriate mitigation measures including offsetting residual impacts. However, guidance on the necessary data and assessment techniques is often lacking, especially in countries where formal mitigation policies do not exist or are in their infancy. Here, we discuss and demonstrate analyses that can help answer some key questions for formulating effective mitigation policies and applying the mitigation hierarchy. We focus on data and analyses that can inform the avoidance and offset steps in particular, and demonstrate these techniques using a case study in Mozambique. While these analyses will not replace field‐based assessments for projects, they offer rapid, low‐cost approaches to support scoping and development of mitigation policy, planning and decision‐making, especially in relatively data‐poor regions.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 05-04-2019
Abstract: Basin-wide cooperation is crucial for cost-effective conservation of river Nile bio ersity.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 18-05-2018
Abstract: In an era of massive bio ersity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the growth of protected land globally. Protected areas are the primary defense against bio ersity loss, but extensive human activity within their boundaries can undermine this. Using the most comprehensive global map of human pressure, we show that 6 million square kilometers (32.8%) of protected land is under intense human pressure. For protected areas designated before the Convention on Biological Diversity was ratified in 1992, 55% have since experienced human pressure increases. These increases were lowest in large, strict protected areas, showing that they are potentially effective, at least in some nations. Transparent reporting on human pressure within protected areas is now critical, as are global targets aimed at efforts required to halt bio ersity loss.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-01-2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 26-09-2016
DOI: 10.1111/CONL.12295
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-08-2016
Abstract: Remotely-sensed and bottom-up survey information were compiled on eight variables measuring the direct and indirect human pressures on the environment globally in 1993 and 2009. This represents not only the most current information of its type, but also the first temporally-consistent set of Human Footprint maps. Data on human pressures were acquired or developed for: 1) built environments, 2) population density, 3) electric infrastructure, 4) crop lands, 5) pasture lands, 6) roads, 7) railways, and 8) navigable waterways. Pressures were then overlaid to create the standardized Human Footprint maps for all non-Antarctic land areas. A validation analysis using scored pressures from 3114×1 km 2 random s le plots revealed strong agreement with the Human Footprint maps. We anticipate that the Human Footprint maps will find a range of uses as proxies for human disturbance of natural systems. The updated maps should provide an increased understanding of the human pressures that drive macro-ecological patterns, as well as for tracking environmental change and informing conservation science and application.
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