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To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife by Bennett, Elizabeth L, Robinson, John G

“…Loss of large-bodied wildlife, typically from hunting, degrades the ecological processes in tropical forests that sequester and store carbon. Carbon-based…”
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The empty forest revisited by Wilkie, David S., Bennett, Elizabeth L., Peres, Carlos A., Cunningham, Andrew A.

“…Tropical forests are among the most species‐rich ecosystems on the planet. Some authors argue that predictions of a tropical forest extinction crisis based on…”
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Bringing the tiger back from the brink-the six percent solution by Walston, Joe, Robinson, John G, Bennett, Elizabeth L, Breitenmoser, Urs, da Fonseca, Gustavo A B, Goodrich, John, Gumal, Melvin, Hunter, Luke, Johnson, Arlyne, Karanth, K Ullas, Leader-Williams, Nigel, Mackinnon, Kathy, Miquelle, Dale, Pattanavibool, Anak, Poole, Colin, Rabinowitz, Alan, Smith, James L D, Stokes, Emma J, Stuart, Simon N, Vongkhamheng, Chanthavy, Wibisono, Hariyo

“…  Funding: The study (13) of the geographic distribution of tiger populations and the costs of protecting source sites was supported by a grant (GEF MSP grant…”
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Scaling up area-based conservation to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework's 30x30 target: The role of Nature's Strongholds by Robinson, John G, LaBruna, Danielle, O'Brien, Tim, Clyne, Peter J, Dudley, Nigel, Andelman, Sandy J, Bennett, Elizabeth L, Chicchon, Avecita, Durigan, Carlos, Grantham, Hedley, Kinnaird, Margaret, Lieberman, Sue, Maisels, Fiona, Moreira, Adriana, Rao, Madhu, Stokes, Emma, Walston, Joe, Watson, James Em

“…The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), signed in 2022 by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, recognized the importance of area-based…”
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Wildlife trade and global disease emergence by Karesh, William B, Cook, Robert A, Bennett, Elizabeth L, Newcomb, James

“…The global trade in wildlife provides disease transmission mechanisms that not only cause human disease outbreaks but also threaten livestock, international…”
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Legal ivory trade in a corrupt world and its impact on African elephant populations by Bennett, Elizabeth L

“…Illegal hunting of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) for ivory is causing rapid declines in their populations. Since 2007, illegal ivory trade has more…”
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The Impact of Spatial Delineation on the Assessment of Species Recovery Outcomes by Grace, Molly K, Akçakaya, H. Resit, Bennett, Elizabeth L, Boyle, Michael J. W, Hilton-Taylor, Craig, Hoffmann, Michael, Money, Daniel, Prohaska, Ana, Young, Rebecca, Young, Richard, Long, Barney

“…In 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) introduced a novel method for assessing species recovery and conservation impact: the IUCN…”
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Direct and indirect impacts of synthetic biology on biodiversity conservation by Macfarlane, Nicholas B.W., Adams, Jonathan, Bennett, Elizabeth L., Brooks, Thomas M., Delborne, Jason A., Eggermont, Hilde, Endy, Drew, Esvelt, Kevin M., Kolodziejczyk, Bartlomiej, Kuiken, Todd, Oliva, Maria Julia, Peña Moreno, Sonia, Slobodian, Lydia, Smith, Risa B., Thizy, Delphine, Tompkins, Daniel M., Wei, Wei, Redford, Kent H.

“…The world’s biodiversity is in crisis. Synthetic biology has the potential to transform biodiversity conservation, both directly and indirectly, in ways that…”
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Is It Time for Synthetic Biodiversity Conservation? by Piaggio, Antoinette J., Segelbacher, Gernot, Seddon, Philip J., Alphey, Luke, Bennett, Elizabeth L., Carlson, Robert H., Friedman, Robert M., Kanavy, Dona, Phelan, Ryan, Redford, Kent H., Rosales, Marina, Slobodian, Lydia, Wheeler, Keith

“…Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches are not slowing the overall rate of biodiversity loss. The field of…”
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Quantifying species recovery and conservation success to develop an IUCN Green List of Species by Akçakaya, H. Resit, Bennett, Elizabeth L., Brooks, Thomas M., Grace, Molly K., Heath, Anna, Hedges, Simon, Hilton-Taylor, Craig, Hoffmann, Michael, Keith, David A., Long, Barney, Mallon, David P., Meijaard, Erik, Milner-Gulland, E.J., Rodrigues, Ana S.L., Rodriguez, Jon Paul, Stephenson, P.J., Stuart, Simon N., Young, Richard P.

