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Five lessons to guide more effective biodiversity conservation message framing by Kusmanoff, Alexander M., Fidler, Fiona, Gordon, Ascelin, Garrard, Georgia E., Bekessy, Sarah A.

“…Communication and advocacy approaches that influence attitudes and behaviors are key to addressing conservation problems, and the way an issue is framed can…”
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Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity by Wintle, Brendan A., Kujala, Heini, Whitehead, Amy, Cameron, Alison, Veloz, Sam, Kukkala, Aija, Moilanen, Atte, Gordon, Ascelin, Lentini, Pia E., Cadenhead, Natasha C. R., Bekessy, Sarah A.

“…Island biogeography theory posits that species richness increases with island size and decreases with isolation. This logic underpins much conservation policy…”
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The ethics of offsetting nature by Ives, Christopher D, Bekessy, Sarah A

“…Biodiversity offsetting is transforming conservation practice around the world. Development activities that degrade or destroy biodiversity at one location are…”
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Acute canopy deficits in global cities exposed by the 3-30-300 benchmark for urban nature by Croeser, Thami, Sharma, Roshan, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Bekessy, Sarah A.

“…The 3-30-300 rule is a recently proposed metric that sets minimum standards for access to nature in cities for human wellbeing. It specifies that homes,…”
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Cities are hotspots for threatened species by Ives, Christopher D, Lentini, Pia E, Threlfall, Caragh G, Ikin, Karen, Shanahan, Danielle F, Garrard, Georgia E, Bekessy, Sarah A, Fuller, Richard A, Mumaw, Laura, Rayner, Laura, Rowe, Ross, Valentine, Leonie E, Kendal, Dave

“…AIM: Although urbanization impacts many species, there is little information on the patterns of occurrences of threatened species in urban relative to…”
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Neither Hope nor Fear: Empirical Evidence Should Drive Biodiversity Conservation Strategies by Kidd, Lindall R., Bekessy, Sarah A., Garrard, Georgia E.

“…In biodiversity conservation, the prevailing consensus is that optimistic messages should be used to inspire people to change their behaviour, but there is…”
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services in strategic environmental assessment: An evaluation of six Australian cases by Gutierrez, Marco, Bekessy, Sarah A., Gordon, Ascelin

“…Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) aims to provide a sound theoretical basis on which to plan for biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES). With the…”
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Biodiversity needs both land sharing and land sparing by Selinske, Matthew, Bekessy, Sarah A., Wintle, Brendan A., Garrard, Georgia E.

“…Letter to the Editor…”
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Allocating monitoring effort in the face of unknown unknowns by Wintle, Brendan A, Runge, Michael C, Bekessy, Sarah A

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1325-1337 ABSTRACT: There is a growing view that to make efficient use of resources, ecological monitoring should be…”
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Contextual challenges for implementing strategic environmental assessment in the Global South: insights from a case study in Mexico by Gutierrez, Marco, Hernandez-Santin, Cristina, Bekessy, Sarah A., Gordon, Ascelin

“…An increasing number of countries are implementing strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to support the development of environmentally sustainable policies,…”
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Designing cities for everyday nature by Visintin, Casey, Garrard, Georgia E, Weisser, Wolfgang W, Baracco, Mauro, Hobbs, Richard J, Bekessy, Sarah A

“…The motivations for incorporating nature into the design of cities have never been more compelling. Creating experiences with nature that occur every day…”
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Revisiting the promise of conservation psychology by Selinske, Matthew J., Garrard, Georgia E., Bekessy, Sarah A., Gordon, Ascelin, Kusmanoff, Alexander M., Fidler, Fiona

“…Article impact statement: Continued development of conservation psychology is essential to addressing the challenges of biodiversity conservation…”
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Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design by Garrard, Georgia E., Williams, Nicholas S. G., Mata, Luis, Thomas, Jordan, Bekessy, Sarah A.

“…Cities are increasingly considered important places for biodiversity conservation because they can harbor threatened species and because conservation in cities…”
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Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia's extinction crisis? by Wintle, Brendan A., Cadenhead, Natasha C.R., Morgain, Rachel A., Legge, Sarah M., Bekessy, Sarah A., Cantele, Matthew, Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E.M., Maron, Martine, Keith, David A., Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John C. Z., Lindenmayer, David B.

“…As with most governments worldwide, Australian governments list threatened species and proffer commitments to recovering them. Yet most of Australia's…”
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Locating financial incentives among diverse motivations for long-term private land conservation by Selinske, Matthew J., Cooke, Benjamin, Torabi, Nooshin, Hardy, Mathew J., Knight, Andrew T., Bekessy, Sarah A.

“…A variety of policy instruments are used to promote the conservation of biodiversity on private land. These instruments are often employed in unison to…”
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Projecting biodiversity benefits of conservation behavior‐change programs by Selinske, Matthew J., Bekessy, Sarah A., Geary, William L., Faulkner, Richard, Hames, Fern, Fletcher, Charlotte, Squires, Zoe E., Garrard, Georgia E.

“…Biodiversity loss is driven by human behavior, but there is uncertainty about the effectiveness of behavior‐change programs in delivering benefits to…”
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Evidence Is Key for Effective Biodiversity Communication by Kidd, Lindall R., Bekessy, Sarah A., Garrard, Georgia E.

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Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis by Oke, Cathy, Bekessy, Sarah A., Frantzeskaki, Niki, Bush, Judy, Fitzsimons, James A., Garrard, Georgia E., Grenfell, Maree, Harrison, Lee, Hartigan, Martin, Callow, David, Cotter, Bernie, Gawler, Steve

“…Cities globally are greening their urban fabric, but to contribute positively to the biodiversity extinction crisis, local governments must explicitly target…”
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Grappling with the social dimensions of novel ecosystems by Backstrom, Anna C, Garrard, Georgia E, Hobbs, Richard J, Bekessy, Sarah A

“…The novel ecosystem concept has emerged in response to the increasing prevalence of modified ecosystems. Traditional conservation and restoration strategies…”
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Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles by Gregg, Emily A., Kusmanoff, Alexander M., Garrard, Georgia E., Kidd, Lindall R., Bekessy, Sarah A.

“…With COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) dominating headlines, highlighting links between the pandemic and biodiversity may increase public awareness of the…”
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