Congrats to Melissa Walsh (previously Bos) for successfully completing her PhD exit seminar! You can read more about Melissa's research here. Global natural capital sustains human well-being, but the economic costs of degradation are greater than investments into the management of natural resources, resulting in a large and growing conservation funding gap. Significant ongoing … Continue reading SEMINAR: Melissa Walsh – Marine Conservation Finance
SEMINAR: Louise Glew – The promise, potential and pitfalls of impact evaluation in the conservation sector
Policymakers need salient, legitimate and credible evidence on the social and ecological impacts of efforts to conserve global biodiversity. Fuelled by calls for increased rigor in documenting the impact of conservation interventions, a cohort of quasi-experimental studies has begun to quantify the impacts of conservation. The breadth and scope of these studies remains limited, focusing … Continue reading SEMINAR: Louise Glew – The promise, potential and pitfalls of impact evaluation in the conservation sector
Island Arks Symposium III
The Island Arks Symposium III is currently underway in Hobart, Australia. The Conservation Planning Group presented a series of talks yesterday related to their research on Prioritising management actions for islands on the Great Barrier Reef and in Western Australia. Abstracts are below - sadly the presentations weren't recorded. Bob Pressey was also interviewed about … Continue reading Island Arks Symposium III
NEW PAPER: Integrating connectivity and climate change into marine conservation planning
A new paper is out in the current issue of Biological Conservation. In this review, Rafael and collaborators present a framework for formulating and improving conservation objectives addressing ecological connectivity and climate change impacts. The paper is part of Rafael`s PhD which explores approaches that move beyond a primary application of conservation planning by identifying, … Continue reading NEW PAPER: Integrating connectivity and climate change into marine conservation planning