The relentless exploitation and unsustainable use of wildlife, whether for food, medicine or
other uses, is a key concern for conservationists worldwide. Indeed, wildlife conservation …

Rehabilitation of degraded land in arid and semiarid environments often involves excluding
livestock from degraded sites, creating what are usually, but not consistently, called …

Spatial distribution of fishing effort is increasingly recognised as an important consideration
for fisheries management, as it can affect trends in catch rates, and be incorporated into …

Despite significant advances in understanding the biophysical and institutional causes of
overfishing, we have yet to make progress in addressing the depletion of our global fisheries …

Management of catches, effort and exploitation pattern are considered the most effective
measures to control fishing mortality and ultimately ensure productivity and sustainability of …

Understanding how and when cooperative human behaviour forms in common-pool
resource systems is critical to illuminating social–ecological systems and designing …

An agent-based model was used to evaluate the response of a two-species fish community
to fishing boat exploration strategies, namely: boats following high-yield boats (Cartesian); …

Environmental change in terms of land use and climatic changes is posing a serious threat
to species distributions and extinctions. Thus in order to predict and mitigate against the …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are crucial tools for marine biodiversity conservation and
sustainable utilization of marine resources through fisheries management (Agardy et al …

Understanding how, where, and when animals move is a central problem in marine ecology
and conservation. Key to improving our knowledge about what drives animal movement is …