Select Publications
Book Chapters
2020, 'Effective engagement of conservation scientists with decision-makers', in Sutherland WJ; Brotherton PNM; Davies ZG; Ockendon N; Pettorelli N; Vickery JA (ed.), Conservation Research, Policy and Practice, Cambridge University Press, pp. 162 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108638210.010
,Journal articles
2024, 'Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon offset projects have limited impact on changes in woody vegetation cover and carbon removals', Communications Earth and Environment, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01313-x
,2024, '‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 14 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02199-2
,2024, 'Ecological Crises and Ecopolitics Research in Australia', Australian Journal of Politics and History, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajph.13016
,2024, 'Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?', Conservation Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.13054
,2024, 'Navigating the obstacles of carbon-negative technologies', One Earth, 7, pp. 1471 - 1476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.08.016
,2024, 'Non-compliance and under-performance in Australian human-induced regeneration projects', The Rangeland Journal, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj24024
,2023, 'Impacts of shrimp aquaculture on the local communities and conservation of the world's largest protected mangrove forest', Environmental Science and Policy, 147, pp. 351 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.07.002
,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, pp. 2869 - 2891, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02633-8
,2023, 'Backloading to extinction: Coping with values conflict in the administration of Australia's federal biodiversity offset policy', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 82, pp. 228 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12581
,2022, 'Community perceptions of carbon farming: A case study of the semi-arid Mulga Lands in Queensland, Australia', Journal of Rural Studies, 96, pp. 78 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.10.010
,2022, 'A step change needed to secure a nature-positive future—Is it in reach?', One Earth, 5, pp. 589 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.016
,2022, 'Credible biodiversity offsetting needs public national registers to confirm no net loss', One Earth, 5, pp. 650 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.011
,2021, 'Environmental “nonuse rights” warrant caution', Science, 374, pp. 832, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abm4324
,2021, 'Conservation needs to break free from global priority mapping', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 1322 - 1324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01540-x
,2021, 'Re-conceptualizing the role(s) of science in biodiversity conservation', Environmental Conservation, 48, pp. 151 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892921000114
,2021, 'Improving averted loss estimates for better biodiversity outcomes from offset exchanges', ORYX, 55, pp. 393 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319000528
,2020, 'Estimating species response to management using an integrated process: A case study from New South Wales, Australia', Conservation Science and Practice, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.269
,2019, 'Expanding the role of social science in conservation through an engagement with philosophy, methodology, and methods', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10, pp. 294 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13126
,2018, 'An introduction to achieving policy impact for early career researchers', Palgrave Communications, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0144-2
,2018, '` Economics and Environmental Change: The Challenges We Face', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 62, pp. 713 - 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12281
,2018, 'Effective incentives for reforestation: lessons from Australia's carbon farming policies', Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 32, pp. 38 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.002
,2018, 'Roles for scientific societies to engage with conservation policy', Conservation Biology, 32, pp. 513 - 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13092
,2018, 'The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy', Nature Sustainability, 1, pp. 19 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-017-0007-7
,2017, 'Embrace complexity to improve conservation decision making', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, pp. 1588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0345-x
,2017, 'The anatomy of a failed offset', Biological Conservation, 210, pp. 286 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.04.022
,2017, 'Ecological consequences of land clearing and policy reform in Queensland', Pacific Conservation Biology, 23, pp. 219 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC17001
,2016, 'Using offsets to mitigate environmental impacts of major projects: A stakeholder analysis', Journal of Environmental Management, 179, pp. 58 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.054
,2016, 'Better planning outcomes requires clear consideration of costs, condition and conservation benefits, and access to the best available data: Reply to Gosper et al., 2016', Biological Conservation, 200, pp. 242 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.009
,2016, 'A Loss-Gain Calculator for Biodiversity Offsets and the Circumstances in Which No Net Loss Is Feasible', Conservation Letters, 9, pp. 252 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12206
,2016, 'Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting', BioScience, 66, pp. 489 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw038
,2016, 'Deforestation in Australia: Drivers, trends and policy responses', Pacific Conservation Biology, 22, pp. 130 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC15052
,2015, 'Locking in loss: Baselines of decline in Australian biodiversity offset policies', Biological Conservation, 192, pp. 504 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.017
,2015, 'Clear consideration of costs, condition and conservation benefits yields better planning outcomes', Biological Conservation, 191, pp. 716 - 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.023
,2015, 'Carbon farming via assisted natural regeneration as a cost-effective mechanism for restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes', Environmental Science and Policy, 50, pp. 114 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.02.003
,2015, 'Why do We map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13, pp. 91 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/140022
,2014, 'The Value of Using Feasibility Models in Systematic Conservation Planning to Predict Landholder Management Uptake', Conservation Biology, 28, pp. 1462 - 1473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12403
,2014, 'The development of the Australian environmental offsets policy: From theory to practice', Environmental Conservation, 42, pp. 306 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S037689291400040X
,2011, 'Prioritizing conservation investments for mammal species globally', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366, pp. 2670 - 2680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0108
,2011, 'Extinctions: Conserve not collate', Nature, 474, pp. 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/474284a
,2011, 'What to do in the face of multiple threats? Incorporating dependencies within a return on investment framework for conservation', Diversity and Distributions, 17, pp. 437 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00747.x
,2011, 'The spatial distribution of threats to species in Australia', BioScience, 61, pp. 281 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2011.61.4.8
,2011, 'What works for threatened species recovery? An empirical evaluation for Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 20, pp. 767 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9977-8
,Conference Posters
2022, 'Credible biodiversity offsetting needs public national registers to confirm no net loss', presented at National Biodiversity Offsets Conference 2.0, 26 July 2022 - 28 July 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28451
,Reports
2023, Submission on the Nature Repair Market Exposure Draft Bill
,2022, Trends in forest and sparse woody cover inside ERF HIR project areas relative to those in surrounding areas, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28446
,2022, Modelling pathways to a carbon neutral Queensland beef sector through policy and investment to drive transition from deforestation to reforestation, Canberra, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28445
,2022, Australian National University (ANU)-University of New South Wales (UNSW) ERF research team submission to the Chubb Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28447, https://consult.dcceew.gov.au/independent-review-of-accu/submission/view/150
,2022, Submission to a proposed National Biodiversity Market
,2022, Submission on Draft Procedure for environmental offsets metric inputs
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