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Beyond conflict: exploring the spectrum of human–wildlife interactions and their underlying mechanisms by Bhatia, Saloni, Redpath, Stephen Mark, Suryawanshi, Kulbhushansingh, Mishra, Charudutt

“…Humans have lived alongside and interacted with wild animals throughout evolutionary history. Even though wild animals can damage property, or injure humans…”
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Half-Earth or Whole Earth? Radical ideas for conservation, and their implications by Büscher, Bram, Fletcher, Robert, Brockington, Dan, Sandbrook, Chris, Adams, William M., Campbell, Lisa, Corson, Catherine, Dressler, Wolfram, Duffy, Rosaleen, Gray, Noella, Holmes, George, Kelly, Alice, Lunstrum, Elizabeth, Ramutsindela, Maano, Shanker, Kartik

“…We question whether the increasingly popular, radical idea of turning half the Earth into a network of protected areas is either feasible or just. We argue…”
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Tilting at wildlife: reconsidering human–wildlife conflict by Redpath, Stephen Mark, Bhatia, Saloni, Young, Juliette

“…Conflicts between people over wildlife are widespread and damaging to both the wildlife and people involved. Such issues are often termed human–wildlife…”
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Conservation and natural resource management: where are all the women? by James, Robyn, Gibbs, Bridget, Whitford, Laura, Leisher, Craig, Konia, Ruth, Butt, Nathalie

“…There is evidence from the development and humanitarian sectors that purposeful engagement of women can increase the impact of development. We conducted a…”
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Avoiding impacts on biodiversity through strengthening the first stage of the mitigation hierarchy by Phalan, Ben, Hayes, Genevieve, Brooks, Sharon, Marsh, David, Howard, Pippa, Costelloe, Brendan, Vira, Bhaskar, Kowalska, Aida, Whitaker, Samir

“…The mitigation hierarchy is a decision-making framework designed to address impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services through first seeking to avoid…”
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A cat among the dogs: leopard Panthera pardus diet in a human-dominated landscape in western Maharashtra, India by Athreya, Vidya, Odden, Morten, Linnell, John D. C., Krishnaswamy, Jagdish, Karanth, K. Ullas

“…The ecology and predator–prey dynamics of large felids in the tropics have largely been studied in natural systems where wild ungulates constitute the majority…”
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Dead or alive? Comparing costs and benefits of lethal and non-lethal human–wildlife conflict mitigation on livestock farms by McManus, J. S., Dickman, A. J., Gaynor, D., Smuts, B. H., Macdonald, D. W.

“…Livestock depredation has implications for conservation and agronomy; it can be costly for farmers and can prompt retaliatory killing of carnivores. Lethal…”
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First country-wide survey of the Endangered Asian elephant: towards better conservation and management in Sri Lanka by Fernando, Prithiviraj, De Silva, M.K. Channa R., Jayasinghe, L.K.A., Janaka, H.K., Pastorini, Jennifer

“…The Endangered Asian elephant Elephas maximus comes into widespread conflict with agrarian communities, necessitating active management. The species’…”
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Biodiversity offsetting and conservation: reframing nature to save it by Apostolopoulou, Evangelia, Adams, William M.

“…Biodiversity offsetting involves the balancing of biodiversity loss in one place (and at one time) by an equivalent biodiversity gain elsewhere (an outcome…”
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Threat analysis for more effective lion conservation by Bauer, Hans, Dickman, Amy, Chapron, Guillaume, Oriol-Cotterill, Alayne, Nicholson, Samantha K., Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio, Hunter, Luke, Lindsey, Peter, Macdonald, David W.

“…We use comparable 2005 and 2018 population data to assess threats driving the decline of lion Panthera leo populations, and review information on threats…”
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Biodiversity conservation in a post-COVID-19 economy by Sandbrook, Chris, Gómez-Baggethun, Erik, Adams, William M.

“…The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic extend to global biodiversity and its conservation. Although short-term beneficial or adverse impacts on biodiversity have…”
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Global extinction risk for seahorses, pipefishes and their near relatives (Syngnathiformes) by Pollom, Riley A., Ralph, Gina M., Pollock, Caroline M., Vincent, Amanda C.J.

“…Few marine taxa have been comprehensively assessed for their conservation status, despite heavy pressures from fishing, habitat degradation and climate change…”
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Estimating the benefit of well-managed protected areas for threatened species conservation by Kearney, Stephen G., Adams, Vanessa M., Fuller, Richard A., Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M.

“…Protected areas are central to global efforts to prevent species extinctions, with many countries investing heavily in their establishment. Yet the designation…”
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Estimates of marine turtle nesting populations in the south-west Indian Ocean indicate the importance of the Chagos Archipelago by Mortimer, Jeanne A., Esteban, Nicole, Guzman, Antenor Nestor, Hays, Graeme C.

“…Global marine turtle population assessments highlight the importance of the south-west Indian Ocean region, despite data gaps for the Chagos Archipelago. The…”
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Projecting forest cover in Madagascar's protected areas to 2050 and its implications for lemur conservation by Rafanoharana, Serge C., Andrianambinina, F. Ollier D., Rasamuel, H. Andry, Waeber, Patrick O., Wilmé, Lucienne, Ganzhorn, Jörg U.

“…Predicting future conservation needs can help inform conservation management but is subject to uncertainty. We measured deforestation rates during 2015–2017…”
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What role should randomized control trials play in providing the evidence base for conservation? by Pynegar, Edwin L., Gibbons, James M., Asquith, Nigel M., Jones, Julia P. G.

“…The effectiveness of many widely used conservation interventions is poorly understood because of a lack of high-quality impact evaluations. Randomized control…”
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Conservation, evidence and policy by Adams, William. M., Sandbrook, Chris

“…A growing literature argues for evidence-based conservation. This concept reflects a wider approach to policy-making and follows thinking in medicine, in which…”
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Half-Earth or Whole-Earth? Green or transformative recovery? Where are the voices from the Global South? by Kothari, Ashish

“…If conservationists of the Global North are serious about saving the Earth, and I would like to believe they are, then they need to listen carefully to people…”
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Human-felid conflict: a review of patterns and priorities worldwide by Inskip, Chloe, Zimmermann, Alexandra

“…Conflict between people and felids is one of the most urgent wild cat conservation issues worldwide, yet efforts to synthesize knowledge about these conflicts…”
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Biodiversity credits: a new currency to support nature conservation? by Schwerdtner Manez, Kathleen, Clifton, Julian

“…Biodiversity credits are increasingly being promoted as an innovative tool for closing the biodiversity finance gap. A growing number of providers are offering…”
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