Professor James Watson

McCrie, Niven and Watson, James (2003). Finding birds in Darwin, Kakadu and the Top End, Northern Territory, Australia. Casuarina, N.T.: N. McCrie.

Allan, James R., Possingham, Hugh P., Venter, Oscar, Biggs, Duan and Watson, James E.M. (2020). The Extraordinary Value of Wilderness Areas in the Anthropocene. Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes: Volumes 1-5. (pp. 158-168) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12427-3

Fuller, Richard A. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Replacing underperforming nature reserves. Effective conservation science: data not dogma. (pp. 147-151) edited by Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier and Brian Silliman. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198808978.003.0023

Kormos, Cyril F., Jaeger, Tilman, Bertzky, Bastian, Badman, Tim, van Merm, Remco, Osipova, Elena, Shi, Yichuan, Mackey, Brendan G., Mittermeier, Russell A., Jacobson, Mathew, Busch, Kyra, Khamaganova, Erjen, Hilty, Jodi, Larsen, Peter Bille, Watson, James E.M. and Locke, Harvey (2017). The need for a wilderness and large landscapes and seascapes approach under the World Heritage Convention. World heritage, wilderness and large landscapes and seascapes. (pp. 1-9) edited by Cyril F. Kormos, Tim Badman, Tilman Jaeger, Bastian Bertzky, Remco van Merm, Elena Osipova, Yichuan Shi and Peter Bille Larsen. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Allan, James R., Shi, Yichuan, Bertzky, Bastian, Jaeger, Tilman, Venter, Oscar, Mackey, Brendan, van Merm, Remco, Osipova, Elena, Watson, James Edward and Kormos, Cyril F. (2017). Current wilderness coverage on the World Heritage list: broad gaps and opportunities. World heritage, wilderness and large landscapes and seascapes. (pp. 27-47) edited by Cyril F. Kormos, Tim Badman, Tilman Jaeger, Bastian Bertzky, Remco van Merm, Elena Osipova, Yichuan Shi and Peter Bille Larsen. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Foden, W. B., Young, B. E. and Watson, J. E. M. (2016). Introduction. IUCN SSC Guidelines for Assessing Species’ Vulnerability to Climate Change. Version 1.0. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 59. (pp. 1-5) Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN Species Survival Commission.

Young, Bruce E., Martin, Tara, Watson, James E. M., Foden, Wendy B., Williams, Stephen and Scheffers, Brett (2016). Setting Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment goals and objectives. IUCN SSC Guidelines for Assessing Species’ Vulnerability to Climate Change. Version 1.0. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 59. (pp. 13-16) Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN Species Survival Commission.

Huntley, Brian, Foden, Wendy B., Smith, Adam, Platts, Philip, Watson, James E. M. and Garcia, Raquel A. (2016). Using CCVAs and interpreting their results. IUCN SSC Guidelines for Assessing Species’ Vulnerability to Climate Change. Version 1.0. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 59. (pp. 33-48) Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN Species Survival Commission.

Foden, Wendy B., Watson, James E. M., Hoffmann, Ary, Corlett, Richard and Hole, David (2016). Future directions in CCVA of species. IUCN SSC Guidelines for Assessing Species’ Vulnerability to Climate Change. Version 1.0. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 59. (pp. 63-66) Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN Species Survival Commission.

Menon, Ravi, Gonzalez, Tanhia, Ferruzzi, Mario, Jackson, Eric, Winderl, Dan and Watson, Jay (2016). Oats-From Farm to Fork. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research. (pp. 1-55) Cambridge, MA United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2015.12.001

Watson, J. E., Segan, D. B. and Fuller, R. A. (2016). Optimal protection of the world’s threatened birds, mammals and amphibians. Protected areas: are they safeguarding biodiversity?. (pp. 66-80) edited by Lucas N. Joppa, Jonathan E. M. Baillie and John G. Robinson. Chichester United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118338117.ch4

Watson, James (2015). A global perspective on the role of protected areas in protecting natural capital. Valuing Nature: Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services. (pp. 54-57) edited by Penelope Figgis, Brendan Mackey, James Fitzsimons, Jason Irving and Pepe Clarke. Sydney, Australia: Australian Committee for IUCN.

Watson, Alexander W. T., Judd, Simon, O’Sullivan, Wayne and Watson, James E. M. (2015). A collaborative approach for mining, environment organisations and Traditional Owners to manage and conserve biodiversity in Australia’s Great Western Woodlands. Mining in ecologically sensitive landscapes. (pp. 251-264) edited by Mark Tibbett. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.

Watson, J. E. M., Segan, D. B. and Tewksbury, J. (2015). Tropical forests in a changing climate. Climate change and biodiversity. (pp. 196-207) New Haven, CT, United States: Yale University Press.

Dudley, Nigel and Watson, James (2014). Climate change. Applications of key biodiversity areas: end-user consultations. (pp. 92-95) edited by Nigel Dudley, Jessica L. Boucher, Annabelle Cuttelod, Thomas M. Brooks and Penny F. Langhammer. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Watson, James E. M., Cross, Molly, Rowland, Erika, Joseph, Liana N., Rao, Madhu and Seimon, Anton (2011). Planning for species conservation in a time of climate change. Climate Change: Research and technology for adaptation and mitigation. (pp. 379-402) edited by Juan Blanco and Houshang Kheradmand. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech - Open Access Publisher. doi: 10.5772/24920

Watson, James E. M., Grantham, Hedley S., Wilson, Kerrie A. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Systematic conservation planning: Past, present and future. Conservation biogeography. (pp. 1956-1976) edited by Richard J. Ladle and Robert J. Whittaker. London , U. K.: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781444390001.ch6

Watson, James E. M., Judd, Simon, Mackey, Brendan G. and Bradby, Keith (2010). Ecological restoration in Gondwanalink (south-western Western Australia) using the WildCountry principles: a convergence of thought and action. Connectivity Conservation Management: a global guide. (pp. 105-115) edited by Graeme L. Worboys, Wendy L. Francis and Michael Lockwood. London, Unitd Kingdom: Earthscan.

Anderson, G., Atkins, R., Pulsford, I., Worboys, G. L., Howling, G., Watson, J. E. M., Judd, S., Mackey, B. G. and Bradby, K. (2010). Australasian connectivity initiatives. Connectivity conservation management: a global guide. (pp. 86-115) edited by Graeme L. Worboys, Wendy L. Francis and Michael Lockwood. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781849774727

Watson, James E. M. (2007). Conservation of bird diversity in Madagascar’s southeastern littoral forests. Biodiversity conservation and mining in southeast Madagascar. (pp. 253-260) edited by J. U. Ganzhorn, S. M. Goodman, J. B. Ramanamanjato and M. Vincelette. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Williams, Brooke A., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Fagan, Matthew E., Chazdon, Robin L., Schmoeller, Marina, Sprenkle-Hyppolite, Starry, Griscom, Bronson W., Watson, James E. M., Tedesco, Anazélia M., Gonzalez-Roglich, Mariano, Daldegan, Gabriel A., Bodin, Blaise, Celentano, Danielle, Wilson, Sarah Jane, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Alexandre, Nikola S., Kim, Do-Hyung, Bastos, Diego and Crouzeilles, Renato (2024). Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions. Nature, 636 (8041), 131-137. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08106-4

Li, Guangdong, Fang, Chuanglin, Watson, James E. M., Sun, Siao, Qi, Wei, Wang, Zhenbo and Liu, Jianguo (2024). Mixed effectiveness of global protected areas in resisting habitat loss. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 8389, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52693-9

Yan, Yanyun, Tan, Song Ling, Webb, Edward L., Watson, James E. M. and Carrasco, L. Roman (2024). Ability of new protected areas to counteract losses from downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement. Conservation Biology, e14381. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14381

Pillay, Rajeev, Watson, James E M, Goetz, Scott J, Hansen, Andrew J, Jantz, Patrick A, Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Grantham, Hedley S, Ferrier, Simon and Venter, Oscar (2024). The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework needs headline indicators that can actually monitor forest integrity. Environmental Research: Ecology, 3 (4), 043001. doi: 10.1088/2752-664x/ad7961

MacColl, Christopher, Ward, Michael P., Seaton, Richard, Leseberg, Nicholas P., Murphy, Stephen A. and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Breeding diet of the Australian Red Goshawk and its implications for understanding the species’ trophic niche and decline. Journal of Raptor Research, 58 (4), 411-425. doi: 10.3356/jrr2416

Kindler, Gareth S., Kusmanoff, Alexander M., Kearney, Stephen, Ward, Michelle, Fuller, Richard A., Lloyd, Thomas J., Bekessy, Sarah A., Gregg, Emily A., Stewart, Romola and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Motivating government on threatened species through electoral systems. Conservation Science and Practice, 6 (9). doi: 10.1111/csp2.13206

Ferrier, Simon, Ware, Chris, Austin, Jenet M., Grantham, Hedley S., Harwood, Thomas D. and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Ecosystem extent is a necessary but not sufficient indicator of the state of global forest biodiversity. Conservation Letters, 17 (5) e13045. doi: 10.1111/conl.13045

Ward, Michelle, Ashman, Kita, Lindenmayer, David B., Legge, Sarah, Kindler, Gareth, Cadman, Timothy, Fletcher, Rachel, Whiterod, Nick, Lintermans, Mark, Zylstra, Philip, Stewart, Romola, Thomas, Hannah, Blanch, Stuart and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Shifting baselines clarify the impact of contemporary logging on forest‐dependent threatened species. Conservation Science and Practice, 6 (9) e13185. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13185

Webster, Patrick T. D., Leseberg, N. P., Murphy, S. A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2024). Four years of targeted surveys across northern Queensland failed to detect any evidence of Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (3-4), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2024.2343680

