Professor James Watson
Senior Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Researcher biography
James is the current Director of CBCS and the Director of Science and Research Initiative at the Wildlife Conservation Society. He is also is the Director the Green Fire Science research group, whose mission is to do applied research that is linked directly to the practice of conservation. He is a passionate conservation scientist whose broad research agenda is focused on both better understanding the nature of global environmental change problems and developing methods that identify solutions to these challenges. He currently serves on the leadership committee for the Science for Nature and People (SNAP) Initiative, the International Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Data and Knowledge Task Force, and was chair of the IUCN’s climate change specialist group. James is the global president of the Society for Conservation Biology.
Publications
Book
McCrie, Niven and Watson, James (2003). Finding birds in Darwin, Kakadu and the Top End, Northern Territory, Australia. Casuarina, N.T.: N. McCrie.
Book Chapters
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.
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.
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
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.
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, 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
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., 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.
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.
Journal Articles
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), 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, 106016. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106016
Williams, Brooke A., López‐Cubillos, Sofía, Ochoa‐Quintero, Jose Manuel, Crouzeilles, Renato, Villa‐Piñeros, Marcelo, Isaacs Cubides, Paola Johanna, Schmoeller, Marina, Marin, Wilmer, Tedesco, Anazelia, Bastos, Diego, Suárez‐Castro, Andrés Felipe, Romero Jiménez, Luis Hernando, Broadbent, Eben N., Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M., Vincent, Jeffrey R., Yi, Yuanyuan, Chazdon, Robin L., Watson, James E. M., Urbano, Elkin Alexi Noguera, Rodriguez, Cristian Alexander Cruz and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2024). Bringing the forest back: Restoration priorities in Colombia. Diversity and Distributions, 30 (4) e13821. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13821
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) ARTN e10857, e10857. doi: 10.1002/ece3.10857
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
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
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
Backstrom, Louis J., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Callaghan, Corey T., Sanderson, Chris, Fuller, Richard. A. and Watson, James E. M. (2023). Using citizen science to identify Australia’s least known birds and inform conservation action. Emu - Austral Ornithology. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2283443
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
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) ARTN e2206235120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2206235120
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
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
Hordijk, Iris, Maynard, Daniel S., Hart, Simon P., Lidong, Mo, ter Steege, Hans, Liang, Jingjing, de‐Miguel, Sergio, Nabuurs, Gert‐Jan, Reich, Peter B., Abegg, Meinrad, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Alberti, Giorgio, Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M., Alvarado, Braulio V., Esteban, Alvarez‐Davila, Alvarez‐Loayza, Patricia, Alves, Luciana F., Ammer, Christian, Antón‐Fernández, Clara, Araujo‐Murakami, Alejandro, Arroyo, Luzmila, Avitabile, Valerio, Aymard C, Gerardo A., Baker, Timothy, Bałazy, Radomir, Banki, Olaf, Barroso, Jorcely, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean‐Francois ... Crowther, Thomas W. (2023). Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology, 111 (6), 1308-1326. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14098
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Patrick, Patrick, Research and Recovery of Endangered Species, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia, Jackett, Nigel, Mason, Ian, Rush, Emily, Leseberg, Nicholas, Watson, James, Research and Recovery of Endangered Species, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia, Australian National Wildlife Collection, National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO, Canberra ACT, Australia, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Cairns QLD 4870, Australia, Research and Recovery of Endangered Species, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia and Research and Recovery of Endangered Species, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia (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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Mair, Louise, Bennun, Leon A., Brooks, Thomas M., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Bolam, Friederike C., Burgess, Neil D., Ekstrom, Jonathan M. M., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Hoffmann, Michael, Ma, Keping, Macfarlane, Nicholas B. W., Raimondo, Domitilla C., Rodrigues, Ana S. L., Shen, Xiaoli, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Beatty, Craig R., Gómez-Creutzberg, Carla, Iribarrem, Alvaro, Irmadhiany, Meizani, Lacerda, Eduardo, Mattos, Bianca C., Parakkasi, Karmila, Tognelli, Marcelo F., Bennett, Elizabeth L., Bryan, Catherine, Carbone, Giulia, Chaudhary, Abhishek, Eiselin, Maxime, da Fonseca, Gustavo A. B. ... McGowan, Philip J. K. (2021). A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (6), 836-844. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01432-0
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
Jonas, Harry D., Ahmadia, Gabby N., Bingham, Heather C., Briggs, Johnny, Butchart, Stuart H.M., Cariño, Joji, Chassot, Olivier, Chaudhary, Sunita, Darling, Emily, Degemmis, Alfred, Dudley, Nigel, Fa, Julia E., Fitzsimons, James, Garnett, Stephen, Geldmann, Jonas, Golden Kroner, Rachel, Gurney, Georgina G., Harrington, Alexandra R., Himes‐cornell, Amber, Hockings, Marc, Jonas, Holly C., Jupiter, Stacy, Kingston, Naomi, Lee, E., Lieberman, Susan, Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Marnewick, Daniel, Matallana‐tobón, Clara L., Maxwell, Sean L. ... von Weizsäcker, Christine (2021). Equitable and effective area‐based conservation: Towards the conserved areas paradigm. Parks, 27 (1), 71-84. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.PARKS-27-1HJ.en
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
Milner-Gulland, E. J., Addison, Prue, Arlidge, William N.S., Baker, Julia, Booth, Hollie, Brooks, Thomas, Bull, Joseph W., Burgass, Michael J., Ekstrom, Jon, zu Ermgassen, Sophus O.S.E., Fleming, L. Vincent, Grub, Henry M.J., von Hase, Amrei, Hoffmann, Michael, Hutton, Jonathan, Juffe-Bignoli, Diego, ten Kate, Kerry, Kiesecker, Joseph, Kümpel, Noëlle F., Maron, Martine, Newing, Helen S., Ole-Moiyoi, Katrina, Sinclair, Cheli, Sinclair, Sam, Starkey, Malcolm, Stuart, Simon N., Tayleur, Cath and Watson, James E.M. (2021). Four steps for the Earth: mainstreaming the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. One Earth, 4 (1), 75-87. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.011
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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Kooyman, Robert M., Watson, James and Wilf, Peter (2020). Protect Australia's Gondwana Rainforests. Science, 367 (6482), 1083-1083. doi: 10.1126/science.abb2046
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
Smith, Robert J., Bennun, Leon, Brooks, Thomas M., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Cuttelod, Annabelle, Di Marco, Moreno, Ferrier, Simon, Fishpool, Lincoln D. C., Joppa, Lucas, Juffe‐Bignoli, Diego, Knight, Andrew T., Lamoreux, John F., Langhammer, Penny, Possingham, Hugh P., Rondinini, Carlo, Visconti, Piero, Watson, James E. M., Woodley, Stephen, Boitani, Luigi, Burgess, Neil D., Silva, Naamal, Dudley, Nigel, Fivaz, Fabien, Game, Edward T., Groves, Craig, Lötter, Mervyn, McGowan, Jennifer, Plumptre, Andrew J., Rebelo, Anthony G. ... Scaramuzza, Carlos A. de M. (2019). Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches. Conservation Letters, 12 (1) e12625, e12625. doi: 10.1111/conl.12625
