By Associate Professor Hedley Grantham

Journal articles

Hunka N; Duncanson L; Armston J; Dubayah R; Healey SP; Santoro M; May P; Araza A; Bourgoin C; Montesano PM; Neigh CSR; Grantham H; Potapov P; Turubanova S; Tyukavina A; Richter J; Harris N; Urbazaev M; Pascual A; Suarez DR; Herold M; Poulter B; Wilson SN; Grassi G; Federici S; Sanz MJ; Melo J, 2024, 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 forest biomass estimates from Earth Observation', Scientific Data, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03930-9

Pillay R; Watson JEM; Goetz SJ; Hansen AJ; Jantz PA; Ramírez-Delgado JP; Grantham HS; Ferrier S; Venter O, 2024, 'The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework needs headline indicators that can actually monitor forest integrity', Environmental Research: Ecology, 3, pp. 043001 - 043001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2752-664x/ad7961

Ferrier S; Ware C; Austin JM; Grantham HS; Harwood TD; Watson JEM, 2024, 'Ecosystem extent is a necessary but not sufficient indicator of the state of global forest biodiversity', Conservation Letters, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.13045

Venegas-Li R; Grantham HS; Rainey H; Diment A; Tizard R; Watson JEM, 2024, 'An operational methodology to identify Critical Ecosystem Areas to help nations achieve the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework', Conservation Letters, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.13037

Keith DA; Ghoraba SMM; Kaly E; Jones KR; Oosthuizen A; Obura D; Costa HM; Daniels F; Duarte E; Grantham H; Gudka M; Norman J; Shannon LJ; Skowno A; Ferrer-Paris JR, 2024, 'Contributions of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems to risk-based design and management of protected and conserved areas in Africa', Conservation Biology, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14169

Robinson JG; LaBruna D; O’Brien T; Clyne PJ; Dudley N; Andelman SJ; Bennett EL; Chicchon A; Durigan C; Grantham H; Kinnaird M; Lieberman S; Maisels F; Moreira A; Rao M; Stokes E; Walston J; Watson JEM, 2024, 'Scaling up area-based conservation to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework’s 30x30 target: The role of Nature’s Strongholds', PLoS Biology, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002613

Nicholson E; Andrade A; Brooks TM; Driver A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Grantham H; Gudka M; Keith DA; Kontula T; Lindgaard A; Londono-Murcia MC; Murray N; Raunio A; Rowland JA; Sievers M; Skowno AL; Stevenson SL; Valderrabano M; Vernon CM; Zager I; Obura D, 2024, 'Roles of the Red List of Ecosystems in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 614 - 621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02320-5

Fermepin S; Watson JEM; Grantham HS; Mendez M, 2024, 'Global marine conservation priorities for sustaining marine productivity, preserving biodiversity and addressing climate change', Marine Policy, 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106016

McClanahan TR; Darling ES; Beger M; Fox HE; Grantham HS; Jupiter SD; Logan CA; Mcleod E; McManus LC; Oddenyo RM; Surya GS; Wenger AS; Zinke J; Maina JM, 2024, 'Diversification of refugia types needed to secure the future of coral reefs subject to climate change', Conservation Biology, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14108

Lee CKF; Nicholson E; Duncan C; Grantham HS; Keith DA; Tizard R; Murray NJ, 2024, 'Assessing the conservation status of mangroves in Rakhine, Myanmar', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4058

Grantham HS, 2024, 'Human conflict, food security and impacts on wildlife: Importance of sustainable harvest models to inform policy', Journal of Applied Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14747

Pusparini W; Cahyana A; Grantham HS; Maxwell S; Soto-Navarro C; Macdonald DW, 2023, 'A bolder conservation future for Indonesia by prioritising biodiversity, carbon and unique ecosystems in Sulawesi', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21536-2

Crowe O; Beresford AE; Buchanan GM; Grantham HS; Simkins AT; Watson JEM; Butchart SHM, 2023, 'A global assessment of forest integrity within Key Biodiversity Areas', Biological Conservation, 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110293

Watson JEM; Venegas-Li R; Grantham H; Dudley N; Stolton S; Rao M; Woodley S; Hockings M; Burkart K; Simmonds JS; Sonter LJ; Sreekar R; Possingham HP; Ward M, 2023, 'Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments', Integrative Conservation, 2, pp. 140 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/inc3.24

