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(1-1) Popa langur. ©Thaung Win.
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(1-3) Biodiversity hotspots situated within high (black) biodiversity areas.
From Myers, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Mittermeier, C. G., Da Fonseca, G. A. and Kent,
J.,
2000. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature, 403(6772), pp. 853–8, with permission.
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(1-4) (a) Predictive map of species richness in mainland South-East Asia,
Borneo, and Sumatra; (b) the locations of the same hotspots depicted relative to the
locations of current protected areas. Adapted from Macdonald, D. W., Chiaverini, L.,
Bothwell, H. M., Kaszta, Ż., Ash, E., Bolongon, G., Can, Ö. E., Campos-Arceiz, A.,
Channa,
P., Clements, G. R., and Hearn, A. J., 2020. Predicting biodiversity richness in rapidly
changing landscapes: climate, low human pressure or protection as salvation? Biodiversity and Conservation, 29(14), pp. 4035–57, with
permission.
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(2-1) African lion density across (a) recent historical (1960–1970s) lion
distribution; and (b) extant range showing lion population densities. From Loveridge,
A. J.,
Sousa, L. L., Cushman, S., Kaszta, Ż., and Macdonald, D. W. (2022). Where have all
the lions
gone? Establishing realistic baselines to assess decline and recovery of African lions.
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13637, with permission.
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(2-2) Cecil the lion. Andrew Loveridge.
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(3-1) Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster.
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(3-2) Orchid Dracula
mendozae.
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(4-1) Geographical distribution of the costs due to alien species for
1970–2017. From Diagne, C., Leroy, B., Vaissière, A. C., Gozlan, R. E., Roiz, D.,
Jarić, I.,
Salles, J. M., Bradshaw, C. J., and Courchamp, F., 2021. High and rising economic
costs of
biological invasions worldwide. Nature, 592(7855), pp.
571–6, with permission.
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(4-2) The 10 costliest taxa for cumulative damage and management costs (2017
prices) 1970–2017. From Diagne, C., Leroy, B., Vaissière, A. C., Gozlan, R. E., Roiz,
D.,
Jarić, I., Salles, J. M., Bradshaw, C. J., and Courchamp, F., 2021. High and rising
economic
costs of biological invasions worldwide. Nature,
592(7855), pp. 571–6, with permission.
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(4-3) Parakeets peek out of holes in a tree in Richmond Park. Bruno
Guerreiro/Getty.
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(4-4) Global invasion threat for the 21st century. From Early, R., Bradley, B.
A., Dukes, J. S., Lawler, J. J., Olden, J. D., Blumenthal, D. M., Gonzalez, P., Grosholz,
E.
D., Ibañez, I., Miller, L. P., and Sorte, C. J., 2016. Global threats from invasive
alien
species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities. Nature communications, 7(1), pp. 1–9, with
permission.
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(4-5) Regions with contiguous countries where an invasive species spreads from
the country of first establishment, where it has no impact, into countries of subsequent
invasion, where it has an impact. From Faulkner, K. T., Robertson, M. P., and Wilson,
J. R.,
2020. Stronger regional biosecurity is essential to prevent hundreds of harmful biological
invasions. Global Change Biology, 26(4), pp. 2449–62,
with permission.
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(5-1) The unacceptable face of bushmeat.
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(5-2) Causes and effects of illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade on
species, ecosystems, and society. From Cardoso, P., Amponsah-Mensah, K., Barreiros,
J. P.,
Bouhuys, J., Cheung, H., Davies, A., Kumschick, S., Longhorn, S. J., Martínez-Munoz,
C. A.,
Morcatty, T. Q., and Peters, G., 2021. Scientists’ warning to humanity on illegal
or
unsustainable wildlife trade. Biological Conservation,
263, p. 109341, with permission.
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(6-1) The spread of African Swine Fever threatens South-East Asia’s 11 wild
pig species. From Luskin, M. S., Meijaard, E., Surya, S., Walzer, C., and Linkie,
M., 2021.
African Swine Fever threatens Southeast Asia’s 11 endemic wild pig species. Conservation Letters, 14(3), p.e12784, with
permission.
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(6-2) Incidence rate of bovine tuberculosis in cattle within and outside 30
badger cull areas of the High Risk Area of England, during badger cull years (September
to
August) 2013/14–2018/19. From Langton, T. E., Jones, M. W., and McGill, I., 2022.
Analysis
of the impact of badger culling on bovine tuberculosis in cattle in the high-risk
area of
England, 2009–2020. Veterinary Record, 190(6), p.e1384,
with permission.
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(6-3) Integrated wildlife monitoring as the combination of population
monitoring, passive (scanning), and active (targeted) disease surveillance. From Cardoso,
B., García-Bocanegra, I., Acevedo, P., Cáceres, G., Alves, P. C,, and Gortázar, C.,
2021.
