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6681
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749

Overview

Graeme M. Buchanan is affiliated with the Cambridge Conservation Initiative in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses mainly on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on several subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, economics and econometrics, ecological modeling, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably conservation, biodiversity, and resource management; wildlife ecology and conservation; economic and environmental valuation; species distribution and climate change; forest management and policy; land use and ecosystem services; and environmental conservation and management.

Buchanan has contributed to a number of scientific papers published in various respected venues, including:

  • Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration, 2020, Nature
  • Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Global conservation of species' niches, 2020, Nature
  • Assessment of national-level progress towards elements of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • The potential contribution of terrestrial nature-based solutions to a national 'net zero' climate target, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology

Key coauthors frequently working with Buchanan include Stuart H. M. Butchart, Paul F. Donald, Alison E. Beresford, Andrew Balmford, and Bernardo B. N. Strassburg.

Their publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as Nature, Ibis, Animal Conservation, Biological Conservation, and Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. These venues reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary and conservation-focused research.

Best Publications

  • Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

    Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Carlos Leandro Cordeiro;Carlos Leandro Cordeiro

  • Financial Costs of Meeting Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets: Current Spending and Unmet Needs

    Donal P. McCarthy;Donal P. McCarthy;Paul F. Donald;Jörn P. W. Scharlemann;Jörn P. W. Scharlemann;Graeme M. Buchanan

  • Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Martin Clarke;Robert J. Smith;Rachel E. Sykes

  • Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation

    Woody Turner;Carlo Rondinini;Nathalie Pettorelli;Brice Mora

  • Measuring Terrestrial Area of Habitat (AOH) and Its Utility for the IUCN Red List.

    Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart L. Pimm;H. Resit Akçakaya;Graeme M. Buchanan

  • Bird and bat species' global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment

    Chris B. Thaxter;Graeme M. Buchanan;Jamie Carr;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion

    David R. Williams;David R. Williams;Michael Clark;Graeme M. Buchanan;G. Francesco Ficetola;G. Francesco Ficetola

  • Using remote sensing to inform conservation status assessment: Estimates of recent deforestation rates on New Britain and the impacts upon endemic birds

    Graeme M. Buchanan;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Guy Dutson;John D. Pilgrim

  • Global conservation of species' niches.

    Jeffrey O. Hanson;Jonathan R. Rhodes;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Graeme M. Buchanan

  • A global threats overview for Numeniini populations: synthesising expert knowledge for a group of declining migratory birds

    James W. Pearce-Higgins;Daniel J. Brown;David J. T. Douglas;Jose A. Alves

  • Identifying Priority Areas for Conservation: A Global Assessment for Forest-Dependent Birds

    Graeme M. Buchanan;Paul F. Donald;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Toward quantification of the impact of 21st-century deforestation on the extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates

    Łukasz Tracewski;Łukasz Tracewski;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Moreno Di Marco;Gentile F. Ficetola;Gentile F. Ficetola

  • Poor overlap between the distribution of Protected Areas and globally threatened birds in Africa

    A. E. Beresford;A. E. Beresford;G. M. Buchanan;P. F. Donald;S. H. M. Butchart

  • Global Coverage of Agricultural Sustainability Standards, and Their Role in Conserving Biodiversity

    Catherine Tayleur;Catherine Tayleur;Catherine Tayleur;Andrew Balmford;Graeme M. Buchanan;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • The contribution of invertebrate taxa to moorland bird diets and the potential implications of land‐use management

    Graeme M. Buchanan;Murray C. Grant;Roy A. Sanderson;James W. Pearce-Higgins

  • Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss

    Tim H. Sparks;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Andrew Balmford;Leon Bennun

  • Relating characteristics of global biodiversity targets to reported progress.

    Elizabeth J. Green;Elizabeth J. Green;Graeme M. Buchanan;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Georgina M. Chandler

  • Integrating spatially explicit habitat projections into extinction risk assessments: a reassessment of Amazonian avifauna incorporating projected deforestation

    Jeremy P. Bird;Graeme M. Buchanan;Alexander C. Lees;Rob P. Clay

  • Vegetation burning for game management in the UK uplands is increasing and overlaps spatially with soil carbon and protected areas

    David J.T. Douglas;Graeme M. Buchanan;Patrick Thompson;Arjun Amar

  • Delivering a Global, Terrestrial, Biodiversity Observation System through Remote Sensing

    Graeme M. Buchanan;Andrew Nelson;Philippe Mayaux;Andrew Hartley

  • The prevalence, characteristics and effectiveness of Aichi Target 11′s “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs) in Key Biodiversity Areas

    Paul F. Donald;Paul F. Donald;Graeme M. Buchanan;Andrew Balmford;Heather Bingham

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul F. Donald
Paul F. Donald University of Cambridge
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Carlo Rondinini
Carlo Rondinini Sapienza University of Rome
James W. Pearce-Higgins
James W. Pearce-Higgins British Trust for Ornithology
Juliet A. Vickery
Juliet A. Vickery Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Andrew Balmford
Andrew Balmford University of Cambridge
Richard D. Gregory
Richard D. Gregory University College London
Philippe Mayaux
Philippe Mayaux European Commission

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