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Human health impacts of ecosystem alteration by Myers, Samuel S., Gaffikin, Lynne, Golden, Christopher D., Ostfeld, Richard S., Redford, Kent H., Ricketts, Taylor H., Turner, Will R., Osofsky, Steven A.

“…Human activity is rapidly transforming most of Earth’s natural systems. How this transformation is impacting human health, whose health is at greatest risk,…”
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Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene by Nayanika Mathur (2021) 224 pp., The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. ISBN 978-0-226-77192-2 (pbk), USD 27.50. - Elephant Trails: A History of Animals and Cultures by Nigel Rothfels (2021) 256 pp., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. ISBN 978-1-421-44259-4 (hbk), USD 42.00 by Redford, Kent H.

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Importance of Defining 'Forest': Tropical Forest Degradation, Deforestation, Long-term Phase Shifts, and Further Transitions by Putz, Francis E, Redford, Kent H

“…While research continues on the causes, consequences, and rates of deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics, there is little agreement about what…”
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Synthetic biology and conservation of nature: wicked problems and wicked solutions by Redford, Kent H, Adams, William, Mace, Georgina M

“…So far, conservation scientists have paid little attention to synthetic biology; this is unfortunate as the technology is likely to transform the operating…”
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A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010 by Sutherland, William J., Clout, Mick, Côté, Isabelle M., Daszak, Peter, Depledge, Michael H., Fellman, Liz, Fleishman, Erica, Garthwaite, Rachel, Gibbons, David W., De Lurio, Jennifer, Impey, Andrew J., Lickorish, Fiona, Lindenmayer, David, Madgwick, Jane, Margerison, Ceri, Maynard, Trevor, Peck, Lloyd S., Pretty, Jules, Prior, Stephanie, Redford, Kent H., Scharlemann, Jörn P.W., Spalding, Mark, Watkinson, Andrew R.

“…Horizon scanning identifies emerging issues in a given field sufficiently early to conduct research to inform policy and practice. Our group of horizon…”
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Breaking the deadlock on ivory by Biggs, Duan, Holden, Matthew H., Braczkowski, Alex, Cook, Carly N., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Phelps, Jacob, Scholes, Robert J., Smith, Robert J., Underwood, Fiona M., Adams, Vanessa M., Allan, James, Brink, Henry, Cooney, Rosie, Gao, Yufang, Hutton, Jon, Macdonald-Madden, Eve, Maron, Martine, Redford, Kent H., Sutherland, William J., Possingham, Hugh P.

“…An iterative process that recognizes different value systems may help to protect elephants Poaching for ivory has caused a steep decline in African elephant (…”
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Integrating the Captive and the Wild by Redford, Kent H., Jensen, Deborah B., Breheny, James J.

“…Modern conservation management increasingly integrates approaches developed in zoos with those from the wild to actively manage populations. Conservation…”
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The Human Footprint and the Last of the Wild by Sanderson, Eric W., Jaiteh, Malanding, Levy, Marc A., Redford, Kent H., Wannebo, Antoinette V., Woolmer, Gillian

“…The human footprint is a global map of human influence on the land surface, which suggests that human beings are stewards of nature, whether people acknowledge…”
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Extending conservation to include Earth's microbiome by Redford, Kent H.

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Healthy planet healthy people by Redford, Kent H., da Fonseca, Gustavo A.B., Gascon, Claude, Rodriguez, Carlos Manuel, Adams, Jonathan, Andelman, Sandy, Barron, David H., Batmanian, Garo, Bierbaum, Rosina, Daszak, Peter, Daugherty, Christine, Griffin, Jeffrey, Kemper, Karin, Lee, Aileen, Long, Barney, Lovejoy, Thomas E., McCauley, David, Romanelli, Cristina, Paxton, Midori, Sekhran, Nik, Walzer, Chris, Wannous, Chadia, West, Kelly, Zambrana‐Torrelio, Carlos

“…One Health is a cross‐sectoral and transdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the fundamental ways in which the health of humans, domestic and wild animals,…”
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Exploring the limits of saving a subspecies: The ethics and social dynamics of restoring northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) by Ryder, Oliver A., Friese, Carrie, Greely, Henry T., Sandler, Ronald, Saragusty, Joseph, Durrant, Barbara S., Redford, Kent H.

“…The northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is functionally extinct with only two females left alive. However, cryopreserved material from a number…”
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Effects of Landscape Features on the Distribution and Sustainability of Ungulate Hunting in Northern Congo by MOCKRIN, MIRANDA H., ROCKWELL, ROBERT F., REDFORD, KENT H., KEULER, NICHOLAS S.

“…Understanding the spatial dimensions of hunting and prey population dynamics is important in order to estimate the sustainability of hunting in tropical…”
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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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Fads, Funding, and Forgetting in Three Decades of Conservation by Redford, Kent H., Padoch, Christine, Sunderland, Terry

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Areas of hope: ensuring the conservation of future values of nature by Redford, Kent H., Dudley, Nigel

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Payment for Ecosystem Services and the Challenge of Saving Nature by Redford, Kent H., Adams, William M.

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Ecological Function Analysis: Incorporating Species Roles into Conservation by Brodie, Jedediah F., Redford, Kent H., Doak, Daniel F.

“…Effective conservation strategies must ensure that species remain not just extant, but able to maintain key roles in species interactions and in the…”
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Reply to De Coster et al.: Exploring the complexity of ecosystem–human health relationships by Myers, Samuel S, Gaffikin, Lynne, Golden, Christopher D, Ostfeld, Richard S, Redford, Kent H, Ricketts, Taylor H, Turner, Will R, Osofsky, Steven A

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Tropical Forest Management and Conservation of Biodiversity: An Overview by Putz, Francis E., Blate, Geoffrey M., Redford, Kent H., Fimbel, Robert, Robinson, John

“…The article is a much abridged version of the authors' World Bank Environment Department Paper 75, the first paper in the bank's Impact Studies Series on the…”
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Species conservation in the era of genomic science by Cook, Carly N, Redford, Kent H, Schwartz, Mark W

“…Abstract The exponential increase in the availability of genomic data, derived from sequencing thousands of loci or whole genomes, provides exciting new…”
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