Peterson, A. Townsend, Anderson, Robert P., Beger, Maria, Bolliger, Janine, Brotons, Lluís, Burridge, Christopher P., Cobos, Marlon E., Cuervo-Robayo, Angela P., Di Minin, Enrico, Diez, Jeffrey, Elith, Jane, Embling, Clare B., Escobar, Luis E., Essl, Franz, Feeley, Kenneth J., Hawkes, Lucy, Jiménez-García, Daniel, Jimenez, Laura, Green, David M., Knop, Eva, Kühn, Ingolf, Lahoz-Monfort, José J., Lira-Noriega, Andres, Lobo, Jorge M., Loyola, Rafael, Mac Nally, Ralph, Machado-Stredel, Fernando, Martínez-Meyer, Enrique, McCarthy, Michael ... Zurell, Damaris (2019). Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: do not replace one problem with another. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (1), 5-8. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12885
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dudley, Nigel, Jonas, Holly, Nelson, Fred, Parrish, Jeffrey, Pyhälä, Aili, Stolton, Sue and Watson, James E.M. (2018). The essential role of other effective area-based conservation measures in achieving big bold conservation targets. Global Ecology and Conservation, 15 e00424, e00424. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00424
Garnett, Stephen T., Burgess, Neil D., Fa, John E., Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro, Molnar, Zsolt, Robinson, Cathy J., Watson, James E. M., Zander, Kerstin K., Austin, Beau, Brondizio, Eduardo S., Collier, Neil French, Duncan, Tom, Ellis, Erle, Geyle, Hayley, Jackson, Micha V., Jonas, Harry, Malmer, Pernilla, McGowan, Ben, Sivongxay, Amphone and Leiper, Ian (2018). A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation. Nature Sustainability, 1 (7), 369-374. doi: 10.1038/s41893-018-0100-6
Jantke, Kerstin, Jones, Kendall R., Allan, James R., Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Poor ecological representation by an expensive reserve system: evaluating 35 years of marine protected area expansion. Conservation Letters, 11 (6) e12584, e12584. doi: 10.1111/conl.12584
Maron, Martine, Simmonds, Jeremy S. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Bold nature retention targets are essential for the global environment agenda. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 (8), 1194-1195. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0595-2
Brito-Morales, Isaac, García Molinos, Jorge, Schoeman, David S., Burrows, Michael T., Poloczanska, Elvira S., Brown, Christopher J., Ferrier, Simon, Harwood, Tom D., Klein, Carissa J., McDonald-Madden, Eve, Moore, Pippa J., Pandolfi, John M., Watson, James E. M., Wenger, Amelia S. and Richardson, Anthony J. (2018). Climate velocity can inform conservation in a warming world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33 (6), 441-457. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.03.009
Kearney, Stephen G., Adams, Vanessa M., Fuller, Richard A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Estimating the benefit of well-managed protected areas for threatened species conservation. Oryx, 54 (2), 1-9. doi: 10.1017/s0030605317001739
Jones, Kendall R., Venter, Oscar, Fuller, Richard A., Allan, James R., Maxwell, Sean L., Negret, Pablo Jose and Watson, James E. M. (2018). One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure. Science, 360 (6390), 788-791. doi: 10.1126/science.aap9565
Arlidge, William N. S., Bull, Joseph W., Addison, Prue F. E., Burgass, Michael J., Gianuca, Dimas, Gorham, Taylor M., Jacob, Céline, Shumway, Nicole, Sinclair, Samuel P., Watson, James E. M., Wilcox, Chris and Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2018). A global mitigation hierarchy for nature conservation. BioScience, 68 (5), 336-347. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biy029
O'Bryan, Christopher J., Braczkowski, Alexander R., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Carter, Neil H., Watson, James E. M. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). Author correction: The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 (5), 911-911. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0527-1
Butt, Nathalie, Shanahan, Danielle F., Shumway, Nicole, Bekessey, Sarah A., Fuller, Richard A., Watson, James E. M., Maggini, Ramona and Hole, David G. (2018). Opportunities for biodiversity conservation as cities adapt to climate change. Geo: geography and environment, 5 (1) e00052, e00052. doi: 10.1002/geo2.52
Wenger, Amelia S., Atkinson, Scott, Santini, Talitha, Falinski, Kim, Hutley, Nicholas, Albert, Simon, Horning, Ned, Watson, James E. M., Mumby, Peter J. and Jupiter, Stacy D. (2018). Predicting the impact of logging activities on soil erosion and water quality in steep, forested tropical islands. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (4) 044035, 1-12. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aab9eb
Braczkowski, Alexander R., O'Bryan, Christopher J., Stringer, Martin J., Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2018). Leopards provide public health benefits in Mumbai, India. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (3), 176-182. doi: 10.1002/fee.1776
Reed, Sarah E., Thomas, Sarah L., Bednarek, Angela T., Dellasala, Dominick A., Evans, Megan C., Lundquist, Carolyn, Mascia, Michael B., Mcpherson, Tsitsi Y. and Watson, James E.M. (2018). Roles for scientific societies to engage with conservation policy. Conservation Biology, 32 (3), 513-515. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13092
Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James E. M., Currie, David J, Possingham, Hugh P. and Venter, Oscar (2018). The extent and predictability of the biodiversity-carbon correlation. Ecology Letters, 21 (3), 365-375. doi: 10.1111/ele.12903
Watson, James E M, Evans, Tom, Venter, Oscar, Williams, Brooke, Tulloch, Ayesha, Stewart, Claire, Thompson, Ian, Ray, Justina C, Murray, Kris, Salazar, Alvaro, McAlpine, Clive, Potapov, Peter, Walston, Joe, Robinson, John G, Painter, Michael, Wilkie, David, Filardi, Christopher, Laurance, William F, Houghton, Richard A, Maxwell, Sean, Grantham, Hedley, Samper, Cristián, Wang, Stephanie, Laestadius, Lars, Runting, Rebecca K, Silva-Chávez, Gustavo A, Ervin, Jamison and Lindenmayer, David (2018). The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature ecology & evolution, 2 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0490-x
Althor, Glenn, Mahood, Simon, Witt, Bradd, Colvin, Rebecca M. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Large-scale environmental degradation results in inequitable impacts to already impoverished communities: A case study from the floating villages of Cambodia. Ambio, 47 (7), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s13280-018-1022-2
Venter, Oscar, Magrach, Ainhoa, Outram, Nick, Klein, Carissa Joy, Possingham, Hugh P, Di Marco, Moreno and Watson, James E M (2018). Bias in protected-area location and its effects on long-term aspirations of biodiversity conventions. Conservation Biology, 32 (1), 127-134. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12970
Allan, James R., Kormos, Cyril, Jaeger, Tilman, Venter, Oscar, Bertzky, Bastian, Shi, Yichuan, Mackey, Brendan, van Merm, Remco, Osipova, Elena and Watson, James E.M. (2018). Gaps and opportunities for the World Heritage Convention to contribute to global wilderness conservation. Conservation Biology, 32 (1), 116-126. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12976
Shumway, Nicole, Watson, James E. M., Saunders, Megan I. and Maron, Martine (2018). The risks and opportunities of translating terrestrial biodiversity offsets to the marine realm. Bioscience, 68 (2), 125-133. doi: 10.1093/biosci/bix150
O’Bryan, Christopher J., Braczkowski, Alexander R., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Carter, Neil H., Watson, James E. M. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (2), 229-236. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0421-2
Maron, Martine, Brownlie, Susie , Bull, Joseph W. , Evans, Megan C. , von Hase, Amrei , Quétier , Fabien , Watson, James E. M. and Gordon, Ascelin (2018). The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy. Nature Sustainability, 1 (1), 19-27. doi: 10.1038/s41893-017-0007-7
Kearney, Stephen G., Cawardine, Josie, Reside, April E., Fisher, Diana O., Maron, Martine, Doherty, Tim S., Legge, Sarah, Silcock, Jennifer, Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Wintle, Brendan A. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). The threats to Australia's imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response. Pacific Conservation Biology, 25 (3), 231-244. doi: 10.1071/PC18024
