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Overview

Dilys Roe is affiliated with the International Institute for Environment and Development in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various aspects of environmental science with a particular focus on wildlife ecology, conservation, and the intersection of ecology with economic and public health considerations.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science, with notable subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, economics and econometrics, public health, environmental and occupational health, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The main topics of their work cover a range of issues:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Environmental Conservation and Management
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Dilys Roe has published in a number of academic venues multiple times. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Conservation Biology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • World Development

Some of their recent papers with publication details include:

  • "Mapping the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation", 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Conserving Africa's wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond", 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change", 2020, Global Sustainability
  • "Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, conservation and development", 2020, World Development
  • "Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve No Net Loss goals", 2020, Nature Communications

Dilys Roe has frequently collaborated with other researchers in their field. Regular co-authors include:

  • Amy Dickman
  • Daniel W. S. Challender
  • Adam G. Hart
  • E.J. Milner-Gulland
  • David Mallon

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty

    William. M. Adams;Ros Aveling;Dan Brockington;Barney Dickson

  • Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation

    Alexandre Chausson;Beth Turner;Dan Seddon;Nicole Chabaneix

  • Making tourism work for the poor: Strategies and challenges in southern Africa

    Caroline Ashley;Dilys Roe

  • Biodiversity conservation and the millennium development goals.

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Jonathan E. M. Baillie;William J. Sutherland;Paul R. Armsworth

  • Community management of natural resources in Africa: impacts, experiences and future directions.

    Dilys Roe;Chris Sandbrook;Fred Nelson

  • The origins and evolution of the conservation-poverty debate: a review of key literature, events and policy processes

    Dilys Roe

  • The nature and extent of legal and illegal trade in wildlife

    Steven Broad;Teresa Mulliken;Dilys Roe

  • TAKE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS, LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS: the environmental impacts of wildlife tourism

    Dilys Roe;Nigel Leader-Williams;Barry Dalal-Clayton

  • Conserving Africa's wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

    Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;James Allan;Peadar Brehony;Amy Dickman

  • Enhancing community involvement in wildlife tourism: issues and challenges

    Caroline Ashley;Dilys Roe

  • Effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation: review of the evidence-base

    N. Doswald;R. Munroe;D. Roe;A. Giuliani

  • What are the effects of nature conservation on human well-being? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries

    Madeleine C. McKinnon;Madeleine C. McKinnon;Samantha H. Cheng;Samantha H. Cheng;Samuel Dupre;Janet Edmond

  • From poachers to protectors: engaging local communities in solutions to illegal wildlife trade

    Rosie Cooney;Rosie Cooney;Dilys Roe;Dilys Roe;Holly Dublin;Jacob Phelps

  • Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change

    Nathalie Seddon;Elizabeth Daniels;Rowan Davis;Alexandre Chausson

  • Developing a theory of change for a community-based response to illegal wildlife trade.

    Duan Biggs;Rosie Cooney;Rosie Cooney;Dilys Roe;Dilys Roe;Holly T. Dublin

  • Reframing the concept of alternative livelihoods

    J.H. Wright;N.A.O. Hill;D. Roe;J.M. Rowcliffe

  • Evaluating Eden: exploring the myths and realities of community-based wildlife management. Series overview.

    Dilys Roe;James Mayers;Maryanne Grieg-Gran;Ashish Kothari

  • Does the gender composition of forest and fishery management groups affect resource governance and conservation outcomes? A systematic map

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  • Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, conservation and development.

    Dilys Roe;Amy Dickman;Richard Kock;E.J. Milner-Gulland

  • Poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation: rebuilding the bridges

    Dilys Roe;Joanna Elliott

  • Making a killing or making a living? Wildlife trade, trade controls and rural livelihoods

    D. Roe;S. Milledge;T Mulliken;J. Mremi

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Sandbrook
Chris Sandbrook University of Cambridge
Matt Walpole
Matt Walpole Cambridge Conservation Initative
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Nathalie Seddon
Nathalie Seddon University of Oxford
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Amy Dickman
Amy Dickman University of Oxford
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London
E. J. Milner-Gulland
E. J. Milner-Gulland University of Oxford
David Wilkie
David Wilkie Wildlife Conservation Society

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