MacColl, Christopher, Watson, James E. M., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Seaton, Richard, Das, Tridip, Das, Shubhagata and Raidal, Shane R. (2024). Beak and feather disease virus detected in the endangered Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus). Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 10263, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60874-1

Robinson, John G., LaBruna, Danielle, O’Brien, Tim, Clyne, Peter J., Dudley, Nigel, Andelman, Sandy J., Bennett, Elizabeth L., Chicchon, Avecita, Durigan, Carlos, Grantham, Hedley, Kinnaird, Margaret, Lieberman, Sue, Maisels, Fiona, Moreira, Adriana, Rao, Madhu, Stokes, Emma, Walston, Joe and Watson, James E.M. (2024). Scaling up area-based conservation to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework’s 30x30 target: The role of Nature’s Strongholds. PLoS Biology, 22 (5 May) e3002613, e3002613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002613

Dudley, Nigel, Timmins, Hannah L., Stolton, Sue and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Effectively Incorporating Small Reserves into National Systems of Protected and Conserved Areas. Diversity, 16 (4) ARTN 216, 216. doi: 10.3390/d16040216

Fermepin, Solange, Watson, James E.M., Grantham, Hedley S. and Mendez, Martin (2024). Global marine conservation priorities for sustaining marine productivity, preserving biodiversity and addressing climate change. Marine Policy, 161 106016. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106016

Hansen, Andrew J., Aragon-Osejo, Jose, González, Iván, Veneros, Jaris, Virnig, Anne Lucy Stilger, Jantz, Patrick, Venter, Oscar, Goetz, Scott, Watson, James E.M., Cordoba, Natalia, Rodriguez, Susana, Monroy, Luisa, Iglesias, Juan, Beltrán, Lenin, Borja, Daniel, Ureta, Diego, Tingo, Jossie, Oñate, Carlos, Valencia, Freddy, Zambrano, Holger, Pequeño, Tatiana, Llactayo, William, Huamani, Walter, Duran, Patricia, Arana, Alexs, Arenas, Marco, Pasquel, Claudia, Tovar, Antonio and Huerta, Patricia (2024). Developing national complementary indicators of SDG15 that consider forest quality: Applications in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Ecological Indicators, 159 111654, 111654. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111654

Ward, Michelle, Rout, Tracy M., Possingham, Hugh P., Stewart, Romola, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Clark, Thomas G., Kindler, Gareth S., Valentine, Leonie E., Macmillan, Ellen, Maitz, Natalya, Haskin, Elouise and Watson, James E. M. (2024). A report card to effectively communicate threatened species recovery. One Earth, 7 (2), 186-198. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.009

Backstrom, Louis J., Callaghan, Corey T., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Sanderson, Chris, Fuller, Richard A. and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Assessing adequacy of citizen science datasets for biodiversity monitoring. Ecology and Evolution, 14 (2) e10857, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/ece3.10857

Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John C. Z., Barry Baker, G., Berryman, Alex J., Crates, Ross, Legge, Sarah M., Lilleyman, Amanda, Luck, Linda, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Verdon, Simon J., Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Zander, Kerstin K. and Geyle, Hayley M. (2024). Monitoring threats to Australian threatened birds: climate change was the biggest threat in 2020 with minimal progress on its management. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 37-54. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2291144

Crates, Ross, Barry Baker, G., Legge, Sarah M., Menkhorst, Peter W., Murphy, Steve, Watson, James E.M., Woinarski, John C. Z. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). The feasibility of implementing management for threatened birds in Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 93-107. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2295355

Backstrom, Louis J., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Callaghan, Corey T., Sanderson, Chris, Fuller, Richard. A. and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Using citizen science to identify Australia’s least known birds and inform conservation action. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (2), 199-205. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2283443

Venegas-Li, Ruben, Grantham, Hedley S., Rainey, Hugo, Diment, Alex, Tizard, Robert and Watson, James E. M. (2024). An operational methodology to identify Critical Ecosystem Areas to help nations achieve the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Letters, 17 (4) e13037. doi: 10.1111/conl.13037

Webster, Patrick T. D., Leseberg, N. P., Murphy, S. A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2024). Movements and habitat use of painted button-quail, Turnix varius, in tropical savanna of northern Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology, 72 (1) ZO23039. doi: 10.1071/zo23039

Sutherland, William J., Bennett, Craig, Brotherton, Peter N.M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Butterworth, Holly M., Clarke, Stewart J., Esmail, Nafeesa, Fleishman, Erica, Gaston, Kevin J., Herbert-Read, James E., Hughes, Alice C., James, Jennifer, Kaartokallio, Hermanni, Le Roux, Xavier, Lickorish, Fiona A., Newport, Sarah, Palardy, James E., Pearce-Higgins, James W., Peck, Lloyd S., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Primack, Richard B., Primack, Willow E., Schloss, Irene R., Spalding, Mark D., ten Brink, Dirk, Tew, Eleanor, Timoshyna, Anastasiya, Tubbs, Nicolas, Watson, James E.M. ... Thornton, Ann (2024). A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2024. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39 (1), 89-100. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.001

Gassert, Francis, Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M., Brumby, Steven P., Mazzariello, Joseph C., Atkinson, Scott C. and Hyde, Samatha (2023). An operational approach to near real time global high resolution mapping of the terrestrial Human Footprint. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 4 1130896, 1-6. doi: 10.3389/frsen.2023.1130896

Watson, James E. M., Ellis, Erle C., Pillay, Rajeev, Williams, Brooke A. and Venter, Oscar (2023). Mapping industrial influences on Earth’s ecology. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 48 (1), 289-317. doi: 10.1146/annurev-environ-112420-013640

Pearson, Peter J. G. and Watson, Jim (2023). The unfolding low-carbon transition in the UK electricity system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (47) e2206235120, 1-10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2206235120

Crowe, Olivia, Beresford, Alison E., Buchanan, Graeme M., Grantham, Hedley S., Simkins, Ashley T., Watson, James E.M. and Butchart, Stuart H.M. (2023). A global assessment of forest integrity within Key Biodiversity Areas. Biological Conservation, 286 110293, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110293

Watson, James E. M., Venegas‐Li, Ruben, Grantham, Hedley, Dudley, Nigel, Stolton, Sue, Rao, Madhu, Woodley, Stephen, Hockings, Marc, Burkart, Karl, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Possingham, Hugh P. and Ward, Michelle (2023). Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments. Integrative Conservation, 2 (3), 140-155. doi: 10.1002/inc3.24

Sonter, Laura J., Maron, Martine, Bull, Joseph W., Giljum, Stefan, Luckeneder, Sebastian, Maus, Victor, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Northey, Stephen A., Sánchez, Luis E., Valenta, Rick, Visconti, Piero, Werner, Tim T. and Watson, James E. M. (2023). How to fuel an energy transition with ecologically responsible mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (35) e2307006120, 1-3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2307006120

Leseberg, Nicholas P., Kutt, Alex, Evans, Megan C., Nou, Tida, Spillias, Scott, Stone, Zoe, Walsh, Jessica C., Murphy, Stephen A., Bamford, Mike, Burbidge, Allan H., Crossing, Kate, Davis, Robert A., Garnett, Stephen T., Kavanagh, Rodney P., Murphy, Robert, Read, John, Reid, Julian, van Leeuwen, Stephen, Watson, Alexander W. T., Watson, James E. M. and Maron, Martine (2023). Establishing effective conservation management strategies for a poorly known endangered species: a case study using Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). Biodiversity and Conservation, 32 (8-9), 2869-2891. doi: 10.1007/s10531-023-02633-8

Elsen, Paul R., Oakes, Lauren E., Cross, Molly S., DeGemmis, Alfred, Watson, James E. M., Cooke, Hilary A., Darling, Emily S., Jones, Kendall R., Kretser, Heidi E., Mendez, Martin, Surya, Gautam, Tully, Elizabeth and Grantham, Hedley S. (2023). Priorities for embedding ecological integrity in climate adaptation policy and practice. One Earth, 6 (6), 632-644. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.014

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Suarez‐Castro, Andres Felipe, Reside, April E., Watson, James E.M., Allan, James R., Atkinson, Scott C., Borrelli, Pasquale, Dudley, Nigel, Edwards, Stephen, Fuller, Richard A., Game, Edward T., Linke, Simon, Maxwell, Sean L., Panagos, Panos, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quétier, Fabien, Runting, Rebecca K., Santini, Talitha, Sonter, Laura J. and Maron, Martine (2023). Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity. Conservation Biology, 37 (3) e14040, 1-16. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14040

Shen, Xiaoli, Liu, Mingzhang, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Wang, Jiangyue, Locke, Harvey, Watson, James E.M., Ellis, Erle C., Li, Sheng and Ma, Keping (2023). Countries’ differentiated responsibilities to fulfill area-based conservation targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. One Earth, 6 (5), 548-559. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.04.007

Narain, Divya, Sonter, Laura J., Lechner, Alex Mark, Watson, James E.M., Simmonds, Jeremy S. and Maron, Martine (2023). Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure. Conservation Biology, 37 (4) e14095, 1-13. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14095

Gallo-Cajiao, Eduardo, Lieberman, Susan, Dolšak, Nives, Prakash, Aseem, Labonté, Ronald, Biggs, Duan, Franklin, Christine, Morrison, Tiffany H., Viens, A. M., Fuller, Richard A., Aguiar, Raphael, Fidelman, Pedro, Watson, James E. M., Aenishaenslin, Cécile and Wiktorowicz, Mary (2023). Global governance for pandemic prevention and the wildlife trade. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7 (4), e336-e345. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00029-3

Yong, Chuanji, Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Reside, April E., van Leeuwen, Stephen, Legge, Sarah, Geary, William L., Lintermans, Mark, Kennard, Mark J., Stuart, Stephanie and Carwardine, Josie (2023). The costs of managing key threats to Australia's biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60 (5), 898-910. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14377