Brown, Christopher J., Althor, Glenn, Halpern, Benjamin S., Iftekhar, Md Sayed, Klein, Carissa J., Linke, Simon, Pryde, Elizabeth C., Schilizzi, Steven, Watson, James E M., Twohey, Becky and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Trade-offs in triple-bottom-line outcomes when recovering fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 19 (1), 107-116. doi: 10.1111/faf.12240
Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Temporally inter-comparable maps of terrestrial wilderness and the Last of the Wild. Scientific Data, 4 (1) 170187, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.187
Allan, James, Grossmann, Falk, Craig, Rob, Nelson, Alastair, Maina, Joseph, Flower, Kathleen, Bampton, James, Deffontaines, Jean-Baptiste, Miguel, Cornelio, Araquechande, Baldeu and Watson, James (2017). Patterns of forest loss in one of Africa’s last remaining wilderness areas: Niassa National Reserve (Northern Mozambique). Parks, 23 (2), 39-50. doi: 10.2305/iucn.ch.2017.parks-23-2jra.en
Watson, James E. M. and Venter, Oscar (2017). Ecology: A global plan for nature conservation. Nature, 550 (7674), 48-49. doi: 10.1038/nature24144
Jupiter, Stacy D., Wenger, Amelia, Klein, Carissa J., Albert, Simon, Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Nelson, Joanna, Teneva, Lida, Tulloch, Vivitskaia J., White, Alan T. and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Opportunities and constraints for implementing integrated land–sea management on islands. Environmental Conservation, 44 (3), 254-266. doi: 10.1017/S0376892917000091
Bowman, David M. J. S., Garnett, Stephen T., Barlow, Snow, Bekessy, Sarah A., Bellairs, Sean M., Bishop, Melanie J., Bradstock, Ross A., Jones, Darryl N., Maxwell, Sean L., Pittock, Jamie, Toral-Granda, Maria V., Watson, James E. M., Wilson, Tom, Zander, Kerstin K. and Hughes, Lesley (2017). Renewal ecology: conservation for the Anthropocene. Restoration Ecology, 25 (5), 674-680. doi: 10.1111/rec.12560
Chapman, Sarah, Watson, James E. M., Salazar, Alvaro, Thatcher, Marcus and McAlpine, Clive A. (2017). The impact of urbanization and climate change on urban temperatures: a systematic review. Landscape Ecology, 32 (10), 1921-1935. doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0561-4
Carroll, Carlos, Hartl, Brett, Goldman, Gretchen T., Rohlf, Daniel J., Treves, Adrian, Kerr, Jeremy T., Ritchie, Euan G., Kingsford, Richard T., Gibbs, Katherine E., Maron, Martine and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Defending the scientific integrity of conservation-policy processes. Conservation Biology, 31 (5), 967-975. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12958
Allan, James, Watson, James, Bertzky, Bastian and Jaeger, Tilman (2017). It’s time for the World Heritage Convention to step up protection of globally significant wilderness areas. National Geographic Blog
Bland, Lucie M., Bielby, Jon, Kearney, Stephen, Orme, C. David L., Watson, James E. M. and Collen, Ben (2017). Towards reassessing data-deficient species. Conservation Biology, 31 (3), 531-539. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12850
Negret, Pablo Jose, Allan, James, Braczkowski, Alexander, Maron, Martine and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Need for conservation planning in postconflict Colombia. Conservation Biology, 31 (3), 499-500. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12935
Kuempel, Caitlin, Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James Edward and Possingham, Hugh (2017). Achieving the targets of global conventions. Decision Point Online (100), 16-16.
Ponce-Reyes, Rocio , Plumptre, Andrew J. , Segan, Daniel, Ayebare, Samuel , Fuller, Richard A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Forecasting ecosystem responses to climate change across Africa's Albertine Rift. Biological Conservation, 209, 464-472. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.03.015
Di Marco, Moreno, Chapman, Sarah, Althor, Glenn, Kearney, Stephen, Besancon, Charles, Butt, Nathalie, Maina, Joseph M. , Possingham, Hugh P. , Bieberstein, Katharina Rogalla von, Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science. Global Ecology and Conservation, 10, 32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2017.01.008
Shumway, Nicole, Maron, Martine and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Australia needs a wake-up call. Science, 355 (6328), 918-918. doi: 10.1126/science.aam8945
Pacifici, Michela, Visconti, Piero, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Watson, James E. M., Cassola, Francesca M. and Rondinini, Carlo (2017). Species' traits influenced their response to recent climate change. Nature Climate Change, 7 (3), 205-209. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE3223
Pacifici, Michela, Visconti, Piero, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Watson, James E. M., Cassola, Francesca M. and Rondinini, Carlo (2017). Erratum to: Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change (Nature Climate Change, (2017), 7, 3, (205-208), 10.1038/nclimate3223). Nature Climate Change, 8 (8), 750-750. doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0229-3
Murphy, Stephen A., Austin, Jeremy J., Murphy, Rachel K., Silcock, Jennifer, Joseph, Leo, Garnett, Stephen T., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Watson, James E.M. and Burbidge, Allan H. (2017). Observations on breeding Night Parrots (Pezoporus occidentalis) in western Queensland. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 117 (2), 107-113. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2017.1292404
Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Maxwell, Sean, Bertzky, Bastian, Jones, Kendall, Shi, Yichuan and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Recent increases in human pressure and forest loss threaten many Natural World Heritage Sites. Biological Conservation, 206, 47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.12.011
Maron, Martine, Mitchell, Matthew G. E., Runting, Rebecca K., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Mace, Georgina M., Keith, David A. and Watson, Jason E. M. (2017). Towards a threat assessment framework for ecosystem services. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32 (4), 240-248. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.011
Leseberg, Nick and Watson, James Edward (2017). How to find a night parrot: the researcher’s perspective. Australian Birdlife, 6, 32-33.
Althor, Glenn, McKinnon, Madeleine, Cheng, Samantha H., Klein, Carissa and Watson, James (2016). Does the social equitability of community and incentive based conservation interventions in non-OECD countries, affect human well-being? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, 5 (1) 26. doi: 10.1186/s13750-016-0078-3
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 and Watson, James E. M. (2016). The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science, 354 (6313) aaf7671, 719-+. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf7671
Moreno, Di Marco, Watson, James E.M., Venter, Oscar and Possingham, Hugh P. (2016). Global biodiversity targets requires both sufficiency and efficiency. Conservation Letters, 9 (6), 395-397. doi: 10.1111/conl.12299
Watson, James E. M., Shanahan, Danielle F., Di Marco, Moreno, Allan, James, Laurance, William F., Sanderson, Eric W., Mackey, Brendan and Venter, Oscar (2016). Catastrophic declines in wilderness areas undermine global environmental targets. Current Biology, 26 (21), 2929-2934. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.049
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Di Marco, Moreno, Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Venter, Oscar (2016). Limitations and trade-offs in the use of species distribution maps for protected area planning. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12771
Venter, Oscar and Watson, James (2016). Signs of hope for nature in a rapidly degrading world. Scientific American
Venter, Oscar, Sanderson, Eric W., Magrach, Ainhoa, Allan, James R., Beher, Jutta, Jones, Kendall R., Possingham, Hugh P., Laurance, William F., Wood, Peter, Fekete, Balázs M., Levy, Marc A. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). Global terrestrial human footprint maps for 1993 and 2009. Scientific Data, 3 (1) 160067, 160067. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.67
Venter, Oscar, Sanderson, Eric W., Magrach, Ainhoa, Allan, James R., Beher, Jutta, Jones, Kendall R., Possingham, Hugh P., Laurance, William F., Wood, Peter, Fekete, Balazs M., Levy, Marc A. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation. Nature Communications, 7 (12558) 12558, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12558
Althor, Glenn, Watson, James and Fuller, Richard (2016). The inequity in climate change?: How unfair is that?. Decision Point (97), 9-9.