Sink KJ; Lombard AT; Attwood CG; Livingstone TC; Grantham H; Holness SD, 2023, 'Integrated systematic planning and adaptive stakeholder process support a 10-fold increase in South Africa's Marine Protected Area estate', Conservation Letters, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12954

Elsen PR; Oakes LE; Cross MS; DeGemmis A; Watson JEM; Cooke HA; Darling ES; Jones KR; Kretser HE; Mendez M; Surya G; Tully E; Grantham HS, 2023, 'Priorities for embedding ecological integrity in climate adaptation policy and practice', One Earth, 6, pp. 632 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.014

Wakwella A; Wenger A; Jenkins A; Lamb J; Kuempel CD; Claar D; Corbin C; Falinski K; Rivera A; Grantham HS; Jupiter SD, 2023, 'Integrated watershed management solutions for healthy coastal ecosystems and people', Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.15

Wakwella A; Wenger A; Jenkins A; Lamb J; Kuempel CD; Claar D; Corbin C; Falinski K; Rivera A; Grantham HS; Jupiter SD, 2023, 'Integrated watershed management solutions for healthy coastal ecosystems and people — Corrigendum', Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.18

Williams BA; Watson JEM; Beyer HL; Grantham HS; Simmonds JS; Alvarez SJ; Venter O; Strassburg BBN; Runting RK, 2022, 'Global drivers of change across tropical savannah ecosystems and insights into their management and conservation', Biological Conservation, 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109786

Grantham HS, 2022, 'Forest conservation: Importance of Indigenous lands', Current Biology, 32, pp. R1274 - R1276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.026

Williams BA; Grantham HS; Watson JEM; Shapiro AC; Plumptre AJ; Ayebare S; Goldman E; Tulloch AIT, 2022, 'Reconsidering priorities for forest conservation when considering the threats of mining and armed conflict', Ambio, 51, pp. 2007 - 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01724-0

Roberson LA; Beyer HL; O'Hara C; Watson JEM; Dunn DC; Halpern BS; Klein CJ; Frazier MR; Kuempel CD; Williams B; Grantham HS; Montgomery JC; Kark S; Runting RK, 2022, 'Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species (vol 27, pg 6206, 2021)', GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 28, pp. 6834 - 6834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16401

Williams BA; Watson JEM; Beyer HL; Klein CJ; Montgomery J; Runting RK; Roberson LA; Halpern BS; Grantham HS; Kuempel CD; Frazier M; Venter O; Wenger A, 2022, 'Global rarity of intact coastal regions', Conservation Biology, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13874

Jones KR; von Hase A; Costa HM; Rainey H; Sidat N; Jobson B; White TB; Grantham HS, 2022, 'Spatial analysis to inform the mitigation hierarchy', Conservation Science and Practice, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12686

Grantham HS; Evans T; Lieberman S; Robinson JG; Elsen PR; Ferrier S; Kearney SG; Maurer G; Surya G; Spindler R; Stasak B; Trezise J; Watson JEM, 2022, 'Response: Where Might We Find Ecologically Intact Communities?', Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.730546

Elsen PR; Saxon EC; Simmons BA; Ward M; Williams BA; Grantham HS; Kark S; Levin N; Perez-Hammerle KV; Reside AE; Watson JEM, 2022, 'Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change', Global Change Biology, 28, pp. 918 - 935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15962

Grantham HS; Duncan A; Evans TD; Jones KR; Beyer HL; Schuster R; Walston J; Ray JC; Robinson JG; Callow M; Clements T; Costa HM; DeGemmis A; Elsen PR; Ervin J; Franco P; Goldman E; Goetz S; Hansen A; Hofsvang E; Jantz P; Jupiter S; Kang A; Langhammer P; Laurance WF; Lieberman S; Linkie M; Malhi Y; Maxwell S; Mendez M; Mittermeier R; Murray NJ; Possingham H; Radachowsky J; Saatchi S; Samper C; Silverman J; Shapiro A; Strassburg B; Stevens T; Stokes E; Taylor R; Tear T; Tizard R; Venter O; Visconti P; Wang S; Watson JEM, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20999-7