“…Stopping declines in biodiversity is critically important, but it is only a first step toward achieving more ambitious conservation goals. The absence of an…”
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Wild Meat Is Still on the Menu: Progress in Wild Meat Research, Policy, and Practice from 2002 to 2020 by Ingram, Daniel J, Coad, Lauren, Milner-Gulland, E.J, Parry, Luke, Wilkie, David, Bakarr, Mohamed I, Benítez-López, Ana, Bennett, Elizabeth L, Bodmer, Richard, Cowlishaw, Guy, El Bizri, Hani R, Eves, Heather E, Fa, Julia E, Golden, Christopher D, Iponga, Donald Midoko, Minh, Nguyễn V n, Morcatty, Thais Q, Mwinyihali, Robert, Nasi, Robert, Nijman, Vincent, Ntiamoa-Baidu, Yaa, Pattiselanno, Freddy, Peres, Carlos A, Rao, Madhu, Robinson, John G, Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, Stafford, Ciara, Supuma, Miriam, Tarla, Francis Nchembi, van Vliet, Nathalie, Wieland, Michelle, Abernethy, Katharine

“…Several hundred species are hunted for wild meat in the tropics, supporting the diets, customs, and livelihoods of millions of people. However, unsustainable…”
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Conservation resource allocation, small population resiliency, and the fallacy of conservation triage by Wiedenfeld, David A., Alberts, Allison C., Angulo, Ariadne, Bennett, Elizabeth L., Byers, Onnie, Contreras‐MacBeath, Topiltzin, Drummond, Gláucia, da Fonseca, Gustavo A. B., Gascon, Claude, Harrison, Ian, Heard, Nicolas, Hochkirch, Axel, Konstant, William, Langhammer, Penny F., Langrand, Olivier, Launay, Frederic, Lebbin, Daniel J., Lieberman, Susan, Long, Barney, Lu, Zhi, Maunder, Michael, Mittermeier, Russell A., Molur, Sanjay, Khalifa al Mubarak, Razan, Parr, Michael J., Ratsimbazafy, Jonah, Rhodin, Anders G. J., Rylands, Anthony B., Sanderson, Jim, Sechrest, Wes, Soorae, Pritpal, Supriatna, Jatna, Upgren, Amy, Vié, Jean‐Christophe, Zhang, Li

“…Some conservation prioritization methods are based on the assumption that conservation needs overwhelm current resources and not all species can be conserved;…”
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What Does It Mean to Successfully Conserve a (Vertebrate) Species? by Redford, Kent H, Amato, George, Baillie, Jonathan, Beldomenico, Pablo, Bennett, Elizabeth L, Clum, Nancy, Cook, Robert, Fonseca, Gustavo, Hedges, Simon, Launay, Frederic, Lieberman, Susan, Mace, Georgina M, Murayama, Akira, Putnam, Andrea, Robinson, John G, Rosenbaum, Howard, Sanderson, Eric W, Stuart, Simon N, Thomas, Patrick, Thorbjarnarson, John

“…The conservation of species is one of the foundations of conservation biology. Successful species conservation has often been defined as simply the avoidance…”
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New online training course launched for IUCN Green Status of Species by Grace, Molly K., Hoffmann, Michael, Alexander, Ellie, Kotulski, Michelle, Deibler, Bobby, Akçakaya, H. Reşit, Bennett, Elizabeth L., Young, Rebecca, Long, Barney

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To Trade or Not to Trade? Using Bayesian Belief Networks to Assess How to Manage Commercial Wildlife Trade in a Complex World by Bennett, Elizabeth L., Underwood, Fiona M., Milner-Gulland, E.J.

“…International commercial trade in wildlife, whether legal or illegal, is one of the greatest threats to multiple species of wildlife today. Opinions on how to…”
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Wild meat: the bigger picture by Milner-Gulland, E.J., Bennett, Elizabeth L.

“…Massive overhunting of wildlife for meat across the humid tropics is now causing local extinctions of numerous species. Rural people often rely heavily on wild…”
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IUCN launches Green Status of Species: a new standard for species recovery by Grace, Molly K., Bennett, Elizabeth L., Akçakaya, H. Reşit, Hilton-Taylor, Craig, Hoffmann, Michael, Jenkins, Richard, Milner-Gulland, E.J., Nieto, Ana, Young, Richard P., Long, Barney

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Is There a Link between Wild Meat and Food Security? by Bennett, Elizabeth L.

“…Tropical-forest people have been hunting wildlife for food for at least 40,000 years in Africa (Bahuchet 1993) and Southeast Asia (Zuraina 1982) and at least…”
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Hunting for Consensus: Reconciling Bushmeat Harvest, Conservation, and Development Policy in West and Central Africa by BENNETT, ELIZABETH L, BLENCOWE, ERIC, BRANDON, KATRINA, BROWN, DAVID, BURN, ROBERT W, COWLISHAW, GUY, DAVIES, GLYN, DUBLIN, HOLLY, FA, JOHN E, MILNER-GULLAND, E.J, ROBINSON, JOHN G, ROWCLIFFE, J. MARCUS, UNDERWOOD, FIONA M, WILKIE, DAVID S

“…Various issues related to reconciling bushmeat harvest, conservation, and development policy in west and central Africa are examined. The development of…”
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Engaging End-Users to Maximise Uptake and Effectiveness of a New Species Recovery Assessment: The IUCN Green Status of Species by Grace, Molly K., Timmins, Hannah L., Bennett, Elizabeth L., Long, Barney, Milner-Gulland, E.J., Dudley, Nigel

“…When developing a novel conservation assessment, tradeoffs between generality and precision, and between realism and simplicity, will inevitably need to be…”
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