Maxwell, Sean, Fuller, Richard A., Brooks, Thomas M. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers. Nature, 536 (7615), 143-145. doi: 10.1038/536143a
Barr, Lissa M., Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P., Iwamura, Takuya and Fuller, Richard A. (2016). Progress in improving the protection of species and habitats in Australia. Biological Conservation, 200, 184-191. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.038
Butchart, Stuart H. M., DiMarco, Moreno and Watson, James E. M. (2016). Formulating smart commitments on biodiversity: lessons from the Aichi Targets. Conservation Letters, 9 (6), 1-12. doi: 10.1111/conl.12278
Butt, N., Possingham, H. P., De Los Rios, C., Maggini, R., Fuller, R. A., Maxwell, S. L. and Watson, J. E. M. (2016). Challenges in assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change to inform conservation actions. Biological Conservation, 199, 10-15. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.020
Watson, James (2016). Bring climate change back from the future. Nature, 534 (7608), 437-437. doi: 10.1038/534437a
Polak, Tal, Watson, James E.M., Bennett, Joseph R., Possingham, Hugh P., Fuller, Richard A. and Carwardine, Josie (2016). Balancing ecosystem and threatened species representation in protected areas and implications for nations achieving global conservation goals. Conservation Letters, 9 (6), 438-445. doi: 10.1111/conl.12268
Maron, Martine, Ives, Christopher D., Kujala, Heini, Bull, Joseph W., Maseyk, Fleur J. F., Bekessy, Sarah, Gordon, Ascelin, Watson, James E. M., Lentini, Pia E., Gibbons, Philip, Possingham, Hugh P., Hobbs, Richard J., Keith, David A., Wintle, Brendan A. and Evans, Megan C. (2016). Taming a wicked problem: resolving controversies in biodiversity offsetting. Bioscience, 66 (6), 489-498. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biw038
Joppa, L. N., O'Connor, B., Visconti, P., Smith, C., Geldmann, J., Hoffmann, M., Watson, J. E. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Virah-Sawmy, M., Halpern, B. S., Ahmed, S. E., Balmford, A., Sutherland, W. J., Harfoot, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Foden, W., Di Minin, E., Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Hutton, J. and Burgess, N. D. (2016). Filling in biodiversity threat gaps: only 5% of global threat data sets meet a "gold standard". Science, 352 (6284), 416-418. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf3565
Tulloch, Ayesha, Barnes, Megan, Ringma, Jeremy, Fuller, Richard and Watson, James (2016). Understanding the importance of small patches of habitat for conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53 (2), 418-429. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12547
Althor, Glenn, Watson, James E. M. and Fuller, Richard A. (2016). Global mismatch between greenhouse gas emissions and the burden of climate change. Scientific Reports, 6 (Art No.: 20281) 20281, 20281. doi: 10.1038/srep20281
Martin, Tara G. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). Intact ecosystems provide best defence against climate change. Nature Climate Change, 6 (2), 122-124. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2918
Jones, Kendall R., Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Klein, Carissa J. (2016). Incorporating climate change into spatial conservation prioritisation: a review. Biological Conservation, 194, 121-130. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.008
Watson, James E. M., Darling, Emily S., Venter, Oscar, Maron, Martine, Walston, Joe, Possingham, Hugh P., Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Barnes, Megan and Brooks, Thomas M. (2016). Bolder science needed now for protected areas. Conservation Biology, 30 (2), 243-248. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12645
Jones, Kendall R., Plumptre, Andrew J., Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P., Ayebare, Sam, Rwetsiba, A., Wanyama, F., kujirakwinja, D. and Klein, Carissa J. (2016). Testing the effectiveness of surrogate species for conservation planning in the Greater Virunga Landscape, Africa. Landscape and Urban Planning, 145, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.09.006
Chapman, S., Watson, J. E. M. and McAlpine, C. A. (2016). Large seasonal and diurnal anthropogenic heat flux across four Australian cities. Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 66 (3), 342-360. doi: 10.22499/3.6603.006
Bull, Joseph W., Gordon, Ascelin, Watson, James E. M. and Maron, Martine (2016). Seeking convergence on the key concepts in ‘no net loss’ policy. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53 (6), 1686-1693. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12726
Segan, Daniel B., Murray, Kris A. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). A global assessment of current and future biodiversity vulnerability to habitat loss-climate change interactions. Global Ecology and Conservation, 5, 12-21. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.11.002
Maron, Martine, Gordon, Ascelin, Mackey, Brendan G., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2016). Interactions between biodiversity offsets and protected area commitments: avoiding perverse outcomes. Conservation Letters, 9 (5), 384-389. doi: 10.1111/conl.12222
Klein, Carissa, Watson, James, Halpern, Ben and McGowan, Jennifer (2015). What are we actually protecting in the ocean?. Ocean Views
Runge, Claire, Watson, James and Fuller, Richard (2015). As habitat vanishes, migratory birds are in free fall. LiveScience
Runge, Claire A., Watson, James E.M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Hanson, Jeffrey O., Possingham, Hugh P. and Fuller, Richard A. (2015). Protected areas and global conservation of migratory birds. Science, 350 (6265), 1255-1258. doi: 10.1126/science.aac9180
Maina, Joseph M., Jones, Kendall R., Hicks, Christina C., McClanahan, Tim R., Watson, James E. M., Tuda, Arthur O. and Andrefouet, Serge (2015). Designing climate-resilient marine protected area networks by combining remotely sensed coral reef habitat with coastal multi-use maps. Remote Sensing, 7 (12), 16571-16587. doi: 10.3390/rs71215849
Klein, Carissa J., Brown, Christopher J., Halpern, Benjamin S., Segan, Daniel B., McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria and Watson, James E.M. (2015). Shortfalls in the global protected area network at representing marine biodiversity. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 17539, 17539. doi: 10.1038/srep17539
Kormos, Cyril F., Bertzky, Bastian, Jaeger, Tilman, Shi, Yichuan, Badman, Tim, Hilty, Jodi A., Mackey, Brendan G., Mittermeier, Russell A., Locke, Harvey, Osipova, Elena and Watson, James E.M. (2015). A wilderness approach under the World Heritage Convention. Conservation Letters, 9 (3), 228-235. doi: 10.1111/conl.12205
Welling, Leigh, Rockman, Marcy, Watson, James, Mackey, Brendan and Potts, Andrew (2015). The role of World Heritage sites in a changing climate. World Heritage Review, 77, 4-13.
Maxwell, Sean L., Venter, Oscar, Jones, Kendall R. and Watson, James E. M. (2015). Integrating human responses to climate change into conservation vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1355 (1), 98-116. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12952
Brown, Christopher J., Bode, Michael, Venter, Oscar, Barnes, Megan D., McGowan, Jennifer, Runge, Claire A., Watson, James E. M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Effective conservation requires clear objectives and prioritizing actions, not places or species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (32), E4342-E4342. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1509189112
Maron, Martine and Watson, James (2015). Offsetting biodiversity: greening or greenwashing?. National Geographic
Maron, Martine, Gordon, Ascelin, Mackey, Brendan G., Possingham, Hugh P. and Watson, James E. M. (2015). Conservation: stop misuse of biodiversity offsets. Nature, 523 (7561), 401-403. doi: 10.1038/523401a
Segan, Daniel B., Hole, David G., Donatti, Camila I., Zganjar, Chris, Martin, Shaun, Butchart, Stuart H. M. and Watson, James E. M. (2015). Considering the impact of climate change on human communities significantly alters the outcome of species and site-based vulnerability assessments. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (9), 1101-1111. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12355
Maina, Joseph, Kithiia, Justus, Cinner, Josh, Neale, Ezra, Noble, Sylvia, Charles, Daniel and Watson, James E. M. (2015). Integrating social–ecological vulnerability assessments with climate forecasts to improve local climate adaptation planning for coral reef fisheries in Papua New Guinea. Regional Environmental Change, 16 (3), 881-891. doi: 10.1007/s10113-015-0807-0
Polak, Tal, Watson, James E. M., Fuller, Richard A., Joseph, Liana, Martin, Tara G., Possingham, Hugh P., Venter, Oscar and Carwardine, Josie (2015). Efficient expansion of global protected areas requires simultaneous planning for species and ecosystems. Royal Society Open Science, 2 (4) 150107, 150107.1-150107.11. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150107
Maxwell, S.L, Milner-Gulland, E.J, Jones, J.P.G, Knight, A.T, Bunnefeld, N, Nuno, A, Bal, P, Earle, S, Watson J.E.M. and Rhodes J.R (2015). Being smart about SMART environmental targets. Science, 347 (6226), 1075-1076. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa1451
Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Tulloch, Ayesha, Visconti, Piero, Halpern, Benjamin S., Watson, James E. M., Evans, Megan C., Auerbach, Nancy A., Barnes, Megan, Beger, Maria, Chadès, Iadine, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Murray, Nicholas J., Ringma, Jeremy and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Why do we map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13 (2), 91-99. doi: 10.1890/140022
Pacifici, Michela, Foden, Wendy B, Visconti, Piero, Watson, James E. M, Butchart, Stuart H. M, Kovacs, Kit M, Scheffers, Brett R, Hole, David G, Martin, Tara G, Akcakaya, H. Resit, Corlett, Richard T, Huntley, Brian, Bickford, David, Carr, Jamie A, Hoffmann, Ary A, Midgley, Guy F, Pearce-Kelly, Paul, Pearson, Richard G, Williams, Stephen E, Willis, Stephen G, Young, Bruce and Rondinini, Carlo (2015). Assessing species vulnerability to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 5 (3), 215-225. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2448
Watson, James (2015). Galápagos, ¿por dónde empezar? Espacializando perturbaciones y priorizando acciones de conservación en uno de los archipiélagos más icónicos del mundo. Decision Point en Español (E01), 14-15.
