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Managing the middle: A shift in conservation priorities based on the global human modification gradient by Kennedy, Christina M., Oakleaf, James R., Theobald, David M., Baruch‐Mordo, Sharon, Kiesecker, Joseph

“…An increasing number of international initiatives aim to reconcile development with conservation. Crucial to successful implementation of these initiatives is…”
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Global human influence maps reveal clear opportunities in conserving Earth’s remaining intact terrestrial ecosystems by Riggio, Jason, Baillie, Jonathan E. M., Brumby, Steven, Ellis, Erle, Kennedy, Christina M., Oakleaf, James R., Tait, Alex, Tepe, Therese, Theobald, David M., Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M., Jacobson, Andrew P.

“…Leading up to the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties 15, there is momentum around setting bold conservation targets. Yet, it remains…”
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Mapping the planet’s critical areas for biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people by Neugarten, Rachel A., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Sharp, Richard P., Schuster, Richard, Strimas-Mackey, Matthew, Roehrdanz, Patrick R., Mulligan, Mark, van Soesbergen, Arnout, Hole, David, Kennedy, Christina M., Oakleaf, James R., Johnson, Justin A., Kiesecker, Joseph, Polasky, Stephen, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Rodewald, Amanda D.

“…Meeting global commitments to conservation, climate, and sustainable development requires consideration of synergies and tradeoffs among targets. We evaluate…”
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A World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion by Oakleaf, James R, Kennedy, Christina M, Baruch-Mordo, Sharon, West, Paul C, Gerber, James S, Jarvis, Larissa, Kiesecker, Joseph

“…A growing and more affluent human population is expected to increase the demand for resources and to accelerate habitat modification, but by how much and where…”
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Hitting the Target but Missing the Mark: Unintended Environmental Consequences of the Paris Climate Agreement by Kiesecker, Joseph, Baruch-Mordo, Sharon, Kennedy, Christina M., Oakleaf, James R., Baccini, Alessandro, Griscom, Bronson W.

“…Meeting climate mitigation and sustainable development goals requires rapid increases in both renewable energy development and carbon storage in ecosystems. If…”
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Land use and Europe’s renewable energy transition: identifying low-conflict areas for wind and solar development by Kiesecker, Joseph M., Evans, Jeffrey S., Oakleaf, James R., Dropuljić, Kasandra Zorica, Vejnović, Igor, Rosslowe, Chris, Cremona, Elisabeth, Bhattacharjee, Aishwarya L., Nagaraju, Shivaprakash K., Ortiz, Anthony, Robinson, Caleb, Ferres, Juan Lavista, Zec, Mate, Sochi, Kei

“…Continued dependence on imported fossil fuels is rapidly becoming unsustainable in the face of the twin challenges of global climate change and energy security…”
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The Road to India’s Renewable Energy Transition Must Pass through Crowded Lands by Kiesecker, Joseph M., Nagaraju, Shivaprakash K., Oakleaf, James R., Ortiz, Anthony, Lavista Ferres, Juan, Robinson, Caleb, Krishnaswamy, Srinivas, Mehta, Raman, Dodhia, Rahul, Evans, Jeffrey S., Heiner, Michael, Priyadarshini, Pratiti, Chandran, Pooja, Sochi, Kei

“…The significance of renewable energy in achieving necessary reductions in emissions to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is widely acknowledged…”
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Energy matters: Mitigating the impacts of future land expansion will require managing energy and extractive footprints by Johnson, Justin A., Kennedy, Christina M., Oakleaf, James R., Baruch-Mordo, Sharon, Polasky, Stephen, Kiesecker, Joseph

“…Understanding potential future patterns of human-induced land-use and land-cover change is critical to assessing and proactively managing the tradeoffs between…”
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Mapping global development potential for renewable energy, fossil fuels, mining and agriculture sectors by Oakleaf, James R., Kennedy, Christina M., Baruch-Mordo, Sharon, Gerber, James S., West, Paul C., Johnson, Justin A., Kiesecker, Joseph

“…Mapping suitable land for development is essential to land use planning efforts that aim to model, anticipate, and manage trade-offs between economic…”
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Finding middle ground: Extending conservation beyond wilderness areas by Kennedy, Christina M., Oakleaf, James R., Baruch‐Mordo, Sharon, Theobald, David M., Kiesecker, Joseph

“…We show that because of methodological improvements, the human modification map detects higher levels of land modification and is more accurate than the human…”
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Bigger is better: Improved nature conservation and economic returns from landscape-level mitigation by Kennedy, Christina M, Miteva, Daniela A, Baumgarten, Leandro, Hawthorne, Peter L, Sochi, Kei, Polasky, Stephen, Oakleaf, James R, Uhlhorn, Elizabeth M, Kiesecker, Joseph

“…Impact mitigation is a primary mechanism on which countries rely to reduce environmental externalities and balance development with conservation. Mitigation…”
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Habitat Selection by Recolonizing Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States by OAKLEAF, JOHN K, MURRAY, DENNIS L, OAKLEAF, JAMES R, BANGS, EDWARD E, MACK, CURT M, SMITH, DOUGLAS W, FONTAINE, JOSEPH A, JIMENEZ, MICHAEL D, MEIER, THOMAS J, NIEMEYER, CARTER C

“…Gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations have persisted and expanded in northwest Montana since 1986, while reintroduction efforts in Idaho and Yellowstone have…”
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LegalGEO: Conservation tool to guide the siting of legal reserves under the Brazilian Forest Code by Oakleaf, James R., Matsumoto, Marcelo, Kennedy, Christina M., Baumgarten, Leandro, Miteva, Daniela, Sochi, Kei, Kiesecker, Joseph

“…The Brazilian Forest Code, enacted in 1965, was the first national law to mandate that private landowners maintain a portion of their land in natural…”
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A World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion: e0138334 by Oakleaf, James R, Kennedy, Christina M, Baruch-Mordo, Sharon, West, Paul C, Gerber, James S, Jarvis, Larissa, Kiesecker, Joseph

“…A growing and more affluent human population is expected to increase the demand for resources and to accelerate habitat modification, but by how much and where…”
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