Bolam, Friederike C., Ahumada, Jorge, Akçakaya, H. Reşit, Brooks, Thomas M., Elliott, Wendy, Hoban, Sean, Mair, Louise, Mallon, David, McGowan, Philip J.K., Raimondo, Domitilla, Rodríguez, Jon Paul, Roe, Dilys, Seddon, Mary B., Shen, Xiaoli, Stuart, Simon N., Watson, James E.M. and Butchart, Stuart H.M. (2023). Over half of threatened species require targeted recovery actions to avert human-induced extinction. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21 (2), 64-70. doi: 10.1002/fee.2537

Watson, James E.M. and Brodie, Jedediah F. (2023). Human responses to climate change will likely determine the fate of biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (8) e2205512120, e2205512120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2205512120

MacColl, Christopher, Leseberg, Nicholas P., Seaton, Richard, Murphy, Stephen A. and Watson, James E.M. (2023). Rapid and recent range collapse of Australia’s Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (2), 93-104. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2172735

Gallo-Cajiao, Eduardo, Dolšak, Nives, Prakash, Aseem, Mundkur, Taej, Harris, Paul G., Mitchell, Ronald B., Davidson, Nick, Hansen, Birgita, Woodworth, Bradley K., Fuller, Richard A., Price, Melissa, Petkov, Nicky, Mauerhofer, Volker, Morrison, Tiffany H., Watson, James E. M., Chowdhury, Sayam U., Zöckler, Christoph, Widerberg, Oscar, Yong, Ding Li, Klich, Daniel, Smagol, Vitaliy, Piccolo, John and Biggs, Duan (2023). Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the governance of biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 4 989019, 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2023.989019

Chowdhury, Shawan, Zalucki, Myron P., Hanson, Jeffrey O., Tiatragul, Sarin, Green, David, Watson, James E.M. and Fuller, Richard A. (2023). Three-quarters of insect species are insufficiently represented by protected areas. One Earth, 6 (2), 139-146. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.12.003

Sutherland, William J., Bennett, Craig, Brotherton, Peter N.M., Butterworth, Holly M., Clout, Mick N., Côté, Isabelle M., Dinsdale, Jason, Esmail, Nafeesa, Fleishman, Erica, Gaston, Kevin J., Herbert-Read, James E., Hughes, Alice, Kaartokallio, Hermanni, Le Roux, Xavier, Lickorish, Fiona A., Matcham, Wendy, Noor, Noor, Palardy, James E., Pearce-Higgins, James W., Peck, Lloyd S., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Pretty, Jules, Scobey, Richard, Spalding, Mark D., Tonneijck, Femke H., Tubbs, Nicolas, Watson, James E.M., Wentworth, Jonathan E., Wilson, Jeremy D. and Thornton, Ann (2023). A global biological conservation horizon scan of issues for 2023. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38 (1), 96-107. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.005

Chowdhury, Shawan, Jennions, Michael D., Zalucki, Myron P., Maron, Martine, Watson, James E.M. and Fuller, Richard A. (2023). Protected areas and the future of insect conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38 (1), 85-95. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.004

Murphy, Stephen A., McGregor, Hugh, Leseberg, Nicholas P., Watson, James and Kutt, Alex S. (2023). Feral cat GPS tracking and simulation models to improve the conservation management of night parrots. Wildlife Research, 50 (5), 325-334. doi: 10.1071/WR21123

Webster, Patrick, Research and Recovery of Endangered Species Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia, Leseberg, Nicholas, Murphy, Stephen, Watson, James, Research and Recovery of Endangered Species Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia, Research and Recovery of Endangered Species Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia and Research and Recovery of Endangered Species Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia (2023). Descriptions of the vocalisations of the Painted Button-quail Turnix varius in North Queensland. Australian Field Ornithology, 40, 111-119. doi: 10.20938/afo40111119

Chowdhury, Shawan, Jennions, Michael D., Zalucki, Myron P., Maron, Martine, Watson, James E.M. and Fuller, Richard A. (2023). Erratum: Protected areas and the future of insect conservation: (Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38(1), p:85–95; 2023) (Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2023) 38(1) (85–95), (S0169534722002245), (10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.004)). Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38 (7), 681. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.04.006

Kearney, Stephen G., Watson, James E. M., Reside, April E., Fisher, Diana O., Maron, Martine, Doherty, Tim S., Legge, Sarah M., Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Wintle, Brendan A., Ritchie, Euan G., Driscoll, Don A., Lindenmayer, David, Adams, Vanessa M., Ward, Michelle S. and Carwardine, Josie (2023). Threat-abatement framework confirms habitat retention and invasive species management are critical to conserve Australia's threatened species. Biological Conservation, 277 109833, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109833

Leadley, Paul, Archer, Emma, Bendandi, Barbara, Cavender-Bares, Jeannine, Davalos, Liliana, DeClerck, Fabrice, Gann, George D., Gonzales, Emily K., Krug, Cornelia B., Metzger, Jean Paul, Nicholson, Emily, Niinemets, Ülo, Obura, David, Strassburg, Bernardo, Tansey, Bob, Verburg, Peter H., Vidal, Adriana, Watson, James E. M., Woodley, Stephen and Yasuhara, Moriaki (2022). Setting ambitious international restoration objectives for terrestrial ecosystems for 2030 and beyond. PLoS Sustainability and Transformation, 1 (12) e0000039, e0000039. doi: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000039

Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E.M., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Grantham, Hedley S., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Alvarez, Silvia J., Venter, Oscar, Strassburg, Bernardo B.N. and Runting, Rebecca K. (2022). Global drivers of change across tropical savannah ecosystems and insights into their management and conservation. Biological Conservation, 276 109786, 109786. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109786

Sonter, Laura J., Lloyd, Thomas J., Kearney, Stephen G., Di Marco, Moreno, O'Bryan, Christopher J., Valenta, Richard K. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Conservation implications and opportunities of mining activities for terrestrial mammal habitat. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (12) e12806, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/csp2.12806

Shumway, Nicole, Saunders, Megan I., Nicol, Sam, Fuller, Richard A., Ben‐Moshe, Noam, Iwamura, Takuya, Kim, Sun W., Murray, Nicholas J., Watson, James E. M. and Maron, Martine (2022). Exploring the risks and benefits of flexibility in biodiversity offset location in a case study of migratory shorebirds. Conservation Biology, 37 (2) e14031, e14031. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14031

Pillay, Rajeev, Watson, James E. M., Hansen, Andrew J., Jantz, Patrick A., Aragon-Osejo, Jose, Armenteras, Dolors, Atkinson, Scott C., Burns, Patrick, Ervin, Jamison, Goetz, Scott J., González-del-Pliego, Pamela, Robinson, Nathaniel P., Supples, Christina, Virnig, Anne L. S., Williams, Brooke A. and Venter, Oscar (2022). Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (12), 1840-1849. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01915-8

Asamoah, Ernest F., Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James E.M., Beaumont, Linda J., Venter, Oscar and Maina, Joseph M. (2022). Land-use and climate risk assessment for Earth’s remaining wilderness. Current Biology, 32 (22), 4890-4899.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.016

Dudley, Nigel, Robinson, John, Andelman, Sandy, Bingham, Heather, Conzo, Lori Anna, Geldmann, Jonas, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten, Gurney, Georgina, Hickey, Valerie, Hockings, Marc, Jonas, Harry, Kettunen, Marianne, Marnewick, Daniel, Masozera, Michel, Mitchell, Brent, Parrish, Jeffrey, Redford, Kent, Espinoza, Andrew Rhodes, Russi, Daniela, Salafsky, Nick, Springer, Jenny, Sullivan-Stack, Jenna, Tugendhat, Helen, Watson, James E. M., Wilkie, David and Woodley, Stephen (2022). Developing an outcomes-based approach to achieving Target 3 of the global biodiversity framework. Parks, 28 (2), 33-44. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2022.PARKS-28-2ND.en

Roberson, L. A., Beyer, H. L., O'Hara, C., Watson, J. E. M., Dunn, D. C., Halpern, B. S., Klein, C. J., Frazier, M. R., Kuempel, C. D., Williams, B., Grantham, H. S., Montgomery, J. C., Kark, S. and Runting, R. K. (2022). Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species (vol 27, pg 6206, 2021). Global Change Biology, 28 (22), 6834-6834. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16401

Ward, Michelle, Carwardine, Josie, Watson, James E. M., Pintor, Anna, Stuart, Stephanie, Possingham, Hugh P., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Carey, Alexander R., Auerbach, Nancy, Reside, April, Yong, Chuan Ji and Tulloch, Ayesha (2022). How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire. Conservation Biology, 36 (5) e13936, 1-16. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13936

Narain, Divya, Teo, Hoong Chen, Lechner, Alex Mark, Watson, James E.M. and Maron, Martine (2022). Biodiversity risks and safeguards of China’s hydropower financing in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. One Earth, 5 (9), 1019-1029. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.08.012

Roberson, Leslie, Wilcox, Chris, Boussarie, Germain, Dugan, Emma, Garilao, Cristina, Gonzalez, Kristofer, Green, Madeline, Kark, Salit, Kaschner, Kristin, Klein, Carissa J., Rousseau, Yannick, Vallentyne, Dan, Watson, James E. M. and Kiszka, Jeremy J. (2022). Spatially explicit risk assessment of marine megafauna vulnerability to Indian Ocean tuna fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 23 (5), 1180-1201. doi: 10.1111/faf.12676

Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Greenville, Aaron, Maurer, Golo, Todd, Stephanie, Geary, William and Tulloch, Ayesha (2022). Consequences of the Australian 2019/20 wildfires for sites important for biodiversity and other world heritage values. Australian Zoologist, 42 (2), 182-198. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2022.034

Kelly, Nick, Kindler, Gareth, Watson, James and Carden, Tim (2022). Designing for connection with local threatened species. Interactions, 29 (5), 22-23. doi: 10.1145/3555722

