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Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk by Di Marco, Moreno, Venter, Oscar, Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M.

“…Predicting how species respond to human pressure is essential to anticipate their decline and identify appropriate conservation strategies. Both human pressure…”
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Optimal conservation outcomes require both restoration and protection by Possingham, Hugh P, Bode, Michael, Klein, Carissa J

“…Conservation outcomes are principally achieved through the protection of intact habitat or the restoration of degraded habitat. Restoration is generally…”
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Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution by Borrelle, Stephanie B., Ringma, Jeremy, Law, Kara Lavender, Monnahan, Cole C., Lebreton, Laurent, McGivern, Alexis, Murphy, Erin, Jambeck, Jenna, Leonard, George H., Hilleary, Michelle A., Eriksen, Marcus, Possingham, Hugh P., De Frond, Hannah, Gerber, Leah R., Polidoro, Beth, Tahir, Akbar, Bernard, Miranda, Mallos, Nicholas, Barnes, Megan, Rochman, Chelsea M.

“…A mess of plastic It is not clear what strategies will be most effective in mitigating harm from the global problem of plastic pollution. Borrelle et al. and…”
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cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration by Bayraktarov, Elisa, Megan I. Saunders, Sabah Abdullah, Morena Mills, Jutta Beher, Hugh P. Possingham, Peter J. Mumby, Catherine E. Lovelock

“…Land‐use change in the coastal zone has led to worldwide degradation of marine coastal ecosystems and a loss of the goods and services they provide…”
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Six Common Mistakes in Conservation Priority Setting by GAME, EDWARD T., KAREIVA, PETER, POSSINGHAM, HUGH P.

“…A vast number of prioritization schemes have been developed to help conservation navigate tough decisions about the allocation of finite resources. However,…”
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Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate by Sala, Enric, Mayorga, Juan, Bradley, Darcy, Cabral, Reniel B., Atwood, Trisha B., Auber, Arnaud, Cheung, William, Costello, Christopher, Ferretti, Francesco, Friedlander, Alan M., Gaines, Steven D., Garilao, Cristina, Goodell, Whitney, Halpern, Benjamin S., Hinson, Audra, Kaschner, Kristin, Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen, Leprieur, Fabien, McGowan, Jennifer, Morgan, Lance E., Mouillot, David, Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano, Possingham, Hugh P., Rechberger, Kristin D., Worm, Boris, Lubchenco, Jane

“…The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides valuable food resources and is a major sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an…”
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Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation by Venter, Oscar, Sanderson, Eric W., Magrach, Ainhoa, Allan, James R., Beher, Jutta, Jones, Kendall R., Possingham, Hugh P., Laurance, William F., Wood, Peter, Fekete, Balázs M., Levy, Marc A., Watson, James E. M.

“…Human pressures on the environment are changing spatially and temporally, with profound implications for the planet’s biodiversity and human economies. Here we…”
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Bias in protected-area location and its effects on long-term aspirations of biodiversity conventions by Venter, Oscar, Magrach, Ainhoa, Outram, Nick, Klein, Carissa Joy, Possingham, Hugh P., Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James E.M.

“…To contribute to the aspirations of recent international biodiversity conventions, protected areas (PAs) must be strategically located and not simply…”
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Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity by Venter, Oscar, Fuller, Richard A, Segan, Daniel B, Carwardine, Josie, Brooks, Thomas, Butchart, Stuart H M, Di Marco, Moreno, Iwamura, Takuya, Joseph, Liana, O'Grady, Damien, Possingham, Hugh P, Rondinini, Carlo, Smith, Robert J, Venter, Michelle, Watson, James E M

“…Governments have agreed to expand the global protected area network from 13% to 17% of the world's land surface by 2020 (Aichi target 11) and to prevent the…”
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Solving conservation planning problems with integer linear programming by Beyer, Hawthorne L., Dujardin, Yann, Watts, Matthew E., Possingham, Hugh P.

