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The role of fairness and benefit distribution in community-based Payment for Environmental Services interventions: A case study from Menabe, Madagascar by Sommerville, Matthew, Jones, Julia P.G., Rahajaharison, Michael, Milner-Gulland, E.J.

“…Community-based conservation interventions can only be successful in the long term if their aims and activities are accepted by local people. A key determinant…”
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Transitions in agro-pastoralist systems of East Africa: Impacts on food security and poverty by Rufino, M.C., Thornton, P.K., Ng’ang’a, S.K., Mutie, I., Jones, P.G., van Wijk, M.T., Herrero, M.

“…•There is no evidence for agricultural extensification across areas in East Africa.•Food insecurity is common at all sites with an annual rainfall of 800mm or…”
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The effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services at delivering improvements in water quality: lessons for experiments at the landscape scale by Pynegar, Edwin L, Jones, Julia P G, Gibbons, James M, Asquith, Nigel M

“…Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) are used in impact evaluation in a range of fields. However, despite calls for their greater use in environmental management,…”
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Who bears the cost of forest conservation? by Poudyal, Mahesh, Jones, Julia P G, Rakotonarivo, O Sarobidy, Hockley, Neal, Gibbons, James M, Mandimbiniaina, Rina, Rasoamanana, Alexandra, Andrianantenaina, Nilsen S, Ramamonjisoa, Bruno S

“…While the importance of conserving ecosystems for sustainable development is widely recognized, it is increasingly evident that despite delivering global…”
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Effectiveness of Community Forest Management at reducing deforestation in Madagascar by Rasolofoson, Ranaivo A., Ferraro, Paul J., Jenkins, Clinton N., Jones, Julia P.G.

“…•Community Forest Management is not a guarantee of forest conservation.•Community forestry allowing commercial forest use did not reduce…”
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Publishing social science research in Conservation Biology to move beyond biology by Teel, Tara L., Anderson, Christopher B., Burgman, Mark A., Cinner, Joshua, Clark, Douglas, Estévez, Rodrigo A., Jones, Julia P.G., McClanahan, Tim R., Reed, Mark S., Sandbrook, Chris, St. John, Freya A.V.

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Can REDD+ social safeguards reach the ‘right’ people? Lessons from Madagascar by Poudyal, Mahesh, Ramamonjisoa, Bruno S., Hockley, Neal, Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Gibbons, James M., Mandimbiniaina, Rina, Rasoamanana, Alexandra, Jones, Julia P.G.

“…[Display omitted] •Social safeguards are considered key in tackling potential negative impacts of REDD+.•We examine factors influencing the existing social…”
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Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target‐based approach for ecological compensation by Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Watson, James E.M., Bennun, Leon, Costa, Hugo M., Dutson, Guy, Edwards, Stephen, Grantham, Hedley, Griffiths, Victoria F., Jones, Julia P.G., Kiesecker, Joseph, Possingham, Hugh P., Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quétier, Fabien, Rainer, Helga, Rainey, Hugo, Roe, Dilys, Savy, Conrad E., Souquet, Mathieu, ten Kate, Kerry, Victurine, Ray, Hase, Amrei, Maron, Martine

“…Loss of habitats or ecosystems arising from development projects (e.g., infrastructure, resource extraction, urban expansion) are frequently addressed through…”
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Diversity and spatial distribution of Opuntia spp. in the Mediterranean Basin by Erre, P., Chessa, I., Nieddu, G., Jones, P.G.

“…This work offers a methodology based on statistical tools and GIS applications in a study of the adaptability of Opuntia to the environment, applied on the…”
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In-kind conservation payments crowd in environmental values and increase support for government intervention: A randomized trial in Bolivia by Grillos, Tara, Bottazzi, Patrick, Crespo, David, Asquith, Nigel, Jones, Julia P.G.

“…There is growing use of economic incentives such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) to encourage sustainable land management. An important critique is…”
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The Sweet and the Bitter: Intertwined Positive and Negative Social Impacts of a Biodiversity Offset by Bidaud, Cécile, Schreckenberg, Kate, Rabeharison, Manolotsoa, Ranjatson, Patrick, Gibbons, James, Jones, Julia P.G.