Roberson, Leslie A., Beyer, Hawthorne L., O’Hara, Casey, Watson, James E. M., Dunn, Daniel C., Halpern, Benjamin S., Klein, Carissa J., Frazier, Melanie R., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Williams, Brooke, Grantham, Hedley S., Montgomery, Jamie C., Kark, Salit and Runting, Rebecca K. (2022). Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species. Global Change Biology, 27 (23), 6206-6216. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15844

Pérez‐Hämmerle, Katharina‐Victoria, Moon, Katie, Venegas‐Li, Rubén, Maxwell, Sean, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Venter, Oscar, Garnett, Stephen T., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James EM (2022). Wilderness forms and their implications for global environmental policy and conservation. Conservation Biology, 36 (4) e13875, e13875. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13875

Ward, Michelle, Tulloch, Ayesha, Stewart, Romola, Possingham, Hugh P., Legge, Sarah, Gallagher, Rachael V., Graham, Erin M., Southwell, Darren, Keith, David, Dixon, Kingsley, Yong, Chuanji, Carwardine, Josie, Cronin, Tim, Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Restoring habitat for fire-impacted species’ across degraded Australian landscapes. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (8) 084036, 084036. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac83da

Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E. M., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Klein, Carissa J., Montgomery, Jamie, Runting, Rebecca K., Roberson, Leslie A., Halpern, Benjamin S, Grantham, Hedley S., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Frazier, Melanie, Venter, Oscar and Wenger, Amelia (2022). The global rarity of intact coastal regions. Conservation Biology, 36 (4) e13874, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13874

Webster, Patrick T.D., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Murphy, Stephen A., Joseph, Leo and Watson, James E. M. (2022). A review of specimens of Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii suggests serious concern for its conservation outlook. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 122 (2), 121-130. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2022.2090962

Watson, James E. M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle, Yong, Chuan J., Reside, April E., Possingham, Hugh P., Rogers, Andrew and Carwardine, Josie (2022). Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al. Conservation Biology, 36 (4) e13961, e13961. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13961

Allan, James R., Possingham, Hugh P., Atkinson, Scott C., Waldron, Anthony, Di Marco, Moreno, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Adams, Vanessa M., Kissling, W. Daniel, Worsdell, Thomas, Sandbrook, Chris, Gibbon, Gwili, Kumar, Kundan, Mehta, Piyush, Maron, Martine, Williams, Brooke A., Jones, Kendall R., Wintle, Brendan A., Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science, 376 (6597), 1094-1101. doi: 10.1126/science.abl9127

Lindenmayer, David B., Zylstra, Phil, Kooyman, Robert, Taylor, Chris, Ward, Michelle and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019–20 Australian forest fires. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (5), 533-535. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01717-y

Williams, Brooke A., Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E. M., Shapiro, Aurélie C., Plumptre, Andrew J., Ayebare, Samuel, Goldman, Elizabeth and Tulloch, Ayesha I. T. (2022). Reconsidering priorities for forest conservation when considering the threats of mining and armed conflict. Ambio, 51 (9), 2007-2024. doi: 10.1007/s13280-022-01724-0

Stark, Keila, Adams, Vanessa, Brown, Christopher J., Chauvenet, Alienor, Davis, Katrina, Game, Edward T., Halpern, Benjamin S., Lynham, John, Mappin, Bonnie, Selkoe, Kim, Watson, James E.M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Klein, Carissa J. (2022). Importance of equitable cost sharing in the Convention on Biological Diversity's protected area agenda. Conservation Biology, 36 (2) cobi.13812, e13812. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13812

Leseberg, Nicholas P., Venables, William N., Murphy, Stephen A., Jackett, Nigel A. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Accounting for both automated recording unit detection space and signal recognition performance in acoustic surveys: A protocol applied to the cryptic and critically endangered Night Parrot ( Pezoporus occidentalis ). Austral Ecology, 47 (2), 440-455. doi: 10.1111/aec.13128

Grantham, Hedley S., Evans, Tom, Lieberman, Susan, Robinson, John G., Elsen, Paul R., Ferrier, Simon, Kearney, Stephen G., Maurer, Golo, Surya, Gautam, Spindler, Rebecca, Stasak, Basha, Trezise, James and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Response: Where might we find ecologically intact communities?. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5 730546. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.730546

Alves-Pinto, Helena N., Cordeiro, Carlos L. O., Geldmann, Jonas D., Jonas, Harry, Gaiarsa, Marilia Palumbo, Balmford, Andrew, Watson, James E. M., Latawiec, Agnieszka Ewa and Strassburg, Bernardo (2022). The role of different governance regimes in reducing native vegetation conversion and promoting regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon. Biological Conservation, 267 109473, 109473. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109473

Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James E. M., Johnson, Chris J., Rondinini, Carlo, Corredor Llano, Xavier, Arias, Miguel and Venter, Oscar (2022). Matrix condition mediates the effects of habitat fragmentation on species extinction risk. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 595, 595. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28270-3

Elsen, Paul R., Saxon, Earl C., Simmons, B. Alexander, Ward, Michelle, Williams, Brooke A., Grantham, Hedley S., Kark, Salit, Levin, Noam, Perez‐Hammerle, Katharina‐Victoria, Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change. Global Change Biology, 28 (3), 918-935. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15962

Mappin, Bonnie, Ward, Adrian, Hughes, Lesley, Watson, James E. M., Cosier, Peter and Possingham, Hugh P. (2022). The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59 (2), 408-419. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14008

Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P., Garnett, Stephen T., Maron, Martine, Rhodes, Jonathan R., MacColl, Chris, Seaton, Richard, Jackett, Nigel, Reside, April E., Webster, Patrick and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2022). Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (2) 024032, 024032. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4f8b

Kearney, Stephen G., Carwardine, Josie, Reside, April E., Adams, Vanessa M., Nelson, Rebecca, Coggan, Anthea, Spindler, Rebecca and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Saving species beyond the protected area fence: threats must be managed across multiple land tenure types to secure Australia's endangered species. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (3) e617. doi: 10.1111/csp2.617

Sutherland, William J., Atkinson, Philip W., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Capaja, Marcela, Dicks, Lynn V., Fleishman, Erica, Gaston, Kevin J., Hails, Rosemary S., Hughes, Alice C., Le Anstey, Becky, Le Roux, Xavier, Lickorish, Fiona A., Maggs, Luke, Noor, Noor, Oldfield, Thomasina E.E., Palardy, James E., Peck, Lloyd S., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Pretty, Jules, Spalding, Mark D., Tonneijck, Femke H., Truelove, Gemma, Watson, James E.M., Wentworth, Jonathan, Wilson, Jeremy D. and Thornton, Ann (2022). A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2022. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37 (1), 95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.10.014

Webster, Patrick T.D., Murphy, Stephen A., Leseberg, Nicholas P. and Watson, James E.M. (2022). Retaining the ‘art’: Painted Button-quail Turnix varius do make platelets in north-eastern Queensland. Australian Field Ornithology, 39, 206-210. doi: 10.20938/afo39206210

Webster, Patrick, Leseberg, Nicholas, Murphy, Stephen and Watson, James (2022). New records of Painted Button-quail Turnix varius in North Queensland suggest a distribution through southern and central Cape York Peninsula. Australian Field Ornithology, 39, 199-205. doi: 10.20938/afo39199205

Patrick, Patrick, Jackett, Nigel, Mason, Ian, Rush, Emily, Leseberg, Nicholas and Watson, James (2022). Nests and eggs of the Chestnut-backed Button-quail Turnix castanotus: Two new nests and a review of previous descriptions. Australian Field Ornithology, 39, 12-18. doi: 10.20938/afo39012018

Grantham, H. S., Duncan, A., Evans, T. D., Jones, K. R., Beyer, H. L., Schuster, R., Walston, J., Ray, J. C., Robinson, J. G., Callow, M., Clements, T., Costa, H. M., DeGemmis, A., Elsen, P. R., Ervin, J., Franco, P., Goldman, E., Goetz, S., Hansen, A., Hofsvang, E., Jantz, P., Jupiter, S., Kang, A., Langhammer, P., Laurance, W. F., Lieberman, S., Linkie, M., Malhi, Y., Maxwell, S. ... Watson, J. E.M. (2021). Author Correction: Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (5978), 10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3). Nature Communications, 12 (1) 592, 592. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-20999-7

Fastré, Constance, van Zeist, Willem-Jan, Watson, J. E.M. and Visconti, Piero (2021). Integrated spatial planning for biodiversity conservation and food production. One Earth, 4 (11), 1635-1644. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.10.014

Cazalis, Victor, Barnes, Megan D., Johnston, Alison, Watson, James E. M., Şekercioğlu, Cagan H. and Rodrigues, Ana S. L. (2021). Mismatch between bird species sensitivity and the protection of intact habitats across the Americas. Ecology Letters, 24 (11) ele.13859, 2394-2405. doi: 10.1111/ele.13859

Watson, James E. M. and Venter, Oscar (2021). Wilderness. Current Biology, 31 (19), R1169-R1172. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.041

Pillay, Rajeev, Venter, Michelle, Aragon-Osejo, Jose, González-del-Pliego, Pamela, Hansen, Andrew J, Watson, James EM and Venter, Oscar (2021). Tropical forests are home to over half of the world’s vertebrate species. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20 (1), 10-15. doi: 10.1002/fee.2420

Evans, Tom D., Morel, Alexandra C., Malhi, Yadvinder and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Editorial: intact forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4 753786. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.753786

Nicholson, Emily, Watermeyer, Kate E., Rowland, Jessica A., Sato, Chloe F., Stevenson, Simone L., Andrade, Angela, Brooks, Thomas M., Burgess, Neil D., Cheng, Su-Ting, Grantham, Hedley S., Hill, Samantha L., Keith, David A., Maron, Martine, Metzke, Daniel, Murray, Nicholas J., Nelson, Cara R., Obura, David, Plumptre, Andy, Skowno, Andrew L. and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (10), 1338-1349. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01538-5