Stepping up from wildlife disease surveillance to integrated wildlife monitoring in
Europe.
Research in Veterinary Science, 144, pp. 149–56, with
permission.
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(7-1) The ground inside (treated) and outside (untreated) the bomas, and the
resulting difference in number of maize cobs and cob length.
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(7-2) Common approaches used to mitigate human–wildlife conflict and promote
human–wildlife coexistence. From Nyhus, P. J., 2016. Human-wildlife conflict and
coexistence. Annual Review of Environment and Resources,
41, pp. 143–71, with permission.
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(7-3) Conservation problems, and their solutions, can occur anywhere along a
continuum of species recovery. From Macdonald, D. W. and Sillero-Zubiri, C., 2004.
Conservation: from theory to practice, without bluster. In Macdonald, D. W. and
Sillero-Zubiri, C., eds., The Biology and Conservation of Wild
Canids. Oxford University Press, pp. 353–72, with permission.
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(8-1) Global average sea level has risen by about 16 cm (6 inches) since the
late 19th century, and faster recently. From Shum, C. K. and Kuo, C. Y., 2010. Observation
and geophysical causes of present-day sea-level rise. In Climate
Change and Food Security in South Asia. Springer, pp. 85–104, with
permission.
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(9-1) The doughnut of social and planetary boundaries. From Raworth, K., 2017.
Why it’s time for Doughnut Economics. IPPR Progressive
Review, 24(3), pp. 216–22, with permission.
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(9-2) Under anthropocentric economics the intended uses of (and impacts on)
natural capital are constrained to preclude overexploitation that diminishes human
well-being, and uses of human capital are constrained to preclude unfair or undignified
treatment of other humans. From Vucetich, J. A., Damania, R., Cushman, S. A., Macdonald,
E.
A., Burnham, D., Offer-Westort, T., Bruskotter, J. T., Feltz, A., Eeden, L. V., and
Macdonald, D. W., 2021. A minimally nonanthropocentric economics: what is it, is it
necessary, and can it avert the biodiversity crisis? BioScience, 71(8), pp. 861–73, with permission.
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(9-3) ‘Living with Tigers’ Project conceptualized pathway for interventions,
intended outcomes, and impacts. From Fitzmaurice, Amy, Liedekerke, V., Carter, Neil,
Trout,
E., Parker, B., Manandhar, Prajwol, Dickson, G., Senn, H., Alibhai, S., Chaudhary,
T.,
Chapagain, P., Poudel, Prabin, Thapa, Shyam, Zimmermann, A., Macdonald, D., Subedi,
Bishnu,
Paudel, Sakuntala, Thapa, Sima, and Chaudhary, Gautam (2022). Impact evaluation of
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Living with Tigers Project: Do human–felid coexistence interventions benefit both
wildlife
and local people? Final Report 2021, with permission.
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(9-4) Cost per head of livestock incurred by attempted protection against
predators by lethal and non-lethal means. Based on McManus, J. S., Dickman, A. J.,
Gaynor,
D., Smuts, B. H., and Macdonald, D. W., 2015. Dead or alive? Comparing costs and benefits
of
lethal and non-lethal human–wildlife conflict mitigation on livestock farms. Oryx, 49(4), pp. 687–95, with permission.
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(10-1) Success/failure of conservation translocation according to major taxa.
From Soorae, P. S. ed., 2021. Global Conservation Translocation
Perspectives, 2021: Case Studies from Around the Globe. IUCN SSC Conservation
Translocation Specialist Group, Environment Agency, with permission.
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(10-2) Global distribution of critically endangered megafauna. From
Farhadinia, M. S., Johnson, P. J., Zimmermann, A., McGowan, P. J., Meijaard, E.,
Stanley-Price, M., and Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Ex situ management as insurance against
extinction of mammalian megafauna in an uncertain world. Conservation Biology, 34(4), pp. 988–96, with permission.
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(10-3) Wild boar sow with piglets. Philip Mugridge/Alamy.
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(10-4) Remaining ranges of Persian, Arabian, Indochinese, and Amur leopard
subspecies, and the locations of borderlands. From Farhadinia, M. S., Rostro-García,
S.,
Feng, L., Kamler, J. F., Spalton, A., Shevtsova, E., Khorozyan, I., Al-Duais, M.,
Ge, J.,
and Macdonald, D. W., 2021. Big cats in borderlands: challenges and implications for
transboundary conservation of Asian leopards. Oryx,
55(3), pp. 452–60, with permission.
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(10-5) The Conservation Quartet, which, in 1986, I designed to conceptualize
the four interacting components of the mission of the WildCRU.
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(10-6) Nature-based Solutions as an umbrella term for ecosystem-related
approaches. From Cohen-Shacham, E., Walters, G., Janzen, C., and Maginnis, S., 2016.
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges. IUCN:
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