Current sustainability challenges–including biodiversity loss, pollution and land-use change–
require new ways of understanding, acting in and caring for the landscapes we live in. The …

Private land conservation (PLC) is an important means for achieving global conservation
targets. We reviewed peer-reviewed literature focussing on PLC to summarize past scientific …

Citizen science is a useful approach for conducting scientific research; however, an
understanding of the motivations, satisfactions, and other aspects of volunteers' psychology …

Conservationists increasingly use unstructured observational data, such as citizen science
records or ranger patrol observations, to guide decision making. These datasets are often …

Sharks and their cartilaginous relatives (Class Chondrichthyes, herein 'sharks') are one of
the world's most threatened species groups. Their slow life history traits and vulnerability to …

Conservation decisions increasingly involve multiple environmental and social objectives,
which result in complex decision contexts with high potential for trade‐offs. Improving social …

Meeting future food demands for 9 billion people in the next 30 years will require either
agricultural expansion or intensification to increase production. However, agriculture is …

Public lands alone are insufficient to address the needs of most at-risk wildlife species in the
US As a result, a variety of voluntary incentive programs have emerged to recruit private …

Private land conservation (PLC) is an increasingly recognized strategy to help address the
global biodiversity crisis. Understanding landowners' context-dependent preferences for …

A variety of policy instruments are used to promote the conservation of biodiversity on
private land. These instruments are often employed in unison to encourage land …