Ward, Michelle, Carwardine, Josie, Yong, Chuan J., Watson, James E. M., Silcock, Jennifer, Taylor, Gary S., Lintermans, Mark, Gillespie, Graeme R., Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John, Tingley, Reid, Fensham, Rod J., Hoskin, Conrad J., Hines, Harry B., Roberts, J. Dale, Kennard, Mark J., Harvey, Mark S., Chapple, David G. and Reside, April E. (2021). A national‐scale dataset for threats impacting Australia’s imperiled flora and fauna. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (17) ece3.7920, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7920

de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Watson, James E. M., Williams, Brooke A., Allan, James R., O'Bryan, Christopher J. and Maxwell, Sean L. (2021). How to halve the carbon and biodiversity impacts of biofuel-driven land-use change in Brazil. Biological Conservation, 260 109214, 109214. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109214

Stewart, Claire L., Watson, James E.M., Bland, Lucie M. and Tulloch, Ayesha I.T. (2021). Determining ranges of poorly known mammals as a tool for global conservation assessment. Biological Conservation, 260 109188, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109188

Zhu, Li, Hughes, Alice C., Zhao, Xiao-Qian, Zhou, Li-Jing, Ma, Ke-Ping, Shen, Xiao-Li, Li, Sheng, Liu, Ming-Zhang, Xu, Wu-Bing and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Regional scalable priorities for national biodiversity and carbon conservation planning in Asia. Science Advances, 7 (35) eabe4261, eabe4261. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe4261

Watson, James E. M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Narain, Divya, Ward, Michelle, Maron, Martine and Maxwell, Sean L. (2021). Talk is cheap: nations must act now to achieve long-term ambitions for biodiversity. One Earth, 4 (7), 897-900. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.012

Zeng, Yiwen, Runting, Rebecca K., Watson, James E. M. and Carrasco, Luis Roman (2021). Telecoupled environmental impacts are an obstacle to meeting the sustainable development goals. Sustainable Development, 30 (1) sd.2229, 1-7. doi: 10.1002/sd.2229

Grantham, Hedley S., Tibaldeschi, Paolo, Izquierdo, Pablo, Mo, Karen, Patterson, David J., Rainey, Hugo, Watson, J. E.M. and Jones, Kendall R. (2021). The emerging threat of extractives sector to intact forest landscapes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4 692338. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.692338

Leseberg, Nicholas P., McAllan, Ian A. W., Murphy, Stephen A., Burbidge, Allan H., Joseph, Leo, Parker, Shane A., Jackett, Nigel A., Fuller, Richard A. and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Using anecdotal reports to clarify the distribution and status of a near mythical species: Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). Emu - Austral Ornithology, 121 (3), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2021.1927760

Brodie, Jedediah F., Lieberman, Susan, Moehrenschlager, Axel, Redford, Kent H., Rodriguez, Jon Paul, Schwartz, Mark, Seddon, Philip J. and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Assisted colonization risk assessment-response. Science, 372 (6545), 925-926. doi: 10.1126/science.abj3134

Brodie, Jedediah F., Lieberman, Susan, Moehrenschlager, Axel, Redford, Kent H., Rodríguez, Jon Paul, Schwartz, Mark, Seddon, Philip J. and Watson, James E.M. (2021). Global policy for assisted colonization of species: coordinated policies are needed for the translocation of species for conservation. Science, 372 (6541), 456-458. doi: 10.1126/science.abg0532

Ellis, Erle C., Gauthier, Nicolas, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Bird, Rebecca Bliege, Boivin, Nicole, Díaz, Sandra, Fuller, Dorian Q., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Kaplan, Jed O., Kingston, Naomi, Locke, Harvey, McMichael, Crystal N.H., Ranco, Darren, Rick, Torben C., Rebecca Shaw, M., Stephens, Lucas, Svenning, Jens-Christian and Watson, James E.M. (2021). People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (17) e2023483118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2023483118

Ward, Michelle, Barmand, Shayan, Watson, James and Williams, Brooke (2021). Australia faces environmental crisis. Science, 371 (6534), 1115-1116. doi: 10.1126/science.abg9225

Negret, Pablo Jose, Maron, Martine, Fuller, Richard A., Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E.M. and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2021). Deforestation and bird habitat loss in Colombia. Biological Conservation, 257 109044, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109044

Maron, Martine, Juffe-Bignoli, Diego, Krueger, Linda, Kiesecker, Joseph, Kümpel, Noëlle F., ten Kate, Kerry, Milner-Gulland, E. J., Arlidge, William N. S., Booth, Hollie, Bull, Joseph W., Starkey, Malcolm, Ekstrom, Jonathan M., Strassburg, Bernardo, Verburg, Peter H. and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Setting robust biodiversity goals. Conservation Letters, 14 (5) e12816. doi: 10.1111/conl.12816

Hansen, Andrew J., Noble, Benjamin P., Veneros, Jaris, East, Alyson, Goetz, Scott J., Supples, Christina, Watson, James E. M., Jantz, Patrick A., Pillay, Rajeev, Jetz, Walter, Ferrier, Simon, Grantham, Hedley S., Evans, Thomas D., Ervin, Jamison, Venter, Oscar and Virnig, Anne L. S. (2021). Toward monitoring forest ecosystem integrity within the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Letters, 14 (4) e12822. doi: 10.1111/conl.12822

Geldmann, Jonas, Deguignet, Marine, Balmford, Andrew, Burgess, Neil D., Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Kingston, Naomi, Klimmek, Helen, Lewis, Alanah Hayley, Rahbek, Carsten, Stolton, Sue, Vincent, Claire, Wells, Sue, Woodley, Stephen and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Essential indicators for measuring site-based conservation effectiveness in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Conservation Letters, 14 (4) e12792, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/conl.12792

Sutherland, William J., Atkinson, Philip W., Broad, Steven, Brown, Sam, Clout, Mick, Dias, Maria P., Dicks, Lynn V., Doran, Helen, Fleishman, Erica, Garratt, Elizabeth L., Gaston, Kevin J., Hughes, Alice C., Le Roux, Xavier, Lickorish, Fiona A., Maggs, Luke, Palardy, James E., Peck, Lloyd S., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Pretty, Jules, Spalding, Mark D., Tonneijck, Femke H., Walpole, Matt, Watson, James E.M., Wentworth, Jonathan and Thornton, Ann (2021). A 2021 horizon scan of emerging global biological conservation issues. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36 (1), 87-97. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.014

Webster, Patrick T.D., Jackett, Nigel A., Swann, George, Leseberg, Nicholas P., Murphy, Stephen and Watson, James E. (2021). Descriptions of the vocalisations of the Chestnut-backed Button-quail Turnix castanotus. Australian Field Ornithology, 38, 137-144. doi: 10.20938/afo38137144

Callaghan, Corey T., Watson, James E. M., Lyons, Mitchell B., Cornwell, William K. and Fuller, Richard A. (2021). Conservation birding: a quantitative conceptual framework for prioritizing citizen science observations. Biological Conservation, 253 108912, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108912

Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E.M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Ward, Michelle, Brooks, Thomas M., Butt, Nathalie, Bolam, Friederike C., Stuart, Simon N., Mair, Louise, McGowan, Philip J. K., Gregory, Richard, Hilton‐Taylor, Craig, Mallon, David, Harrison, Ian and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2020). A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Letters, 14 (3) e12778. doi: 10.1111/conl.12778

Maxwell, Sean L., Cazalis, Victor, Dudley, Nigel, Hoffmann, Michael, Rodrigues, Ana S. L., Stolton, Sue, Visconti, Piero, Woodley, Stephen, Kingston, Naomi, Lewis, Edward, Maron, Martine, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Wenger, Amelia, Jonas, Harry D., Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Author Correction: Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century (Nature, (2020), 586, 7828, (217-227), 10.1038/s41586-020-2773-z). Nature, 588 (7837), E14-E14. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2952-y

Stoetzel, Henry J., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Murphy, Stephen A., Andrew, Margaret E., Plant, Kayler J., Harrington, Graham N. and Watson, James E.M. (2020). Modelling the habitat of the endangered Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae): The importance of spatio-temporal habitat availability in a fire prone landscape. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24 e01341, e01341. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01341

Grantham, H. S., Duncan, A., Evans, T. D., Jones, K. R., Beyer, H. L., Schuster, R., Walston, J., Ray, J. C., Robinson, J. G., Callow, M., Clements, T., Costa, H. M., DeGemmis, A., Elsen, P. R., Ervin, J., Franco, P., Goldman, E., Goetz, S., Hansen, A., Hofsvang, E., Jantz, P., Jupiter, S., Kang, A., Langhammer, P., Laurance, W. F., Lieberman, S., Linkie, M., Malhi, Y., Maxwell, S. ... Watson, J. E.M. (2020). Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5978, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3

Leseberg, Nicholas P., Venables, William N., Murphy, Stephen A. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Using intrinsic and contextual information associated with automated signal detections to improve call recognizer performance: A case study using the cryptic and critically endangered Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11 (11), 1520-1530. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13475

Perez-Hammerle, Katharina-Victoria, Moon, Katie, Possingham, Hugh P., Jose Martinez-Harms, Maria and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Eroded protections threaten US forests. Science, 370 (6519), 921-922. doi: 10.1126/science.abf5654

de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Watson, James E. M. and Maxwell, Sean L. (2020). Unveiling the environmental benefits of reducing sugar. Lancet Planetary Health, 4 (11), E497-E498. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30226-6

Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Beger, Maria, Gallagher, Rachael V., Shanahan, Danielle F., Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change. Conservation Biology, 35 (3) cobi.13643, 775-783. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13643