Roberson LA; Beyer HL; O’Hara C; Watson JEM; Dunn DC; Halpern BS; Klein CJ; Frazier MR; Kuempel CD; Williams B; Grantham HS; Montgomery JC; Kark S; Runting RK, 2021, 'Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species', Global Change Biology, 27, pp. 6206 - 6216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15844

Austin KG; Heilmayr R; Benedict JJ; Burns DN; Eggen M; Grantham H; Greenbury A; Hill JK; Jenkins CN; Luskin MS; Manurung T; Rasmussen LV; Rosoman G; Rudorff B; Satar M; Smith C; Carlson KM, 2021, 'Mapping and Monitoring Zero-Deforestation Commitments', BioScience, 71, pp. 1079 - 1090, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab082

Nicholson E; Watermeyer KE; Rowland JA; Sato CF; Stevenson SL; Andrade A; Brooks TM; Burgess ND; Cheng ST; Grantham HS; Hill SL; Keith DA; Maron M; Metzke D; Murray NJ; Nelson CR; Obura D; Plumptre A; Skowno AL; Watson JEM, 2021, 'Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 1338 - 1349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01538-5

Grantham HS; Tibaldeschi P; Izquierdo P; Mo K; Patterson DJ; Rainey H; Watson JEM; Jones KR, 2021, 'The Emerging Threat of Extractives Sector to Intact Forest Landscapes', Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.692338

Hansen AJ; Noble BP; Veneros J; East A; Goetz SJ; Supples C; Watson JEM; Jantz PA; Pillay R; Jetz W; Ferrier S; Grantham HS; Evans TD; Ervin J; Venter O; Virnig ALS, 2021, 'Toward monitoring forest ecosystem integrity within the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework', Conservation Letters, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12822

Shapiro AC; Grantham HS; Aguilar-Amuchastegui N; Murray NJ; Gond V; Bonfils D; Rickenbach O, 2021, 'Forest condition in the Congo Basin for the assessment of ecosystem conservation status', Ecological Indicators, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107268

King S; Vardon M; Grantham HS; Eigenraam M; Ferrier S; Juhn D; Larsen T; Brown C; Turner K, 2021, 'Linking biodiversity into national economic accounting', Environmental Science and Policy, 116, pp. 20 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.020

Grantham HS; Duncan A; Evans TD; Jones KR; Beyer HL; Schuster R; Walston J; Ray JC; Robinson JG; Callow M; Clements T; Costa HM; DeGemmis A; Elsen PR; Ervin J; Franco P; Goldman E; Goetz S; Hansen A; Hofsvang E; Jantz P; Jupiter S; Kang A; Langhammer P; Laurance WF; Lieberman S; Linkie M; Malhi Y; Maxwell S; Mendez M; Mittermeier R; Murray NJ; Possingham H; Radachowsky J; Saatchi S; Samper C; Silverman J; Shapiro A; Strassburg B; Stevens T; Stokes E; Taylor R; Tear T; Tizard R; Venter O; Visconti P; Wang S; Watson JEM, 2020, 'Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity', Nature Communications, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3

Sonter LJ; Simmonds JS; Watson JEM; Jones JPG; Kiesecker JM; Costa HM; Bennun L; Edwards S; Grantham HS; Griffiths VF; Jones K; Sochi K; Puydarrieux P; Quétier F; Rainer H; Rainey H; Roe D; Satar M; Soares-Filho BS; Starkey M; ten Kate K; Victurine R; von Hase A; Wells JA; Maron M, 2020, 'Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve No Net Loss goals', Nature Communications, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15861-1

Murray NJ; Keith DA; Duncan A; Tizard R; Ferrer-Paris JR; Worthington TA; Armstrong K; Nyan Hlaing ; Win Thuya Htut ; Aung Htat Oo ; Kyaw Zay Ya ; Grantham H, 2020, 'Myanmar's terrestrial ecosystems: Status, threats and conservation opportunities', Biological Conservation, 252, pp. 108834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108834

Williams BA; Venter O; Allan JR; Atkinson SC; Rehbein JA; Ward M; Di Marco M; Grantham HS; Ervin J; Goetz SJ; Hansen AJ; Jantz P; Pillay R; Rodríguez-Buriticá S; Supples C; Virnig ALS; Watson JEM, 2020, 'Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems', One Earth, 3, pp. 371 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.009

