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The social and environmental impacts of biofuels in Asia: An overview by Phalan, Ben

“…The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad overview of the social and environmental costs and benefits of biofuels in Asia. The major factors that will…”
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Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared by Phalan, Ben, Onial, Malvika, Balmford, Andrew, Green, Rhys E.

“…The question of how to meet rising food demand at the least cost to biodiversity requires the evaluation of two contrasting alternatives: land sharing, which…”
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Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes by Betts, Matthew G., Wolf, Christopher, Ripple, William J., Phalan, Ben, Millers, Kimberley A., Duarte, Adam, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Levi, Taal

“…Deforestation increases the odds of a species being threatened by extinction, and this effect is disproportionately strong in relatively intact landscapes,…”
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Biodiversity in a forest-agriculture mosaic – The changing face of West African rainforests by Norris, Ken, Asase, Alex, Collen, Ben, Gockowksi, Jim, Mason, John, Phalan, Ben, Wade, Amy

“…The biodiversity of West African rainforests is globally significant but poorly described, little understood in terms of its functional significance, and under…”
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How can higher-yield farming help to spare nature? by Phalan, Ben, Green, Rhys E., Dicks, Lynn V., Dotta, Graziela, Feniuk, Claire, Lamb, Anthony, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Williams, David R., zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K. H. J., Balmford, Andrew

“…Mechanisms to link yield increases with conservation Expansion of land area used for agriculture is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas…”
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Reducing the land use of EU pork production: where there’s swill, there’s a way by zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K.H.J., Phalan, Ben, Green, Rhys E., Balmford, Andrew

“…•Food wastes are banned in animal feed in the EU due to disease control concerns.•Many Asian states operate safe, centralised systems for recycling waste as…”
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Biodiversity scientists must fight the creeping rise of extinction denial by Lees, Alexander C., Attwood, Simon, Barlow, Jos, Phalan, Ben

“…Efforts by conservation scientists to draw public attention to the biodiversity crisis are increasingly met with denialist rhetoric. We summarize some of the…”
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The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by Lamb, Anthony, Green, Rhys, Bateman, Ian, Broadmeadow, Mark, Bruce, Toby, Burney, Jennifer, Carey, Pete, Chadwick, David, Crane, Ellie, Field, Rob, Goulding, Keith, Griffiths, Howard, Hastings, Astley, Kasoar, Tim, Kindred, Daniel, Phalan, Ben, Pickett, John, Smith, Pete, Wall, Eileen, zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K. H. J., Balmford, Andrew

“…Reducing agricultural emissions during times of increasing food demand is a challenge. Research, using the UK as an example, now shows the technical mitigation…”
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Crop expansion and conservation priorities in tropical countries by Phalan, Ben, Bertzky, Monika, Butchart, Stuart H M, Donald, Paul F, Scharlemann, Jörn P W, Stattersfield, Alison J, Balmford, Andrew

“…Expansion of cropland in tropical countries is one of the principal causes of biodiversity loss, and threatens to undermine progress towards meeting the Aichi…”
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Biofuel Plantations on Forested Lands: Double Jeopardy for Biodiversity and Climate by DANIELSEN, FINN, BEUKEMA, HENDRIEN, BURGESS, NEIL D, PARISH, FAIZAL, BRÜHL, CARSTEN A, DONALD, PAUL F, MURDIYARSO, DANIEL, PHALAN, BEN, REIJNDERS, LUCAS, STRUEBIG, MATTHEW, FITZHERBERT, EMILY B

“…The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, including oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis). Oil-palm…”
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Conserving the birds of Uganda's banana-coffee arc: land sparing and land sharing compared by Hulme, Mark F, Vickery, Juliet A, Green, Rhys E, Phalan, Ben, Chamberlain, Dan E, Pomeroy, Derek E, Nalwanga, Dianah, Mushabe, David, Katebaka, Raymond, Bolwig, Simon, Atkinson, Philip W

“…Reconciling the aims of feeding an ever more demanding human population and conserving biodiversity is a difficult challenge. Here, we explore potential…”
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Getting Road Expansion on the Right Track: A Framework for Smart Infrastructure Planning in the Mekong by Balmford, Andrew, Chen, Huafang, Phalan, Ben, Wang, Mingcheng, O'Connell, Christine, Tayleur, Cath, Xu, Jianchu

“…The current unprecedented expansion of infrastructure promises to enhance human wellbeing but risks causing substantial harm to natural ecosystems and the…”
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When are hypotheses useful in ecology and evolution? by Betts, Matthew G., Hadley, Adam S., Frey, David W., Frey, Sarah J. K., Gannon, Dusty, Harris, Scott H., Kim, Hankyu, Kormann, Urs G., Leimberger, Kara, Moriarty, Katie, Northrup, Joseph M., Phalan, Ben, Rousseau, Josée S., Stokely, Thomas D., Valente, Jonathon J., Wolf, Chris, Zárrate‐Charry, Diego

“…Research hypotheses have been a cornerstone of science since before Galileo. Many have argued that hypotheses (1) encourage discovery of mechanisms, and (2)…”
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Age-related variation in foraging behaviour in the wandering albatross at South Georgia: no evidence for senescence by Froy, Hannah, Lewis, Sue, Catry, Paulo, Bishop, Charles M, Forster, Isaac P, Fukuda, Akira, Higuchi, Hiroyoshi, Phalan, Ben, Xavier, Jose C, Nussey, Daniel H, Phillips, Richard A

“…Age-related variation in demographic rates is now widely documented in wild vertebrate systems, and has significant consequences for population and…”
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Protection reduces loss of natural land-cover at sites of conservation importance across Africa by Beresford, Alison E, Eshiamwata, George W, Donald, Paul F, Balmford, Andrew, Bertzky, Bastian, Brink, Andreas B, Fishpool, Lincoln D C, Mayaux, Philippe, Phalan, Ben, Simonetti, Dario, Buchanan, Graeme M

“…There is an emerging consensus that protected areas are key in reducing adverse land-cover change, but their efficacy remains difficult to quantify. Many…”
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Senescence effects in an extremely long-lived bird: the grey-headed albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma by Catry, Paulo, Phillips, Richard A, Phalan, Ben, Croxall, John P

“…Studies attempting to document reproductive or other pre-lethal senescence effects in wild birds typically face an array of problems, including flaws in…”
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Assessing the Extinction Probability of the Purple-winged Ground Dove, an Enigmatic Bamboo Specialist by Lees, Alexander C., Devenish, Christian, Areta, Juan Ignacio, de Araújo, Carlos Barros, Keller, Carlos, Phalan, Ben, Silveira, Luís Fábio

“…The continued loss, fragmentation, and degradation of forest habitats are driving an extinction crisis for tropical and subtropical bird species. This loss is…”
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What conservationists need to know about farming by Balmford, Andrew, Green, Rhys, Phalan, Ben

“…Farming is the basis of our civilization yet is more damaging to wild nature than any other sector of human activity. Here, we propose that in order to limit…”
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Closing yield gaps: perils and possibilities for biodiversity conservation by Phalan, Ben, Green, Rhys, Balmford, Andrew

“…Increasing agricultural productivity to ‘close yield gaps’ creates both perils and possibilities for biodiversity conservation. Yield increases often have…”
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Agriculture as a key element for conservation: reasons for caution by Phalan, Ben, Balmford, Andrew, Green, Rhys E.

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