Maxwell, Sean L., Cazalis, Victor, Dudley, Nigel, Hoffmann, Michael, Rodrigues, Ana S. L., Stolton, Sue, Visconti, Piero, Woodley, Stephen, Kingston, Naomi, Lewis, Edward, Maron, Martine, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Wenger, Amelia, Jonas, Harry D., Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century. Nature, 586 (7828), 217-227. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2773-z

Wenger, Amelia S., Harris, Daniel, Weber, Samuel, Vaghi, Ferguson, Nand, Yashika, Naisilisili, Waisea, Hughes, Alec, Delevaux, Jade, Klein, Carissa J., Watson, James, Mumby, Peter J. and Jupiter, Stacy D. (2020). Best‐practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land‐clearing. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57 (12) 1365-2664.13743, 2381-2392. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13743

Mahood, Simon P., Poole, Colin M., Watson, James E. M., MacKenzie, Richard A., Sharma, Sahadev and Garnett, Stephen T. (2020). Agricultural intensification is causing rapid habitat change in the Tonle Sap Floodplain, Cambodia. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 28 (5), 713-726. doi: 10.1007/s11273-020-09740-1

Ward, Michelle, Saura, Santiago, Williams, Brooke, Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Dubois, Grégoire and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4563, 4563. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18457-x

Sonter, Laura J., Dade, Marie C., Watson, James E. M. and Valenta, Rick K. (2020). Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4174, 4174. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17928-5

Grantham, H. S., Shapiro, A., Bonfils, D., Gond, V., Goldman, E., Maisels, F., Plumptre, A. J., Rayden, T., Robinson, J. G., Strindberg, S., Stokes, E., Tulloch, A. I.T.T., Watson, J. E.M., Williams, L. and Rickenbach, O. (2020). Spatial priorities for conserving the most intact biodiverse forests within Central Africa. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (9) 0940B5. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9fae

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Pacifici, Michela, Di Marco, Moreno and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Protected areas are now the last strongholds for many imperiled mammal species. Conservation Letters, 13 (6) e12748. doi: 10.1111/conl.12748

Hansen, Andrew J., Burns, Patrick, Ervin, Jamison, Goetz, Scott J., Hansen, Matthew, Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M., Jantz, Patrick A., Virnig, Anne L. S., Barnett, Kevin, Pillay, Rajeev, Atkinson, Scott, Supples, Christina, Rodríguez-Buritica, Susana and Armenteras, Dolors (2020). A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (10), 1377-1384. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1274-7

Gosling, Joe, Jones, Matt I., Arnell, Andy, Watson, James E. M., Venter, Oscar, Baquero, Andrea C. and Burgess, Neil D. (2020). A global mapping template for natural and modified habitat across terrestrial Earth. Biological Conservation, 250 108674, 108674. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108674

Ward, Michelle, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Radford, James Q., Williams, Brooke A., Reside, April E., Macdonald, Stewart L., Mayfield, Helen J., Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P., Vine, Samantha J., O’Connor, James L., Massingham, Emily J., Greenville, Aaron C., Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Lintermans, Mark, Scheele, Ben C., Carwardine, Josie, Nimmo, Dale G., Lindenmayer, David B., Kooyman, Robert M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (10), 1321-1326. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1251-1

Chapman, Sarah, Syktus, Jozef I, Trancoso, Ralph, Salazar, Alvaro, Thatcher, Marcus J., Watson, James E. M., Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas, Dargusch, Paul and McAlpine, Clive Alexander (2020). Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo’s climate during El Niño events. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (8) 084006, 084006. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab86f5

Zeng, Yiwen, Maxwell, Sean, Runting, Rebecca K., Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M. and Carrasco, L. Roman (2020). Environmental destruction not avoided with the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability, 3 (10), 795-798. doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-0555-0

Pacifici, Michela, Rondinini, Carlo, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Burbidge, Andrew A., Cristiano, Andrea, Watson, James E. M., Woinarski, John C. Z. and Di Marco, Moreno (2020). Global correlates of range contractions and expansions in terrestrial mammals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2840, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16684-w

Gallo-Cajiao, Eduardo, Morrison, Tiffany H., Woodworth, Bradley K., Lees, Alexander C., Naves, Liliana C., Yong, Ding Li, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Mundkur, Taej, Bird, Jeremy, Jain, Anuj, Klokov, Konstantin, Syroechkovskiy, Evgeny, Chowdhury, Sayam U., Fu, Vivian Wing Kan, Watson, James E.M. and Fuller, Richard A. (2020). Extent and potential impact of hunting on migratory shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific. Biological Conservation, 246 108582, 108582. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108582

Williams, Brooke Anne, Venter, Oscar, Allan, James R., Atkinson, Scott C., Rehbein, Jose A., Ward, Michelle S., Di Marco, Moreno, Grantham, Hedley S., Ervin, Jamison, Goetz, Scott, Hansen, Andrew J., Jantz, Patrick, Pillay, Rajeev, Rodríguez-Buriticá, Susana, Supples, Christina, Virnig, Anne L. S. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems. SSRN Electronic Journal, 3 (3), 371-382. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3600547

Lindenmayer, David B., Kooyman, Robert M., Taylor, Chris, Ward, Michelle and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging and associated forest management. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (7), 898-900. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1195-5

de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Maxwell, Sean L. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Renewed threats to Brazilian biodiversity from sugarcane. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18 (4), 178-179. doi: 10.1002/fee.2196

Sonter, Laura J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James E. M., Jones, Julia P. G., Kiesecker, Joseph M., Costa, Hugo M., Bennun, Leon, Edwards, Stephen, Grantham, Hedley S., Griffiths, Victoria F., Jones, Kendall, Sochi, Kei, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quétier, Fabien, Rainer, Helga, Rainey, Hugo, Roe, Dilys, Satar, Musnanda, Soares-Filho, Britaldo S., Starkey, Malcolm, ten Kate, Kerry, Victurine, Ray, von Hase, Amrei, Wells, Jessie A. and Maron, Martine (2020). Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve no net loss goals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2072, 2072. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15861-1

Runting, Rebecca K., Phinn, Stuart, Xie, Zunyi, Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2003, 2003. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15870-0

Mokany, Karel, Ferrier, Simon, Harwood, Thomas D., Ware, Chris, Di Marco, Moreno, Grantham, Hedley S., Venter, Oscar, Hoskins, Andrew J. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Reconciling global priorities for conserving biodiversity habitat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (18), 201918373-9911. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918373117

Leseberg, Nicholas P., Murphy, Stephen A., Jackett, Nigel A., Webster, Patrick T. D., MacColl, Christopher, Stoetzel, Henry J. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Recognising the impact of sight record assessment on the scientific record and a species’ conservation status. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 120 (2), 181-183. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2020.1774395

Collingwood, Teghan D., Watson, James E. M., Kearney, Stephen, Brown, Allana, Ross, Ashaley, Kulka, Glen, Kulka, Hamish, Kulka, Karla, Royee, Francis, Ross, Brendan, Mahney, Terry, Huett, Katy and Kutt, Alex S. (2020). Native and exotic nest predators of Alwal (Golden-shouldered parrot Psephotellus chrysopterygius) on Olkola Country, Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Emu, 120 (2), 168-172. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2020.1750963

Mason, Natalie, Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Venter, Oscar and Runting, Rebecca K. (2020). Global opportunities and challenges for transboundary conservation. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (5), 694-701. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1160-3

Kooyman, Robert M., Watson, James and Wilf, Peter (2020). Protect Australia's Gondwana Rainforests. Science, 367 (6482), 1083-1083. doi: 10.1126/science.abb2046

Kooyman, Robert M., Watson, James and Wilf, Peter (2020). Protect Australia's gondwana rainforests. Science, 367 (6482), 1083-1085. doi: 10.1126/science.abb2748

Rehbein, Jose A., Watson, James E. M., Lane, Joe L., Sonter, Laura J., Venter, Oscar, Atkinson, Scott C. and Allan, James R. (2020). Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas. Global Change Biology, 26 (5) gcb.15067, 3040-3051. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15067

O'Bryan, Christopher J., Allan, James R., Holden, Matthew, Sanderson, Christopher, Venter, Oscar, Di Marco, Moreno, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Watson, James E.M. (2020). Intense human pressure is widespread across terrestrial vertebrate ranges. Global Ecology and Conservation, 21 e00882, e00882. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00882

Rickards, Lauren and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Research is not immune to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 10 (3), 180-183. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-0715-2

Jones, Kendall R., Klein, Carissa J., Grantham, Hedley S., Possingham, Hugh P., Halpern, Benjamin S., Burgess, Neil D., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Robinson, John G., Kingston, Naomi, Bhola, Nina and Watson, James E.M. (2020). Area requirements to safeguard earth's marine species. One Earth, 2 (2), 188-196. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.01.010

Watson, James E. M., Keith, David A., Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Venter, Oscar, Williams, Brooke and Nicholson, Emily (2020). Set a global target for ecosystems. Nature, 578 (7795), 360-362. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00446-1

Verma, Megha, Symes, William S., Watson, James E. M., Jones, Kendall R., Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Rheindt, Frank E., Edwards, David P. and Carrasco, Luis R. (2020). Severe human pressures in the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot. Conservation Science and Practice, 2 (3) e169. doi: 10.1111/csp2.169

Williams, Brooke Anne, Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E. M., Alvarez, Silvia J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Rogeliz, Carlos A., Da Silva, Mayesse A., Forero-Medina, German, Etter, Andres, Nogales, Jonathan, Walschburger, Thomas, Hyman, Glenn and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2020). Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (1) 014001, 014001. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5ff7

