Biodiversity conservation decisions are difficult, especially when they involve differing
values, complex multidimensional objectives, scarce resources, urgency, and considerable …

A common challenge in species conservation and management is how to incorporate
species movements into management objectives. There often is a lack of knowledge of …

Expert judgement informs a variety of important applications in conservation and natural
resource management, including threatened species management, environmental impact …

Spatial representations of threatening processes–“threat maps”–can identify where
biodiversity is at risk, and are often used to identify priority locations for conservation. In …

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exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency …

One of the aims of the United Nations (UN) negotiations on the conservation and
sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) is to …

Limited conservation resources mean that management decisions are often made on the
basis of scarce biological information. Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly …

Threats to biodiversity and the integrity of ecological systems are escalating globally, both
within and outside of protected areas. Decision makers have inadequate resources to …

Introduction Natural resource management uses expert judgement to estimate facts that
inform important decisions. Unfortunately, expert judgement is often derived by informal and …

Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity faces multiple threats, from invasive species to climate
change. Yet no large-scale assessments of threat management strategies exist. Applying a …