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West Penwith habitat surveys: Carn Galver (part) (survey area 32 (part) - 2021).

Published online: 19 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This report presents a survey conducted at Carn Galver (part) / Site 32 (part) in Cornwall. The survey site supports an area of lowland heath vegetati...

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in England: their historical development and prospoects in a changing envrionment.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Galbraith, C. & Stroud, D.

Content type: Reports

This think-piece has been commissioned by Natural England to consider the effectiveness of the current system of SSSIs, and to propose additional acti...

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Biome awareness disparity is bad for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Silveira, F. A. O. & Ordóñez-Parra, C. A. & Moura, L. C. & Schmidt, I. B. & Andersen, A. N. & Bond, W. & Buisson, E. & Durigan, G. & Fidelis, A. & Oliveira, R. S. & Parr, C. & Rowland, L. & Veldman, J. W. & Pennington, R. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We introduce the concept of Biome Awareness Disparity (BAD)-defined as a failure to appreciate the significance of all biomes in conservation and rest...

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Leveraging federalism for flexible and robust management of social-ecological systems.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Sims, C. & Armsworth, P. R. & Blackwood, J. & Fitzpatrick, B. & Kling, D. M. & Lenhart, S. & Neubert, M. & Papeş, M. & Sanchirico, J. & Shea, K. & Springborn, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Managing social-ecological systems (SES) requires balancing the need to tailor actions to local heterogeneity and the need to work over large areas to...

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A response from the British Ecological Society to Defra's "net gain" consultation.

Published online: 01 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: White paper

This paper describes the response from the British Ecological Society to Defra's "net gain" consultation. The Net Gain consultation is seeking views o...

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Stepping into the wildeverse: evaluating the impact of augmented reality mobile gaming on pro-conservation behaviours.

Published online: 07 Aug 2022

Authors: Dunn, M. E. & Shah, G. & Veríssimo, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Promoting pro-conservation behaviours has become a priority for conservation organisations world-wide. Yet, current engagement strategies still face a...

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Future of America's forests and rangelands: update to the forest service 2010 Resources Planning Act Assessment.

Published online: 01 Aug 2018

Content type: Bulletin

The Update to the 2010 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment summarizes findings about the status, trends, and projected future of forests, rangelan...

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Fire management in the Brazilian Savanna: first steps and the way forward.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Schmidt, I. B. & Moura, L. C. & Ferreira, M. C. & Eloy, L. & Sampaio, A. B. & Dias, P. A. & Berlinck, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several decades of frustrated attempts to prevent fires in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado) have led to deleterious ecological and management consequen...

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Green-tree retention benefits recovery of ground beetles.

Published online: 10 Nov 2020

Authors: Wu LinHao

Content type: Blog

This paper focuses on the importance of ground beetles (members of the family Carabidae) as major components of forest biodiversity. The effects of re...

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Large river floodplain restoration: predicting species richness and trait responses to the restoration of hydrological connectivity.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Paillex, A. & Dolédec, S. & Castella, E. & Mérigoux, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Floodplains are species-rich environments often strongly impacted by human activities. In particular, the negative effects of progressive and rapid di...

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