Fa, John E., Watson, James E. M., Leiper, Ian, Potapov, Peter, Evans, Tom D., Burgess, Neil D., Molnar, Zsolt, Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro, Duncan, Tom, Wang, Stephanie, Austin, Beau J., Jonas, Harry, Robinson, Cathy J., Malmer, Pernilla, Zander, Kerstin K., Jackson, Micha, Ellis, Erle, Brondizio, Eduardo S. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2020). Importance of Indigenous peoples' lands for the conservation of intact forest landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18 (3) fee.2148, 135-140. doi: 10.1002/fee.2148

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. and Jacobson, Andrew P. (2020). Global human influence maps reveal clear opportunities in conserving Earth’s remaining intact terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 26 (8), 4344-4356. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15109

Maron, Martine, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James E. M., Sonter, Laura J., Bennun, Leon, Griffiths, Victoria F., Quétier, Fabien, von Hase, Amrei, Edwards, Stephen, Rainey, Hugo, Bull, Joseph W., Savy, Conrad E., Victurine, Ray, Kiesecker, Joseph, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Stevens, Todd, Cozannet, Naïg and Jones, Julia P. G. (2019). Global no net loss of natural ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (1), 46-49. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-1067-z

Johnson, Chris J., Venter, Oscar, Ray, Justina C. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Growth-inducing infrastructure represents transformative yet ignored keystone environmental decisions. Conservation Letters, 13 (2) e12696. doi: 10.1111/conl.12696

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Watson, James E. M., Bennun, Leon, Costa, Hugo M., Dutson, Guy, Edwards, Stephen, Grantham, Hedley, Griffiths, Victoria F., Jones, Julia P. G., Kiesecker, Joseph, Possingham, Hugh P., Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quetier, Fabien, Rainer, Helga, Rainey, Hugo, Roe, Dilys, Savy, Conrad E., Souquet, Mathieu, ten Kate, Kerry, Victurine, Ray, von Hase, Amrei and Maron, Martine (2019). Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target-based approach for ecological compensation. Conservation Letters, 13 (2) e12695. doi: 10.1111/conl.12695

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Watson, James. E. M., Salazar, Alvaro and Maron, Martine (2019). A composite measure of habitat loss for entire assemblages of species. Conservation Biology, 33 (6) cobi.13331, 1438-1447. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13331

Allan, James R., Watson, James E M, Marco, Moreno Di, O'Bryan, Christopher J., Possingham, Hugh P., Atkinson, Scott C. and Venter, Oscar (2019). Erratum: Correction: Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates (PLoS biology (2019) 17 3 (e3000158)). PLoS Biology, 17 (12) e3000598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000598

Beyer, Hawthorne L., Venter, Oscar, Grantham, Hedley S. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Substantial losses in ecoregion intactness highlight urgency of globally coordinated action. Conservation Letters, 13 (2) e12592, e12592. doi: 10.1111/conl.12692

Wintle, Brendan A., Cadenhead, Natasha C. R., Morgain, Rachel A., Legge, Sarah M., Bekessy, Sarah A., Cantele, Matthew, Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M., Maron, Martine, Keith, David A., Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John C. Z. and Lindenmayer, David B. (2019). Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia's extinction crisis?. Conservation Letters, 12 (6) e12682. doi: 10.1111/conl.12682

Bull, Joseph W., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Addison, Prue F. E., Arlidge, William N. S., Baker, Julia, Brooks, Thomas M., Burgass, Michael J., Hinsley, Amy, Maron, Martine, Robinson, John G., Sekhran, Nik, Sinclair, Samuel P., Stuart, Simon N., zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Net positive outcomes for nature. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4 (1), 4-7. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-1022-z

Hansen, Andrew, Barnett, Kevin, Jantz, Patrick, Phillips, Linda, Goetz, Scott J., Hansen, Matt, Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M., Burns, Patrick, Atkinson, Scott, Rodríguez-Buritica, Susana, Ervin, Jamison, Virnig, Anne, Supples, Christina and De Camargo, Rafael (2019). Global humid tropics forest structural condition and forest structural integrity maps. Scientific Data, 6 (1) 232, 232. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0214-3

Watson, James Edward Maxwell and Venter, Oscar (2019). Mapping the continuum of humanity's footprint on land. One Earth, 1 (2), 175-180. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.09.004

Venter, Oscar, Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). The human footprint represents observable human pressures: reply to Kennedy et al.. Global Change Biology, 26 (2) gcb.14849, 330-332. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14849

Maxwell, Sean L., Evans, Tom, Watson, James E. M., Morel, Alexandra, Grantham, Hedley, Duncan, Adam, Harris, Nancy, Potapov, Peter, Runting, Rebecca K., Venter, Oscar, Wang, Stephanie and Malhi, Yadvinder (2019). Degradation and forgone removals increase the carbon impact of intact forest loss by 626%. Science Advances, 5 (10) eaax2546, eaax2546. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax2546

Iacona, Gwenllian, Ramachandra, Anurag, McGowan, Jennifer, Davies, Alasdair, Joppa, Lucas, Koh, Lian Pin, Fegraus, Eric, Game, Edward, Guillera-Arroita, Gurutzeta, Harcourt, Rob, Indraswari, Karlina, Lahoz-Monfort, Jose J., Oliver, Jessica L., Possingham, Hugh P., Ward, Adrian, Watson, David W., Watson, James E. M., Wintle, Brendan A. and Chades, Iadine (2019). Identifying technology solutions to bring conservation into the innovation era. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17 (10), 591-598. doi: 10.1002/fee.2111

Lahoz-Monfort, José J., Chadès, Iadine, Davies, Alasdair, Fegraus, Eric, Game, Edward, Guillera-Arroita, Gurutzeta, Harcourt, Robert, Indraswari, Karlina, McGowan, Jennifer, Oliver, Jessica L., Refisch, Johannes, Rhodes, Jonathan, Roe, Paul, Rogers, Alex, Ward, Adrian, Watson, David M., Watson, James E. M., Wintle, Brendan A. and Joppa, Lucas (2019). A call for international leadership and coordination to realize the potential of conservation technology. BioScience, 69 (10), 823-832. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biz090

Di Marco, Moreno, Ferrier, Simon, Harwood, Tom D., Hoskins, Andrew J. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Wilderness areas halve the extinction risk of terrestrial biodiversity. Nature, 573 (7775), 582-585. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1567-7

Winning, Matthew, Price, James, Ekins, Paul, Pye, Steve, Glynn, James, Watson, Jim and McGlade, Christophe (2019). Nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement and the costs of delayed action. Climate Policy, 19 (8), 947-958. doi: 10.1080/14693062.2019.1615858

Locke, Harvey, Ellis, Erle C., Venter, Oscar, Schuster, Richard, Ma, Keping, Shen, Xiaoli, Woodley, Stephen, Kingston, Naomi, Bhola, Nina, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Paulsch, Axel, Williams, Brooke and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Three Global Conditions for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: an implementation framework. National Science Review, 6 (6), 1080-1082. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwz136

Ward, Michelle S., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Reside, April E., Watson, James E. M., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Possingham, Hugh P., Trezise, James, Fletcher, Rachel, File, Lindsey and Taylor, Martin (2019). Lots of loss with little scrutiny: the attrition of habitat critical for threatened species in Australia. Conservation Science and Practice, 1 (11) e117. doi: 10.1111/csp2.117

Travers, Henry, Selinske, Matthew, Nuno, Ana, Serban, Anca, Mancini, Francesca, Barychka, Tatsiana, Bush, Emma, Rasolofoson, Ranaivo A., Watson, James E.M. and Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2019). A manifesto for predictive conservation. Biological Conservation, 237, 12-18. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.059

Visconti, Piero, Butchart, Stuart H.M., Brooks, Thomas M., Langhammer, Penny F., Marnewick, Daniel, Vergara, Sheila, Yanosky, Alberto, Crowe, Olivia and Watson, James E.M. (2019). A bold successor to Aichi Target 11−−Response. Science, 365 (6454), 650-651. doi: 10.1126/science.aay2768

Simmonds, J. S. and Watson, J. E. M. (2019). All threatened species habitat is important. Animal Conservation, 22 (4), 324-325. doi: 10.1111/acv.12518

Negret, Pablo Jose, Sonter, Laura, Watson, James E.M., Possingham, Hugh P., Jones, Kendall R., Suarez, Cesar, Ochoa-Quintero, Jose Manuel and Maron, Martine (2019). Emerging evidence that armed conflict and coca cultivation influence deforestation patterns. Biological Conservation, 239 108176, 108176. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.021

Watson, James E. M. and Jones, Julia P. G. (2019). Diverse contributions benefit people and nature. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (8), 1140-1141. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0936-9

Roberson, Leslie A., Kiszka, Jeremy J. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Need to address gaps in global fisheries observation. Conservation Biology, 33 (4) cobi.13265, 966-968. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13265

Coad, Lauren, Watson, James E. M., Geldmann, Jonas, Burgess, Neil D., Leverington, Fiona, Hockings, Marc, Knights, Kathryn and Di Marco, Moreno (2019). Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17 (5) fee.2042, 259-264. doi: 10.1002/fee.2042

Kuempel, Caitlin D., Jones, Kendall R., Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2019). Quantifying biases in marine‐protected‐area placement relative to abatable threats. Conservation Biology, 33 (6) cobi.13340, 1350-1359. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13340

O'Bryan, Christopher J., Holden, Matthew H. and Watson, James E.M. (2019). The mesoscavenger release hypothesis and implications for ecosystem and human well‐being. Ecology Letters, 22 (9) ele.13288, 1340-1348. doi: 10.1111/ele.13288

Chapman, Sarah, Thatcher, Marcus, Salazar, Alvaro, Watson, James E.M. and McAlpine, Clive A. (2019). The impact of climate change and urban growth on urban climate and heat stress in a subtropical city. International Journal of Climatology, 39 (6), 3013-3030. doi: 10.1002/joc.5998

