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Horizon Scanning: What are the forthcoming legislative issues of interest to ecologists and conservationists in 2019?
Our ninth assessment of the forthcoming legislation that we consider is likely to have consequences for ecologists or the environment. We review issues ranging from a global scale, those in the European Union, those in the United Kingdom and constituent countries. Our purpose is to encourage greater interest and awareness of policy changes so that…
Unconditional Transfers and Tropical Forest Conservation: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Sierra Leone
Unconditional conservation payments are increasingly used by conservation non-governmental organizations to further their environmental objectives. One key objective in many conservation projects that use such unconditional payments schemes is the protection of tropical forest ecosystems in buffer zone areas around protected parks where the scope of instating mandatory restrictions is more limited. We use a…
The consequences of land sparing for birds in the United Kingdom
Land sparing has been proposed as a strategy to reconcile biodiversity conservation with agricultural production, with empirical studies on five continents indicating that most species would benefit if food demand was met through high‐yield farming combined with the protection or restoration of natural habitat. Most such studies come from landscapes covered by large areas of…
The Sustainable Development Goals Tool
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) tool is aimed at people working in the field of biodiversity and conservation to make it easier to engage with the 169 targets which underlie the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. By answering a series of questions, you will be guided towards suggestions of the SDG targets that might be…
Assessing the Progress of REDD+ Projects towards the Sustainable Development Goals
Almost a decade since the establishment of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), this study investigates the extent to which REDD+ projects are delivering on the promise of co-benefits and the elusive ‘triple-win’ for climate, biodiversity, and local communities. The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCB) is among several leading REDD+ certification standards that…