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One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure by Jones, Kendall R, Venter, Oscar, Fuller, Richard A, Allan, James R, Maxwell, Sean L, Negret, Pablo Jose, Watson, James E M

“…In an era of massive biodiversity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the growth of protected land globally. Protected areas are the primary…”
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Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity by Sonter, Laura J., Dade, Marie C., Watson, James E. M., Valenta, Rick K.

“…Renewable energy production is necessary to halt climate change and reverse associated biodiversity losses. However, generating the required technologies and…”
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Protected area targets post-2020 by Visconti, Piero, Butchart, Stuart H M, Brooks, Thomas M, Langhammer, Penny F, Marnewick, Daniel, Vergara, Sheila, Yanosky, Alberto, Watson, James E M

“…Outcome-based targets are needed to achieve biodiversity goals In 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Strategic Plan for…”
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Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land by Ward, Michelle, Saura, Santiago, Williams, Brooke, Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Dubois, Grégoire, Watson, James E. M.

“…Land free of direct anthropogenic disturbance is considered essential for achieving biodiversity conservation outcomes but is rapidly eroding. In response,…”
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The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people by Scheffers, Brett R., De Meester, Luc, Bridge, Tom C. L., Hoffmann, Ary A., Pandolfi, John M., Corlett, Richard T., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Pearce-Kelly, Paul, Kovacs, Kit M., Dudgeon, David, Pacifici, Michela, Rondinini, Carlo, Foden, Wendy B., Martin, Tara G., Mora, Camilo, Bickford, David, Watson, James E. M.

“…Most ecological processes now show responses to anthropogenic climate change. In terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, species are changing…”
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Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability by Runting, Rebecca K., Phinn, Stuart, Xie, Zunyi, Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M.

“…Big data reveals new, stark pictures of the state of our environments. It also reveals ‘bright spots’ amongst the broad pattern of decline and—crucially—the…”
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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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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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Global correlates of range contractions and expansions in terrestrial mammals by Pacifici, Michela, Rondinini, Carlo, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Burbidge, Andrew A., Cristiano, Andrea, Watson, James E. M., Woinarski, John C. Z., Di Marco, Moreno

“…Understanding changes in species distributions is essential to disentangle the mechanisms that drive their responses to anthropogenic habitat modification…”
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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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From Publications to Public Actions: When Conservation Biologists Bridge the Gap between Research and Implementation by Arlettaz, Raphaël, Schaub, Michael, Fournier, Jérôme, Reichlin, Thomas S, Sierro, Antoine, Watson, James E. M, Braunisch, Veronika

“…There is a vigorous debate about the capacity of conservation biology, as a scientific discipline, to effectively contribute to actions that preserve and…”
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Matrix condition mediates the effects of habitat fragmentation on species extinction risk by Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James E. M., Johnson, Chris J., Rondinini, Carlo, Corredor Llano, Xavier, Arias, Miguel, Venter, Oscar

“…Habitat loss is the leading cause of the global decline in biodiversity, but the influence of human pressure within the matrix surrounding habitat fragments…”
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Bolder science needed now for protected areas by Watson, James E. M., Darling, Emily S., Venter, Oscar, Maron, Martine, Walston, Joe, Possingham, Hugh P., Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Barnes, Megan, Brooks, Thomas M.

“…Recognizing that protected areas (PAs) are essential for effective biodiversity conservation action, the Convention on Biological Diversity established…”
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Mixed effectiveness of global protected areas in resisting habitat loss by Li, Guangdong, Fang, Chuanglin, Watson, James E. M., Sun, Siao, Qi, Wei, Wang, Zhenbo, Liu, Jianguo

“…Protected areas are the cornerstones of conservation efforts to mitigate the anthropogenic pressures driving biodiversity loss. Nations aim to protect 30% of…”
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Mapping vulnerability and conservation adaptation strategies under climate change by Watson, James E. M., Iwamura, Takuya, Butt, Nathalie

“…Risk maps of climate impacts are potentially useful for targeting efforts to minimize ecological losses. However, most such maps only identify exposure to…”
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Limitations and trade-offs in the use of species distribution maps for protected area planning by Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P., Venter, Oscar

“…1. Range maps represent the geographic distribution of species, and they are commonly used to determine species coverage within protected areas and to find…”
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The performance and potential of protected areas by Watson, James E. M., Dudley, Nigel, Segan, Daniel B., Hockings, Marc

“…Originally conceived to conserve iconic landscapes and wildlife, protected areas are now expected to achieve an increasingly diverse set of conservation,…”
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Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes by Klein, Carissa J, Wilson, Kerrie A, Possingham, Hugh P, Fuller, Richard A, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Green, David C, Carwardine, Josie, Grantham, Hedley S, Watson, James E. M

“…Protected areas vary enormously in their contribution to conserving biodiversity, and the inefficiency of protected area systems is widely acknowledged…”
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Understanding the importance of small patches of habitat for conservation by Tulloch, Ayesha I. T, Barnes, Megan D, Ringma, Jeremy, Fuller, Richard A, Watson, James E. M, Mori, Akira

“…Conservation activities in fragmented landscapes have largely focused on keeping remaining large patches intact, often disregarding the increasingly important…”
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Beak and feather disease virus detected in the endangered Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) by MacColl, Christopher, Watson, James E. M., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Seaton, Richard, Das, Tridip, Das, Shubhagata, Raidal, Shane R.

“…We report the first detection and prevalence of Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) in Australia’s Red Goshawk ( Erythrotriorchis radiatus ). This is a new…”
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