“…Major developments, such as mines, will often have unavoidable environmental impacts. In such cases, investors, governments, or even a company’s own standards…”
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Dietary Management of Hepatic Copper Accumulation in Labrador Retrievers by Hoffmann, G, Jones, P.G, Biourge, V, Ingh, T.S.G.A.M. van den, Mesu, S.J, Bode, P, Rothuizen, J

“…Background: Copper‐associated chronic hepatitis (CACH) recently has been recognized in the Labrador Retriever as an inherited disorder with a late onset of…”
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Human migration to the forest frontier: Implications for land use change and conservation management by Jones, Julia P.G., Mandimbiniaina, Rina, Kelly, Ruth, Ranjatson, Patrick, Rakotojoelina, Bodonirina, Schreckenberg, Kate, Poudyal, Mahesh

“…Human migration is often considered an important driver of land use change and a threat to protected area integrity, but the reasons for in‐migration, the…”
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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+): Transaction Costs of Six Peruvian Projects by Thompson, Olivia R. Rendón, Paavola, Jouni, Healey, John R., Jones, Julia P.G., Baker, Timothy R., Torres, Jorge

“…Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has received strong support as a major component of future global climate change policy…”
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Spatial patterns of carbon, biodiversity, deforestation threat, and REDD+ projects in Indonesia by Murray, Josil P, Grenyer, Richard, Wunder, Sven, Raes, Niels, Jones, Julia P.G

“…There are concerns that Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) may fail to deliver potential biodiversity cobenefits if it is…”
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Monitoring species abundance and distribution at the landscape scale by Jones, Julia P. G.

“…1. The abundance and distribution of a species are affected by processes which operate at multiple scales. Large-scale dynamics are increasingly recognized in…”
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Importance of Taboos and Social Norms to Conservation in Madagascar by JONES, JULIA P.G, ANDRIAMAROVOLOLONA, MIJASOA M, HOCKLEY, NEAL

“…Informal institutions governing the use of wild species are present in many societies. A system of prohibitions known as fady is central to Malagasy culture…”
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The potential of the Global Person Generated Index for evaluating the perceived impacts of conservation interventions on subjective well-being by Rasolofoson, Ranaivo A., Nielsen, Martin R., Jones, Julia P.G.

“…•There is a need to put local people at the center of evaluations exploring the impacts of conservation on human well-being.•The Global Person Generated Index…”
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Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence on the True Local Welfare Costs of Forest Conservation in Madagascar: Are Discrete Choice Experiments a Valid ex ante Tool? by Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Jacobsen, Jette B., Larsen, Helle O., Jones, Julia P.G., Nielsen, Martin R., Ramamonjisoa, Bruno S., Mandimbiniaina, Rina H., Hockley, Neal

“…•Forest conservation has significant welfare costs that require compensation.•We test whether Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) can estimate these costs ex…”
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Local Participation in Natural Resource Monitoring: a Characterization of Approaches by DANIELSEN, FINN, BURGESS, NEIL D, BALMFORD, ANDREW, DONALD, PAUL F, FUNDER, MIKKEL, JONES, JULIA P.G, ALVIOLA, PHILIP, BALETE, DANILO S, BLOMLEY, TOM, BRASHARES, JUSTIN, CHILD, BRIAN, ENGHOFF, MARTIN, FJELDSÅ, JON, HOLT, SUNE, HÜBERTZ, HANNE, JENSEN, ARNE E, JENSEN, PER M, MASSAO, JOHN, MENDOZA, MARLYNN M, NGAGA, YONIKA, POULSEN, MICHAEL K, RUEDA, RICARDO, SAM, MOSES, SKIELBOE, THOMAS, STUART-HILL, GREG, TOPP-JØRGENSEN, ELMER, YONTEN, DEKI

“…The monitoring of trends in the status of species or habitats is routine in developed countries, where it is funded by the state or large nongovernmental…”
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