Watson, James, Butt, Nathalie and Iwamura, Takuya (2015). Ser “climáticamente inteligente” significa mirar hacia el futuro y hacia el pasado: Conservación eficiente en tiempos de cambio climático. Decision Point en Español (E01), 8-9.
McDonald, Jane A., Carwardine, Josie, Joseph, Liana N., Klein, Carissa J., Rout, Tracy M., Watson, James E. M., Garnett, Stephen T., McCarthy, Michael A. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Improving policy efficiency and effectiveness to save more species: A case study of the megadiverse country Australia. Biological Conservation, 182, 102-108. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.030
Di Marco, Moreno, Brooks, Thomas, Cuttelod, Annabelle, Fishpool, Lincoln D. C., Rondinini, Carlo, Smith, Robert J., Bennun, Leon, Butchart, Stuart H., Ferrier, Simon, Foppen, Ruud P. B., Joppa, Lucas, Juffe-Bignoli, Diego, Knight, Andrew T., Lamoreux, John F., Langhammer, Penny F., May, Ian, Possingham, Hugh P., Visconti, Piero, Watson, James E. M. and Woodley, Stephen (2015). Quantifying the relative irreplaceability of important bird and biodiversity areas. Conservation Biology, 30 (2), 392-402. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12609
Maron, Martine, Mcalpine, Clive A., Watson, James E. M., Maxwell, Sean and Barnard, Phoebe (2015). Climate-induced resource bottlenecks exacerbate species vulnerability: A review. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (7), 731-743. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12339
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Clarke, Martin, Smith, Robert J., Sykes, Rachel E., Scharlemann, Jorn P., Harfoot, Mike, Buchanan, Graeme M., Angulo, Ariadne, Balmford, Andrew, Bertzky, Bastian, Brooks, Thomas M., Carpenter, Kent E., Comeros-Raynal, Mia T., Cornell, John, Ficetola, G. Francesco, Fishpool, Lincoln D. C., Fuller, Richard A., Geldmann, Jonas, Harwell, Heather, Hilton-Taylor, Craig, Hoffmann, Michael, Joolia, Ackbar, Joppa, Lucas, Kingston, Naomi, May, Ian, Milam, Amy, Polidoro, Beth, Ralph, Gina, Richman, Nadia ... Burgess, Neil D. (2015). Shortfalls and solutions for meeting national and global conservation area targets. Conservation Letters, 8 (5), 329-337. doi: 10.1111/conl.12158
Sanderson, Eric W., Segan, Daniel B. and Watson, James E. M. (2015). Global status of and prospects for protection of terrestrial geophysical diversity. Conservation Biology, 29 (3), 649-656. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12502
Lawler, Joshua, Watson, James and Game, Edward (2015). Conservation in the face of climate change: Recent developments. F1000 Research, 4 1158, 1158. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.6490.1
Akçakaya, H. Resit, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Watson, James E. M. and Pearson, Richard G. (2014). Preventing species extinctions resulting from climate change. Nature Climate Change, 4 (12), 1048-1049. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2455
Watson, James (2014). Fulfilling the broken promise of nature reserves. LiveScience
Watson, James E. M., Dudley, Nigel, Segan, Daniel B. and Hockings, Marc (2014). The performance and potential of protected areas. Nature, 515 (7525), 67-73. doi: 10.1038/nature13947
Tallis, Heather, Lubchenco, Jane, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Kark, Salit, Beger, Maria, Butt, Nathalie, Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guerrero, Angela M., Maggini, Ramona, Martin, Tara G., Mills, Morena, Renwick, Anna, Polsenberg, Johanna, Shanahan, Danielle F., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carwardine, Josie, Corrigan, Colleen, Watson, James and Klein, Carissa (2014). A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515 (7525), 27-28. doi: 10.1038/515027a
Maxwell, Sean, Rhodes, J. R., Bal, P., Bunnefeld, N., Earle, S., Knight, A.T., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Jones, J. P. G., Nuno, A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2014). Sustainability: root targets in consensus. Nature, 514 (7253), 434-434. doi: 10.1038/514434d
Chapman, Sarah, Mustin, Karen, Renwick, Anna R., Segan, Daniel B., Hole, David G., Pearson, Richard G. and Watson, James E. M. (2014). Publishing trends on climate change vulnerability in the conservation literature reveal a predominant focus on direct impacts and long time-scales. Diversity and Distributions, 20 (10), 1221-1228. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12234
Fuller, Richard A., Lee, Jasmine R. and Watson, James E. (2014). Choosing Open Access. Conservation Biology, 28 (6), 1443-1444. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12356
Mackey, Brendan and Watson, James (2014). Who will save the last primary forests on Earth. National Geographic Voices
Jupiter, Stacy D., Jenkins, Aaron P., Lee Long, Warren J., Maxwell, Sean L., Carruthers, Tim J. B., Hodge, Kate B., Govan, Hugh, Tamelander, Jerker and Watson, James E. M. (2014). Principles for integrated island management in the tropical Pacific. Pacific Conservation Biology, 20 (2), 193-205. doi: 10.1071/PC140193
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 and Watson, James E. M. (2014). Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity. PLoS Biology, 12 (6) e1001891, e1001891.1-e1001891.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001891
Mackey, Brendan, DellaSala, Dominick A., Kormos, Cyril, Lindenmayer, David, Kumpel, Noelle, Zimmerman, Barbara, Hugh, Sonia, Young, Virginia, Foley, Sean, Kriton Arsenis and Watson, James Edward (2014). Policy options for the world’s primary forests in multilateral environmental agreements. Conservation Letters, 8 (2), 139-147. doi: 10.1111/conl.12120
Watson, James (2014). Bridging the science-implementation gap: engaging with conservation NGOs can make the difference. Decision Point (79), 3-3.
Plumptre, Andrew J., Fuller, Richard A., Rwetsiba, Aggrey, Wanyama, Fredrick, Kujirakwinja, Deo, Driciru, Margaret, Nangendo, Grace, Watson, James E. M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2014). Efficiently targeting resources to deter illegal activities in protected areas. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51 (3), 714-725. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12227
Watson, James E. M. (2014). Human responses to climate change will seriously impact biodiversity conservation: it's time we start planning for them. Conservation Letters, 7 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1111/conl.12083
Fuller, Richard A., Lee, Jasmine R. and Watson, James E. M. (2014). Achieving open access to conservation science. Conservation Biology, 28 (6), 1550-1557. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12346
Rao, Madhu, Htun, Saw, Platt, Steven G., Tizard, Robert, Poole, Colin, Myint, Than and Watson, James E. M. (2013). Biodiversity conservation in a changing climate: a review of threats and implications for conservation planning in Myanmar. Ambio, 42 (7), 789-804. doi: 10.1007/s13280-013-0423-5
Watson, James, Butt, Nathalie and Iwamura, Takuya (2013). Being climate smart means looking forward and backward: cost-effective conservation in a time of climate change. Decision Point (75), 7-7.
