Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 329-337

  Butchart, Stuart H M ^a   Clarke, Martin ^a   Smith, Robert J ^b   Sykes, Rachel E ^b   Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^c   Harfoot, Mike ^d,e   Buchanan, Graeme M ^f   Angulo, Ariadne ^g   Balmford, Andrew ^h   Bertzky, Bastian ^d,i   Brooks, Thomas M ^g,j,k   Carpenter, Kent E ^l   Comeros Raynal, Mia T ^l   Cornell, John ^a   Ficetola, G Francesco ^m   Fishpool, Lincoln D C ^a   Fuller, Richard A ⁿ   Geldmann, Jonas ^o   Harwell, Heather ^l,p   Hilton Taylor, Craig ^q   Hoffmann, Michael ^d,g   Joolia, Ackbar ^q   Joppa, Lucas ^e   Kingston, Naomi ^d   May, Ian ^a   Milam, Amy ^d   Polidoro, Beth ^l,r   Ralph, Gina ^l   Richman, Nadia ^s   Rondinini, Carlo ^t   Segan, Daniel B ^n,u   Skolnik, Benjamin ^v   Spalding, Mark D ^h   Stuart, Simon N ^d,g,w,x   Symes, Andy ^a   Taylor, Joseph ^a   Visconti, Piero ^e   Watson, James E M ^n,u   Wood, Louisa ^d,h   Burgess, Neil D ^d,o   more..

^a BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^g IUCN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^l OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q International Union for Conservation of Nature   (United Kingdom)

^r ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^t SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^u WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^v American Bird Conservancy   (United States)

^w University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^x Al Ain Zoo   (United Arab Emirates)

more..

Author keywords

Aichi Targets; Alliance for Zero Extinction; Convention on Biological Diversity; Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas; IUCN Red List; Key Biodiversity Areas; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945443292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12158     Document Type: Article

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