Jones, Julia P. G., Ratsimbazafy, Jonah, Ratsifandrihamanana, Anitry N., Watson, James E. M., Andrianandrasana, Herizo T., Cabeza, Mar, Cinner, Joshua E., Goodman, Steven M., Hawkins, Frank, Mittermeier, Russell A., Rabearisoa, Ando L., Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Razafimanahaka, Julie H., Razafimpahanana, Andriamandimbisoa R., Wilmé, Lucienne and Wright, Patricia C. (2019). Last chance for Madagascar’s biodiversity. Nature Sustainability, 2 (5), 350-352. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0288-0

Visconti, Piero, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Brooks, Thomas M., Langhammer, Penny F., Marnewick, Daniel, Vergara, Sheila, Yanosky, Alberto and Watson, James E. M. (2019). Protected area targets post-2020. Science, 364 (6437), 239-241. doi: 10.1126/science.aav6886

Mappin, Bonnie, Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Di Marco, Moreno, Beyer, Hawthorne L., Venter, Oscar, Halpern, Benjamin S., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E.M. (2019). Restoration priorities to achieve the global protected area target. Conservation Letters, 12 (4) e12646, e12646. doi: 10.1111/conl.12646

Di Minin, Enrico, Brooks, Thomas M., Toivonen, Tuuli, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Heikinheimo, Vuokko, Watson, James E. M., Burgess, Neil D., Challender, Daniel W. S., Goettsch, Bárbara, Jenkins, Richard and Moilanen, Atte (2019). Identifying global centers of unsustainable commercial harvesting of species. Science Advances, 5 (4) eaau2879, eaau2879. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau2879

Reside, April E., Cosgrove, Anita J., Pointon, Revel, Trezise, James, Watson, James E.M. and Maron, Martine (2019). How to send a finch extinct. Environmental Science and Policy, 94, 163-173. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.01.005

Garnett, S. T., Butchart, S. H. M., Baker, G. B., Bayraktarov, E., Buchanan, K. L., Burbidge, A. A., Chauvenet, A. L. M., Christidis, L., Ehmke, G., Grace, M., Hoccom, D. G., Legge, S. M., Leiper, I., Lindenmayer, D. B., Loyn, R. H., Maron, M., McDonald, P., Menkhorst, P., Possingham, H. P., Radford, J., Reside, A. E., Watson, D. M., Watson, J. E. M., Wintle, B., Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Geyle, H. M. (2019). Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds: metrics of progress. Conservation Biology, 33 (2), 456-468. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13220

Maxwell, Sean L., Reside, April, Trezise, James, McAlpine, Clive A. and Watson, James EM. (2019). Retention and restoration priorities for climate adaptation in a multi-use landscape. Global Ecology and Conservation, 18 e00649, e00649. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00649

Watson, James E. M. (2019). Forests are still key to climate action. Nature, 567 (7748), 311-311. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00869-5

Allan, James R., Watson, James E. M., Di Marco, Moreno, O’Bryan, Christopher J., Possingham, Hugh P., Atkinson, Scott C. and Venter, Oscar (2019). Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates. PLOS Biology, 17 (3) e3000158, e3000158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000158

Gilfedder, Mat, Robinson, Cathy J., Watson, James E. M., Campbell, Thomas G., Sullivan, Brian L. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2019). Brokering trust in citizen science. Society and Natural Resources, 32 (3), 292-302. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2018.1518507

Jones, Julia P.G., Ratsimbazafy, Jonah, Ratsifandrihamanana, Anitry N., Watson, James E.M., Andrianandrasana, Herizo T., Cabeza, Mar, Cinner, Joshua E., Goodman, Steven M., Hawkins, Frank, Mittermeier, Russell A., Rabearisoa, Ando L., Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Razafimanahaka, Julie H., Razafimpahanana, Andriamandimbisoa R., Wilmé, Lucienne and Wright, Patricia C. (2019). Madagascar: crime threatens biodiversity. Science, 363 (6429), 825-825. doi: 10.1126/science.aaw6402

Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., McNamara, Karen E., Nunn, Patrick D. and Watson, James E. M. (2019). What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature. Local Environment, 24 (4), 374-390. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2019.1580688

Nicholson, Emily, Fulton, Elizabeth A., Brooks, Thomas M., Blanchard, Ryan, Leadley, Paul, Metzger, Jean Paul, Mokany, Karel, Stevenson, Simone, Wintle, Brendan A., Woolley, Skipton N.C., Barnes, Megan, Watson, James E.M. and Ferrier, Simon (2019). Scenarios and models to support global conservation targets. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34 (1), 57-68. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.10.006

Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Auerbach, Nancy, Avery-Gomm, Stephanie, Dickman, Chris R., Fisher, Diana O., Grantham, Hedley, Holden, Matthew H., Lavery, Tyrone H., Leseberg, Nicholas P., O’Connor, James, Roberson, Leslie, Smyth, Anita K., Stone, Zoe, Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Turak, Eren, Watson, James E. M. and Wardle, Glenda M. (2019). Reply to ‘Consider species specialism when publishing datasets’ and ‘Decision trees for data publishing may exacerbate conservation conflict’. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (3), 320-321. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0805-6

Ward, Michelle, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Watson, James E.M., Lefevre, James, Atkinson, Scott and Possingham, Hugh P. (2019). Use of surrogate species to cost-effectively prioritize conservation actions. Conservation Biology, 34 (3) cobi.13430, 600-610. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13430

Runting, Rebecca K., Ruslandi, Griscom, Bronson W., Struebig, Matthew J., Satar, Musnanda, Meijaard, Erik, Burivalova, Zuzana, Cheyne, Susan M., Deere, Nicolas J., Game, Edward T., Putz, F. E., Wells, Jessie A., Wilting, Andreas, Ancrenaz, Marc, Ellis, Peter, Khan, Faisal A. A., Leavitt, Sara M., Marshall, Andrew J., Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M. and Venter, Oscar (2019). Larger gains from improved management over sparing–sharing for tropical forests. Nature Sustainability, 2 (1), 53-61. doi: 10.1038/s41893-018-0203-0

Leseberg, Nicholas, Murphy, Stephen, Jackett, Nigel, Greatwich, Bruce, Brown, Jamie, Hamilton, Neil, Joseph, Leo and Watson, James (2019). Descriptions of known vocalisations of the Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. Australian Field Ornithology, 36, 79-88. doi: 10.20938/afo36079088

Maxwell, Sean L., Butt, Nathalie, Maron, Martine, McAlpine, Clive A., Chapman, Sarah, Ullmann, Ailish, Segan, Dan B. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (4) ddi.12878, 613-625. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12878

Sonter, Laura J., Ali, Saleem H. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1892) 20181926, 20181926. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1926

Jones, Kendall and Watson, James (2018). The Last of the Ocean Wilderness. Scientific American, 319 (6), 9-9.

Di Marco, Moreno, Venter, Oscar, Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 4621, 4621. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07049-5

Watson, James E. M., Venter, Oscar, Lee, Jasmine, Jones, Kendall R., Robinson, John G., Possingham, Hugh P. and Allan, James R. (2018). Protect the last of the wild. Nature, 563 (7729), 27-30. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07183-6

Chapman, Sarah, Thatcher, Marcus, Salazar, Alvaro, Watson, James E. M. and McAlpine, Clive A. (2018). The effect of urban density and vegetation cover on the heat island of a subtropical city. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57 (11), 2531-2550. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0316.1

Foden, Wendy B., Young, Bruce E., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Garcia, Raquel A., Hoffmann, Ary A., Stein, Bruce A., Thomas, Chris D., Wheatley, Christopher J., Bickford, David, Carr, Jamie A., Hole, David G., Martin, Tara G., Pacifici, Michela, Pearce-Higgins, James W., Platts, Philip J., Visconti, Piero, Watson, James E. M. and Huntley, Brian (2018). Climate change vulnerability assessment of species. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 10 (1) e551, e551. doi: 10.1002/wcc.551

Jones, Kendall R., Venter, Oscar, Fuller, Richard A., Allan, James R., Maxwell, Sean L., Negret, Pablo Jose and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Protected land: threat of invasive species: response. Science, 361 (6402), 562-563. doi: 10.1126/science.aau7317

Braczkowski, Alexander, Holden, Matthew H., O'Bryan, Christopher, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Gan, Xiaojing, Beesley, Nicholas, Gao, Yufang, Allan, James, Tyrrell, Peter, Stiles, Daniel, Brehony, Peadar, Meney, Revocatus, Brink, Henry, Takashina, Nao, Lin, Ming-Ching, Lin, Hsien-Yung, Rust, Niki, Salmo, Severino G., Watson, James Em, Kahumbu, Paula, Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P. and Biggs, Duan (2018). Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn. Conservation Biology, 32 (4), 765-773. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13097

Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Auerbach, Nancy, Avery-Gomm, Stephanie, Bayraktarov, Elisa, Butt, Nathalie, Dickman, Chris R., Ehmke, Glenn, Fisher, Diana O., Grantham, Hedley, Holden, Matthew H., Lavery, Tyrone H., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Nicholls, Miles, O'Connor, James, Roberson, Leslie, Smyth, Anita K., Stone, Zoe, Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Turak, Eren, Wardle, Glenda M. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (8), 1209-1217. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0608-1

Jones, Kendall R., Klein, Carissa J., Halpern, Benjamin S., Venter, Oscar, Grantham, Hedley, Kuempel, Caitlin D., Shumway, Nicole, Friedlander, Alan M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). The location and protection status of earth's diminishing marine wilderness. Current Biology, 28 (15), 2506-2512.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.010

Holland, Robert A., Beaumont, Nicola, Hooper, Tara, Austen, Melanie, Gross, Robert J. K., Heptonstall, Philip J., Ketsopoulou, Ioanna, Winskel, Mark, Watson, Jim and Taylor, Gail (2018). Incorporating ecosystem services into the design of future energy systems. Applied Energy, 222, 812-822. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.022

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