Watson, James E. M., Iwamura, Takuya and Butt, Nathalie (2013). Mapping vulnerability and conservation adaptation strategies under climate change. Nature Climate Change, Advance online publication (11), 1-6. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2007
Levin, Noam, Watson, James E. M., Joseph, Liana N., Grantham, Hedley S., Hadar, Liat, Apel, Naomi, Perevolotsky, Avi, DeMalach, Niv, Possingham, Hugh P. and Kark, Salit (2013). A framework for systematic conservation planning and management of Mediterranean landscapes. Biological Conservation, 158, 371-383. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.032
Watson, James E. M. and Segan, Daniel B. (2013). Accommodating the human response for realistic adaptation planning: response to Gillson et al.. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28 (10), 573-574. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.06.006
Walsh, Jessica C., Watson, James E. M., Bottrill, Madeleine C., Joseph, Liana N. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2013). Trends and biases in the listing and recovery planning for threatened species: an Australian case study. Oryx, 47 (1), 134-143. doi: 10.1017/S003060531100161X
Ponce-Reyes, Rocío, Reynoso-Rosales, Víctor-Hugo, Watson, James E. M., VanDerWal, Jeremy, Fuller, Richard A., Pressey, Robert L. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2012). Vulnerability of cloud forest reserves in Mexico to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 2 (6), 448-452. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1453
Maron, Martine, Bowen, Michiala, Fuller, Richard A., Smith, Geoffrey C., Eyre, Teresa J., Mathieson, Michael, Watson, James E. M. and McAlpine, Clive A. (2012). Spurious thresholds in the relationship between species richness and vegetation cover. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21 (6), 682-692. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00706.x
Dellasala, Dominick A., Fitzgerald, John M., Jonsson, Bengt-Gunnar, McNeely, Jeffrey A., Dovie, Benjamin Delali, Dieterich, Martin, Majluf, Patricia, Nemtzov, Simon C., Nevin, OwenT., Parsons, E.Christien M. and Watson, James E. M . (2012). Priority actions for sustainable forest management in the International Year of Forests. Conservation Biology, 26 (3), 572-575. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01849.x
Watson, James E. M., Rao, Madhu, Kang, Ai-Li and Yan, Xie (2012). Climate change adaptation planning for biodiversity conservation: a review. Advances in Climate Change Research, 3 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2012.00001
Walsh, Jessica C., Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E.M., Fuller, Richard A., Blackburn, Tim M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2012). Exotic species richness and native species endemism increase the impact of exotic species on islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21 (8), 841-850. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00724.x
Joseph, Liana N., Maloney, Richard F., Watson, James E. M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Securing nonflagship species from extinction. Conservation Letters, 4 (4), 324-325. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00174.x
Garnett, Stephen T., Joseph, Liana N., Watson, James E. M. and Zander, Kerstin K. (2011). Investing in threatened species conservation: Does corruption outweigh purchasing power?. PLoS One, 6 (7) e22749, 1-6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022749
Bottrill, Madeleine C., Walsh, Jessica C., Watson, James E. M., Joseph, Liana N., Ortega-Argueta, Alejandro and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Does recovery planning improve the status of threatened species?. Biological Conservation, 144 (5), 1595-1601. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.008
Evans, Megan C., Watson, James E. M., Fuller, Richard A., Venter, Oscar, Bennett, Simon C., Marsack, Peter R. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). The spatial distribution of threats to species in Australia. Bioscience, 61 (4), 281-289. doi: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.4.8
Taylor, Martin F. J., Sattler, Paul S., Evans, Megan, Fuller, Richard A., Watson, James E. M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). What works for threatened species recovery? An empirical evaluation for Australia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20 (4), 767-777. doi: 10.1007/s10531-010-9977-8
Arlettaz, Raphaël, Braunisch, Veronika, Schaub, Michael and Watson, James E. M. (2011). Response from Arlettaz and colleagues. BioScience, 61 (2), 93-94. doi: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.2.20
Kingsford, Richard T. and Watson, James E. M. (2011). What hope for biodiversity in the face of anthropogenic climate change in Oceania?. Pacific Conservation Biology, 17 (3), 166-167. doi: 10.1071/PC110166
Kingsford, Richard T. and Watson, James E. M. (2011). Climate change in Oceania - A synthesis of biodiversity impacts and adaptations. Pacific Conservation Biology, 17 (3), 270-284. doi: 10.1071/PC110270
Grantham, H. S., McLeod, E., Brooks, A., Jupiter, S. D., Hardcastle, J., Richardson, A. J., Poloczanska, E. S., Hills, T., Mieszkowska, N., Klein, C. J. and Watson, J. E. M. (2011). Ecosystem-based adaptation in marine ecosystems of tropical Oceania in response to climate change. Pacific Conservation Biology, 17 (3), 241-258. doi: 10.1071/PC110241
Arlettaz, Raphael, Schaub, Michael, Fournier, Jerome, Reichlin, Thomas S., Sierro, Antoine, Watson, Jame E. M. and Braunisch, Veronika (2010). From publications to public actions: When conservation biologists bridge the gap between research and implementation. Bioscience, 60 (10), 835-842. doi: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.10.10
Watson, J.E.M. (2010). What’s in reserve?. Decision Point (45), 4-5.
Driscoll, Don A., Lindenmayer, David B., Bennett, Andrew F., Bode, Michael, Bradstock, Ross A., Cary, Geoffrey J., Clarke, Michael F., Dexter, Nick, Fensham, Rod, Friend, Gordon, Gill, Malcolm, James, Stewart, Kay, Geoff, Keith, David A., MacGregor, Christopher, Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Salt, David, Watson, James E. M., Williams, Richard J. and York, Alan (2010). Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them. Biological Conservation, 143 (9), 1928-1939. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.026
Driscoll, Don A., Lindenmayer, David B., Bennett, Andrew F., Bode, Michael, Bradstock, Ross A., Cary, Geoffrey J., Clarke, Michael F., Dexter, Nick, Fensham, Rod, Friend, Gordon, Gill, Malcolm, James, Stuart, Kay, Geoff, Keith, David A., MacGregor, Chris, Possingham, Hugh P., Russel-Smith, Jeremy, Salt, David, Watson, James E. M., Williams, Dick and York, Alan (2010). Resolving conflicts in fire management using decision theory: Asset-protection versus biodiversity conservation. Conservation Letters, 3 (4), 215-223. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00115.x
Knight, Andrew T., Bode, Michael, Fuller, Richard A., Grantham, Hedley S., Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2010). Barometer of life: More action, not more data. Science, 329 (5988), 141-141. doi: 10.1126/science.329.5988.141-a
Watson, J.E.M. (2010). The future of wilderness. Decision Point (41), 6-8.
Watson, James E. M., Joseph, Liana N. and Fuller, Richard A. (2010). Mining and conservation: implications for Madagascar’s littoral forests. Conservation Letters, 3 (4), 286-287. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00124.x
Fuller, Richard, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Wilson, Kerrie. A, Carwrdine, Josie, Grantham, Hedley, Watson, James. E, Klein, Carissa. J, Green, David. C and Possingham, Hugh. P (2010). Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes. Nature, 466 (7304), 365-367. doi: 10.1038/nature09180
Mace, Georgina M., Cramer, Wolfgang, Díaz, Sandra, Faith, Daniel P., Larigauderie, Anne, Le Prestre, Philippe, Palmer, Margaret, Perrings, Charles, Scholes, Robert J., Walpole, Matt, Walther, Bruno A., Watson, James E. M. and Mooney, Harold A. (2010). Biodiversity targets after 2010. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2 (1-2), 3-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.03.003
Watson, J.E.M. (2010). Where do you start with the Galapagos?. Decision Point (37), 6-7.
Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E.M., Meijaard, Erik, Laurance, William F. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2010). Avoiding unintended outcomes from REDD. Conservation Biology, 24 (1), 5-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01391.x
Watson, James, E. M. (2010). Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession. Pacific Conservation Biology, 16 (3), 208-208. doi: 10.1071/PC100208
Watson, James, Trueman, Mandy, Tufet, Marta, Henderson, Scott and Atkinson, Rachel (2010). Mapping terrestrial anthropogenic degradation on the inhabited islands of the Galapagos Archipelago. Oryx, 44 (1), 79-82. doi: 10.1017/S0030605309990226
Watson, J. E. M. (2010). Complexity, Resilience, and Conservation. Conservation Biology, 24 (4), 1166-1167. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01546.x
Bennett, Andrew F., Haslem, Angie, Cheal, David C., Clarke, Michael F., Jones, Roger N., Koehn, John D., Lake, P. Sam, Lumsden, Linda F., Lunt, Ian D., Mackey, Brendan G., MacNally, Ralph, Menkhorst, Peter W., New, Tim R., Newell, Graeme R., O'Hara, Tim, Quinn, Gerry P., Radford, James Q., Robinson, Doug, Watson, James E. M. and Yen, Alan L. (2009). Ecological processes: a key element in strategies for nature conservation. Ecological Management and Restoration, 10 (3), 192-199. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00489.x
Watson, James E. M., Fuller, Richard A., Watson, Alexander W. T., Mackey, Brendan G., Wilson, Kerrie A., Grantham, Hedley S., Turner, Matthew, Klein, Carissa J., Carwardine, Josie, Joseph, Liana N. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2009). Wilderness and future conservation priorities in Australia. Diversity and Distributions, 15 (6), 1028-1036. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00601.x
Watson, J.E.M. (2009). Major policy issues in Oceania. Decision Point (32), 3-3.
Watson, J.E.M. (2009). Of big pictures and cross scales. Decision Point (32), 11-11.
Kingsford, R. T., Watson, J. E. M., Lundquist, C. J., Venter, O., Hughes, L., Johnston, E. L., Atherton, J., Gawel, M., Keith, D.A., Mackey, B.G., Morley, C., Possingham, H. P., Raynor, B., Recher, H. F. and Wilson, K. A. (2009). Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania. Conservation Biology, 23 (4), 834-840. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01287.x
Watson, James (2009). Why the divide?. Decision Point (30), 11-12.
Watson, James E. M., Watson, Alexander W. T., Fischer, Joern, Ingram, J. Carter and Whittaker, Robert J. (2009). Using nestedness and species-accumulation analyses to strengthen a conservation plan for littoral forest birds in south-eastern Madagascar. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 1, 67-80.
Joseph, Liana N., Watson, James E. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2009). The New South Wales Priorities Action Statement and opportunities for maximizing return on investment for conservation. Ecological Management & Restoration, 10 (s1), s143-s144. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00466.x
Visser, Renee L., Watson, James E. M., Dickman, Chris R., Southgate, Rick, Jenkins, David and Johnson, Christopher N. (2009). Developing a national framework for dingo trophic regulation research in Australia: Outcomes of a national workshop. Ecological Management and Restoration, 10 (2), 168-170. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00482.x
Visser, Renee L., Watson, James E. M., Dickman, Chris R., Southgate, Rick, Jenkins, David and Johnson, Christopher N. (2009). A national framework for research on trophic regulation by the Dingo in Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology, 15 (3), 209-216. doi: 10.1071/PC090209
Watson, James E. M. (2009). Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession [Book Review]. Pacific Conservation Biology, 15 (4), 277-277. doi: 10.1071/PC090277
McQuillan, Peter B;, Watson, James E. M., Fitzgerald, Nick B;, Obendorf, David and Leaman, David (2009). The importance of ecological processes for terrestrial biodiversity conservation in Tasmania. Pacific Conservation Biology, 15 (3), 171-196. doi: 10.1071/PC090171
Mackey, B.G., Watson,J.E.M., Hope, G. and Gilmore, S. (2008). Climate change, biodiversity conservation, and the role of protected areas: An Australian perspective. Biodiversity, 9 (3 & 4), 11-18. doi: 10.1080/14888386.2008.9712902
Bode, Michael, Watson, James, Iwamura, Takuya and Possingham, Hugh P. (2008). The cost of conservation. Science, 321 (5887), 340-340. doi: 10.1126/science.321.5887.340a
Watson, J.E.M. (2008). A walk on the wild side. Decision Point (20), 8-9.
Jetz, Walter, Sekercioglu, Cagan H. and Watson, James E. M. (2008). Ecological correlates and conservation implications of overestimating species geographic ranges. Conservation Biology, 22 (1), 110-119. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00847.x
Watson, J. E. M. (2008). Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation. Austral Ecology, 33 (2), 241-241. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01837.x
Recher, H. F., Davis, W. E. Jr., Berry, S., Mackey, B., Nix, H., Watson, A. W. T and Watston, J. E. M. (2008). Conservation inverted: birds in the Great Western Woodlands. Wingspan, 17, 16-19.
Judd, Simon, Watson, Jame E. M. and Watson, Alexander W. T. (2008). Diversity of a semi-arid, intact Mediterranean ecosystem in southwest Australia. Web Ecology, 8 (1), 84-93. doi: 10.5194/we-8-84-2008
Watson, James, Fuller, Richard A. and Barr, Lissa (2008). Why are we still using a 'One size fits all' philosophy for systematic reserve planning in Australia?. Pacific Conservation Biology, 14 (4), 233-235. doi: 10.1071/PC080233
Watson, James E. M., Whittaker, Robert J. and Dawson, Terence P. (2005). The importance of littoral forest remnants for indigenous bird conservation in southeastern Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14 (3), 523-545. doi: 10.1007/s10531-004-3913-8
Watson, James E. M., Whittaker, Robert J. and Freudenberger, David (2005). Bird community responses to fragmentation: how consistent are they across landscapes?. Journal of Biogeography, 32 (8), 1353-1370. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01256.x
Whittaker, Robert J., Araujo, Miguel B., Jepson, Paul, Ladle, Richard J., Watson, James E. M. and Willis, Katherine J. (2005). Conservation biogeography: assessment and prospect. Diversity and Distributions, 11 (1), 3-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00143.x
Watson, James E. M., Whittaker, Robert J. and Dawson, Terence P. (2004). Avifaunal responses to habitat fragmentation in the threatened littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar. Journal of Biogeography, 31 (11), 1791-1807. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01142.x
O'Dea, Niall, Watson, James E. M. and Whittaker, Robert J. (2004). Rapid assessment in conservation research: a critique of avifaunal assessment techniques illustrated by Ecuadorian and Madagascan case study data. Diversity and Distributions, 10 (1), 55-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2004.00050.x
Watson, JEM, Whittaker, RJ and Dawson, TP (2004). Habitat structure and proximity to forest edge affect the abundance and distribution of forest-dependent birds in tropical coastal forests of southeastern Madagascar. Biological Conservation, 120 (3), 315-331. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.004
Watson, James, Watson, Alexander, Paull, David and Freudenberger, David (2003). Woodland fragmentation is causing the decline of species and functional groups of birds in southeastern Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology, 8 (4), 261-270. doi: 10.1071/PC030261
Watson, James, Freudenberger, David and Paull, David (2001). An assessment of the focal-species approach for conserving birds in variegated landscapes in southeastern Australia. Conservation Biology, 15 (5), 1364-1373. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.00166.x
Conference Papers
Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Watson, James E.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Di Marco, Moreno, Venter, Oscar, Davis, Katrina J., Mappin, Bonnie, Klein, Carissa J., Kuempel, Caitlin D. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). To achieve big wins for terrestrial conservation, prioritize protection of ecoregions closest to meeting targets. Cambridge, MA, United States: Cell Press. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.04.013
Watson, James E. M., Evans, Megan C., Carwardine, Josie, Fuller, Richard A., Joseph, Liana N., Segan, Dan B., Taylor, Martin F. J., Fensham, R. J. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). The capacity of Australia's protected-area system to represent threatened species. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01587.x
Watson, A. W. T., Judd, S. and Watson, J. E. M. (2009). Away from conflict – a new paradigm for industry, regional communities, environmental organizations and traditional owners to look after the Great Western Woodlands, Western Australia. Mine Closure 2009, Perth, WA, Australia, 9–11 September 2009. Nedlands, WA, Australia: Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG).
Trivedi, M. R., Mitchell, A. W., Mardas, N., Parker, C., Watson, J. E. and Nobre, A. D. (2009). REDD and PINC: a new policy framework to fund tropical forests as global 'eco-utilities'. Conference on Beyond Kyoto: Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Science Meets Industry, Policy and Public, Aarhus, Denmark, 5-7 March 2009. Bristol, United Kingdom: Institute of Physics Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/8/1/012005
Watson, Alexander W. T., Judd, Simon and Watson, James E. M. (2008). Flowering plant and vertebrate diversity of the Great Western Woodlands in the Southern Goldfields. Goldfield Environmental Management Workshop, Perth, WA, Australia, 2008. Perth, WA, Australia: Australian Centre for Geomechanics, The University of Western Australia.
