How to improve threatened species management: An Australian perspective

BC Scheele, S Legge, DP Armstrong, P Copley… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Targeted threatened species management is a central component of efforts to prevent
species extinction. Despite the development of a range of management frameworks to …

To mix or not to mix gene pools for threatened species management? Few studies use genetic data to examine the risks of both actions, but failing to do so leads …

E Liddell, P Sunnucks, CN Cook - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Many small, isolated populations lose genetic variation and suffer inbreeding, increasing
their extinction risk. Augmenting gene flow may alleviate these issues if populations are …

Half of resources in threatened species conservation plans are allocated to research and monitoring

RT Buxton, S Avery-Gomm, HY Lin, PA Smith… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Funds to combat biodiversity loss are insufficient, requiring conservation managers to make
trade-offs between costs for actions to avoid further loss and costs for research and …

[HTML][HTML] Key information needs to move from knowledge to action for biodiversity conservation in Canada

RT Buxton, JR Bennett, AJ Reid, C Shulman… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the ongoing global biodiversity crisis, conservation approaches must be
underpinned by robust information. Canada is uniquely positioned to contribute to meeting …

[HTML][HTML] Australia's most imperilled vertebrates

ST Garnett, BK Hayward-Brown, RK Kopf… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The likelihood of extinction within the next 20 years was determined for 47 Australian
mammal, bird, reptile, frog and freshwater fish taxa previously identified as being highly …

[HTML][HTML] An early evaluation of translocation actions for endangered plant species on Mediterranean islands

G Fenu, G Bacchetta, SC Charalambos, C Fournaraki… - Plant diversity, 2019 - Elsevier
In situ conservation is widely considered a primary conservation strategy. Plant
translocation, specifically, represents an important tool for reducing the extinction risk of …

[HTML][HTML] How to conserve threatened Chinese plant species with extremely small populations?

S Volis - Plant Diversity, 2016 - Elsevier
abstract The Chinese flora occupies a unique position in global plant diversity, but is
severely threatened. Although biodiversity conservation in China has made significant …

[HTML][HTML] The right to fail? Problematizing failure discourse in international conservation

JM Chambers, K Massarella, R Fletcher - World development, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing body of critical research interrogates the tendency within international
conservation circles to present interventions as successful, even when evidence points to …

[HTML][HTML] Landing among the stars: Risks and benefits of Predator Free 2050 and other ambitious conservation targets

A Palmer, L McLauchlan - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, ambitious goals, or 'moonshots', have been used in a range of policy interventions.
In conservation, such targets may bring numerous auxiliary benefits, such that policies can …

Place-based bias in environmental scholarship derived from social–ecological landscapes of fear

GI Gadsden, N Golden, NC Harris - BioScience, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Historical perspectives (eg, moments of social, political, and economic significance) are
increasingly relevant for developing insights into landscape change and ecosystem …