“…•Conservation planning optimisation problems are often solved using heuristic methods.•We contrast integer linear programming (ILP) and simulated annealing…”
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Tracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea by Murray, Nicholas J, Clemens, Robert S, Phinn, Stuart R, Possingham, Hugh P, Fuller, Richard A

“…In the Yellow Sea region of East Asia, tidal wetlands are the frontline ecosystem protecting a coastal population of more than 60 million people from storms…”
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Conserving mobile species by Runge, Claire A, Martin, Tara G, Possingham, Hugh P, Willis, Stephen G, Fuller, Richard A

“…The distributions of many species are dynamic in space and time, and movements made by individuals range from regular and predictable migrations to erratic,…”
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Optimal Allocation of Resources among Threatened Species: a Project Prioritization Protocol by JOSEPH, LIANA N, MALONEY, RICHARD F, POSSINGHAM, HUGH P

“…Conservation funds are grossly inadequate to address the plight of threatened species. Government and conservation organizations faced with the task of…”
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Protected areas and global conservation of migratory birds by Runge, Claire A., Watson, James E. M., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Hanson, Jeffrey O., Possingham, Hugh P., Fuller, Richard A.

“…Migratory species depend on a suite of interconnected sites. Threats to unprotected links in these chains of sites are driving rapid population declines of…”
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Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites by Studds, Colin E., Kendall, Bruce E., Murray, Nicholas J., Wilson, Howard B., Rogers, Danny I., Clemens, Robert S., Gosbell, Ken, Hassell, Chris J., Jessop, Rosalind, Melville, David S., Milton, David A., Minton, Clive D. T., Possingham, Hugh P., Riegen, Adrian C., Straw, Phil, Woehler, Eric J., Fuller, Richard A.

“…Migratory animals are threatened by human-induced global change. However, little is known about how stopover habitat, essential for refuelling during…”
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Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions by Guisan, Antoine, Tingley, Reid, Baumgartner, John B., Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona, Sutcliffe, Patricia R., Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Regan, Tracey J., Brotons, Lluis, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal, Martin, Tara G., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Maggini, Ramona, Setterfield, Samantha A., Elith, Jane, Schwartz, Mark W., Wintle, Brendan A., Broennimann, Olivier, Austin, Mike, Ferrier, Simon, Kearney, Michael R., Possingham, Hugh P., Buckley, Yvonne M.

“…Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly proposed to support conservation decision making. However, evidence of SDMs supporting solutions for…”
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Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies by Watling, James I., Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Victor, Pfeifer, Marion, Baeten, Lander, Banks‐Leite, Cristina, Cisneros, Laura M., Fang, Rebecca, Hamel‐Leigue, A. Caroli, Lachat, Thibault, Leal, Inara R., Lens, Luc, Possingham, Hugh P., Raheem, Dinarzarde C., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Slade, Eleanor M., Urbina‐Cardona, J. Nicolas, Wood, Eric M., Fahrig, Lenore, Storch, David

“…Decades of research suggest that species richness depends on spatial characteristics of habitat patches, especially their size and isolation. In contrast, the…”
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Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates by Allan, James R, Watson, James E M, Di Marco, Moreno, O'Bryan, Christopher J, Possingham, Hugh P, Atkinson, Scott C, Venter, Oscar

“…Conserving threatened species requires identifying where across their range they are being impacted by threats, yet this remains unresolved across most of…”
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Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum by McGowan, Jennifer, Beaumont, Linda J., Smith, Robert J., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Harcourt, Robert, Atkinson, Scott C., Mittermeier, John C., Esperon-Rodriguez, Manuel, Baumgartner, John B., Beattie, Andrew, Dudaniec, Rachael Y., Grenyer, Richard, Nipperess, David A., Stow, Adam, Possingham, Hugh P.

“…Conservation strategies based on charismatic flagship species, such as tigers, lions, and elephants, successfully attract funding from individuals and…”
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Managing for interactions between local and global stressors of ecosystems by Brown, Christopher J, Saunders, Megan I, Possingham, Hugh P, Richardson, Anthony J

“…Global stressors, including climate change, are a major threat to ecosystems, but they cannot be halted by local actions. Ecosystem management is thus…”
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