Grantham HS; Shapiro A; Bonfils D; Gond V; Goldman E; Maisels F; Plumptre AJ; Rayden T; Robinson JG; Strindberg S; Stokes E; Tulloch AITT; Watson JEM; Williams L; Rickenbach O, 2020, 'Spatial priorities for conserving the most intact biodiverse forests within Central Africa', Environmental Research Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9fae

Mokany K; Ferrier S; Harwood TD; Ware C; Di Marco M; Grantham HS; Venter O; Hoskins AJ; Watson JEM, 2020, 'Reconciling global priorities for conserving biodiversity habitat', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, pp. 9906 - 9911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918373117

Simmonds JS; Sonter LJ; Watson JEM; Bennun L; Costa HM; Dutson G; Edwards S; Grantham H; Griffiths VF; Jones JPG; Kiesecker J; Possingham HP; Puydarrieux P; Quétier F; Rainer H; Rainey H; Roe D; Savy CE; Souquet M; ten Kate K; Victurine R; von Hase A; Maron M, 2020, 'Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target-based approach for ecological compensation', Conservation Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12695

Beyer HL; Venter O; Grantham HS; Watson JEM, 2020, 'Substantial losses in ecoregion intactness highlight urgency of globally coordinated action', Conservation Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12692

Jones KR; Klein CJ; Grantham HS; Possingham HP; Halpern BS; Burgess ND; Butchart SHM; Robinson JG; Kingston N; Bhola N; Watson JEM, 2020, 'Area Requirements to Safeguard Earth's Marine Species', One Earth, 2, pp. 188 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.01.010

Williams BA; Grantham HS; Watson JEM; Alvarez SJ; Simmonds JS; Rogéliz CA; Da Silva M; Forero-Medina G; Etter A; Nogales J; Walschburger T; Hyman G; Beyer HL, 2020, 'Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development', Environmental Research Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5ff7

Trew BT; Grantham HS; Barrientos C; Collins T; Doherty PD; Formia A; Godley BJ; Maxwell SM; Parnell RJ; Pikesley SK; Tilley D; Witt MJ; Metcalfe K, 2019, 'Using Cumulative Impact Mapping to Prioritize Marine Conservation Efforts in Equatorial Guinea', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00717

Maxwell SL; Evans T; Watson JEM; Morel A; Grantham H; Duncan A; Harris N; Potapov P; Runting RK; Venter O; Wang S; Malhi Y, 2019, 'Degradation and forgone removals increase the carbon impact of intact forest loss by 626%', Science Advances, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax2546

Tulloch AIT; Auerbach N; Avery-Gomm S; Dickman CR; Fisher DO; Grantham H; Holden MH; Lavery TH; Leseberg NP; O’Connor J; Roberson L; Smyth AK; Stone Z; Tulloch V; Turak E; Watson JEM; Wardle GM, 2019, 'Reply to ‘Consider species specialism when publishing datasets’ and ‘Decision trees for data publishing may exacerbate conservation conflict’', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3, pp. 320 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0805-6

Carwardine J; Martin TG; Firn J; Reyes RP; Nicol S; Reeson A; Grantham HS; Stratford D; Kehoe L; Chadès I, 2019, 'Priority Threat Management for biodiversity conservation: A handbook', Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, pp. 481 - 490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13268

Teixeira JB; Moura RL; Mills M; Klein C; Brown CJ; Adams VM; Grantham H; Watts M; Faria D; Amado-Filho GM; Bastos AC; Lourival R; Possingham HP, 2018, 'A habitat-based approach to predict impacts of marine protected areas on fishers', Conservation Biology, 32, pp. 1096 - 1106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12974

Jones KR; Klein CJ; Halpern BS; Venter O; Grantham H; Kuempel CD; Shumway N; Friedlander AM; Possingham HP; Watson JEM, 2018, 'Erratum: The Location and Protection Status of Earth's Diminishing Marine Wilderness (Current Biology (2018) 28(15) (2506–2512.e3), (S0960982218307723) (10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.010))', Current Biology, 28, pp. 2683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.081

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