Watson, JEM (2005). Avifaunal responses to landscape-scale habitat fragmentation in the littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar. 5th International Symposium on Tropical Biology, Bonn Germany, May, 2004. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. doi: 10.1007/0-387-24320-8_24
Newspaper Articles
Sonter, Laura, Watson, James and Valenta, Richard (2020, 09 02). Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it The Conversation
Ward, Michelle, Greenville, Aaron, Reside, April, Tulloch, Ayesha, Williams, Brooke, Massingham, Emily, Mayfield, Helen, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Radford, Jim and Sonter, Laura (2020, 01 19). Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke The Conversation
Simmonds, Jeremy, Salazar, Alvaro, Watson, James and Maron, Martine (2019, 10 29). Most native bird species are losing their homes, even the ones you see every day The Conversation
Ward, Michelle, Reside, April, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Simmonds, Jeremy, Rhodes, Jonathan and Taylor, Martin (2019, 09 09). Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proof The Conversation
Reside, April and Watson, James (2019, 01 30). Death by 775 cuts: how conservation law is failing the black-throated finch The Conversation
Garnett, Stephen, Chauvenet, Alienor, Reside, April, Wintle, Brendan, Lindenmayer, David, Watson, David M., Bayrakarov, Elisa, Geyle, Hayley, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Maron, Martine and Legge, Sarah (2018, 11 27). For the first time we’ve looked at every threatened bird in Australia side-by-side The Conversation
O'Bryan, Christopher, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Watson, James and Carter, Neil (2018, 04 23). Helping farmers and reducing car crashes: the surprising benefits of predators The Conversation
O'Bryan, Christopher J. and Watson, James (2018, 03 09). We should embrace scavengers and predators Scientific American
McNamara, Karen and Watson, James (2017, 12 07). Climate change in the Pacific: are community-based adaptation efforts working? IAPS Dialogue: The online magazine of the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, University of Nottingham, UK
Ritchie, Euan, Nimmo, Dale, Driscoll, Don, Heard, Geoffrey, Watson, James, Evans, Megan C. and Doherty, Tim (2017, 10 12). Australia’s species need an independent champion The Conversation
Ritchie, Euan, Watson, James, Kerr, Jeremy and Maron, Martine (2017, 07 26). Scientific integrity must be defended, our planet depends on it The Conversation
Watson, James and Maron, Martine (2017, 07 07). The Great Barrier Reef isn’t listed as ‘in danger’ - but it’s still in big trouble The Conversation
Allan, James and Watson, James (2017, 07 03). Earth’s wildernesses are disappearing, and not enough of them are World Heritage-listed The Conversation
Watson, J.E.M., Allan, James and Maxwell, S. (2017, 01 31). More than half the world’s most important natural sites are under threat: it’s time to protect them The Conversation
Watson, James (2013, 07 29). We’ve been asking the wrong questions about conservation The Guardian
Research Reports
Jacobson, Chris, Hockings, Marc, Watson, James, Head, Brian and Fidelman, Pedro (2021). Review of monitoring, evaluation and reporting approaches and outcomes in Parks Australia . Online: University of Queensland.
Gross, J. E., Woodley, S., Welling, L. A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2016). Adapting to Climate Change: Guidance for protected area managers and planners. Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 24 Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
Gross, J., Watson, J. E. M., Woodley, S., Welling, L. and Harmon, D. (2015). Responding to Climate Change: Guidance for protected area managers and planners: Best Practice. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
Donatti, C. I., Dunlop, M., Harvey, C. A., Hole, D., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Mumba, M., Vignola, R., Watson, J. E. M. and Wise, R. (2015). Ecosystem-based adaptation: essential for achieving the sustainable development goals. Arlington VA, United States: Conservation International.
Jupiter, Stacey, Jenkins, Aaron, Long, Warren Lee, Maxwell, Sean, Watson, James, Hodge, Kate, Govan, Hugh and Carruthers, Tim (2013). Pacific integrated island management: principles, case studies and lessons learned. Apia, Samoa; Nairobi, Kenya: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Segan, Daniel B., Watson, James E. M., Hole, David G., Donatti, Camila I., Zganjar, Chris, Martin, Shaun, Mutu, Kamweti and Bailey, Natalie (2013). A Systematic Approach to Incorporate the Human Response into Climate Change Conservation Planning. New York, NY, United States: Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group.
Segan, D., Watson, J. E. M., Nangendo, G., Ayebare, S. and Plumptre, A. J. (2012). Avoiding conflict and balancing trade-offs: biodiversity conservation in the context of competing land uses. New York, United States: Wildlife Conservation Society.
Seimon, Anton, Ingram, J. Carter and Watson, James E. M. (2012). Climatology of the East African Great Lakes region and potential impacts of climate change on its biodiversity and ecosystem services. Chicago, IL, United States: Macarthur Foundation.
Seimon, Anton, Watson, James, Dave, Radhika, Gray, Elizabeth and Oglethorpe, Judy (2011). A review of climate change adaptation initiatives within the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group members. Arlington, VA, United States: Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group.
Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E. M., Mendes, Manuel, Santana, Fernando, Fernandez, Gil, Pinto, Pedro, Riveiro, Luis M. and da Cunha Barreto, Celestino (2011). National ecological gap assessment for Timor-Leste 2010. Dili, Timor-Leste: Department of Protected Areas and National Parks of Timor-Leste, National Directorate of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Edificio Floresta Caicoli.
Andrade, Angela, Córdoba, Rocio, Dave, Radhika, Girot, Pascal, Herrera-F, Bernal, Munroe, Robert, Oglethorpe, Judy, Paaby, Pia, Pramova, Emilia, Watson, James and Vergar, Walter (2011). Draft principles and guidelines for integrating ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation in project and policy design: a discussion document. Turrialba, Costa Rica: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE).
Watson, James.E. M., Bottrill, Madeleine C., Walsh, Jessica C., Joseph, Liana N. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2011). Evaluating threatened species recovery planning in Australia. Brisbane, Australia: Spatial Ecology Laboratory, The University of Queensland.
Mackey, Brendan, Watson, James and Worboys, Graeme L. (2010). Connectivity conservation and the Great Eastern Ranges corridor. Sydney, Australia: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, NSW.
Watson, James E.M., Joseph, Liana N. and Watson, Alexander W.T. (2009). A rapid assessment of the impacts of the Montara field oil leak on birds, cetaceans and marine reptiles. Brisbane, Australia: Spatial Ecology Laboratory, The University of Queensland.
Fuller, Richard A., Drielsma, Michael J., Watson, James E.M., Taylor, Robert, Sushinsky, Jessica, Smith, Jill and Possingham, Hugh P. (2009). Priorities for ecological restoration in the Western Woodlands Way. Brisbane, Australia; Armidale, NSW, Australia: Spatial Ecology Laboratory, University of Queensland; GIS Research and Development Unit, New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change.
Watson, J.E.M., Carwardine, J. and Joseph, L. (2009). Achieving the Green Suriname vision. A report to Conservation International and the government of Suriname. Lismore, NSW, Australia: Carbon Conservation.
Watson, Alexander, Judd, Simon, Watson, James., Lam, Anya and Mackenzie, David (2008). The extraordinary nature of the Great Western Woodlands. Perth, Australia: The Wilderness Society of WA.
Data Collections
Beyer, Hawthorne, Venter, Oscar, Grantham, Hedley and Watson, James (2019). Global assessment of ecoregion intactness. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.773
Watson, James (2018). Ecology and Conservation Biogeography of the Night Parrot. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/e6dad86
Generic Documents
Watson, James (2017). To conserve or exploit: the choice is ours. Wildlife Conservation Society.
Watson, James (2016). Bring climate change back from the future [Guest blog]. Scientific American.