Modeling opportunity costs of conservation in transitional landscapesRobin Naidoo
Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund US, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D C 20037, USA
Conserv Biol 20:490-500. 2006
..Incorporating not only biological attributes but also socioeconomic data can help in the design of efficient networks of protected areas that represent biodiversity at minimum costs...
Home on the range: factors explaining partial migration of African buffalo in a tropical environmentRobin Naidoo
Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund United States WWF US, Washington, DC, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e36527. 2012
..Understanding the factors driving migratory decisions of wildlife will lead to better-informed conservation and land-use decisions in this area...
Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation prioritiesR Naidoo
Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund United States, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:9495-500. 2008
..An ambitious interdisciplinary research effort is needed to move beyond these preliminary and illustrative analyses to fully assess synergies and trade-offs in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services...
Mapping the economic costs and benefits of conservationRobin Naidoo
Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
PLoS Biol 4:e360. 2006
..It can help us understand the synergies between biodiversity conservation and economic development when the two are indeed aligned and to clearly understand the trade-offs when they are not...
Integrating economic costs into conservation planningRobin Naidoo
Conservation Science Program, WWF US, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Trends Ecol Evol 21:681-7. 2006
..We assess how costs fit into this new framework and consider prospects for integrating them into conservation planning...
Emergence of indigenous vegetation classifications through integration of traditional ecological knowledge and remote sensing analysesRobin Naidoo
Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund US, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Environ Manage 38:377-87. 2006
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Economic benefits of biodiversity exceed costs of conservation at an African rainforest reserveRobin Naidoo
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:16712-6. 2005
..These results suggest that local biodiversity markets could play a positive role in tropical conservation strategies if the appropriate institutions for redistribution can be developed...
Impacts of marine protected areas on fishing communitiesMichael B Mascia
World Wildlife Fund, Conservation Science Program, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Conserv Biol 24:1424-9. 2010
..To inform policy making, further research must better document and explain variation in the positive and negative social impacts of MPAs...
Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctionsTaylor H Ricketts
Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:18497-501. 2005
..Only one-third of the sites are legally protected, and most are surrounded by intense human development. These sites represent clear opportunities for urgent conservation action to prevent species loss...
Cost-effective priorities for global mammal conservationJosie Carwardine
The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:11446-50. 2008
..We uncover shortfalls in the allocation of conservation funds in many threatened priority areas, highlighting a global conservation challenge...