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11158
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3134
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246

Overview

Hedley S. Grantham is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecological Modeling, and Economics and Econometrics.

They focus primarily on topics related to Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, with additional work covering Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Environmental Conservation and Management, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Coastal and Marine Management.

Grantham has coauthored frequently with several researchers including James Watson, Oscar Venter, Brooke Williams, Nicholas Murray, and Kendall R. Jones.

Their publications appear regularly in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Conservation Letters, Conservation Biology, Nature Communications, and One Earth.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems, 2020, One Earth
  • Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Global rarity of intact coastal regions, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • Reconciling global priorities for conserving biodiversity habitat, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

    James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Tom Evans;Oscar Venter;Brooke Williams;Brooke Williams

  • Is conservation triage just smart decision making

    Madeleine C Bottrill;Liana N Joseph;Josie Carwardine;Michael Bode

  • Tradeoffs of different types of species occurrence data for use in systematic conservation planning.

    Carlo Rondinini;Kerrie A. Wilson;Luigi Boitani;Hedley Grantham

  • Pelagic protected areas: the missing dimension in ocean conservation

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Hedley S. Grantham;Alistair J. Hobday;Robert L. Pressey

  • Modification of forests by people means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

    H.S. Grantham;A. Duncan;T. Evans;K.R. Jones

  • Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Carissa J. Klein;Christopher J. Brown;Maria Beger

  • Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems

    Brooke A. Williams;Oscar Venter;James R. Allan;Scott C. Atkinson;Scott C. Atkinson

  • Conservation planning for connectivity across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms

    Maria Beger;Hedley S. Grantham;Robert L. Pressey;Robert L. Pressey;Kerrie A. Wilson

  • Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes

    Richard A. Fuller;Richard A. Fuller;Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden;Kerrie A. Wilson;Josie Carwardine;Josie Carwardine

  • The Location and Protection Status of Earth’s Diminishing Marine Wilderness

    Kendall R. Jones;Kendall R. Jones;Carissa J. Klein;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;Oscar Venter

  • Between-country collaboration and consideration of costs increase conservation planning efficiency in the Mediterranean Basin

    Salit Kark;Noam Levin;Hedley S. Grantham;Hugh P. Possingham

  • An integrative research framework for enabling transformative adaptation

    Matthew J. Colloff;Matthew J. Colloff;Berta Martín-López;Sandra Lavorel;Bruno Locatelli

  • Delaying conservation actions for improved knowledge: how long should we wait?

    Hedley S. Grantham;Kerrie A. Wilson;Atte Moilanen;Tony Rebelo

  • Effectiveness of Biodiversity Surrogates for Conservation Planning: Different Measures of Effectiveness Generate a Kaleidoscope of Variation

    Hedley S. Grantham;Robert L. Pressey;Jessie A. Wells;Andrew J. Beattie

  • Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

    Emily Nicholson;Emily Nicholson;Kate E. Watermeyer;Jessica A. Rowland;Chloe F. Sato

  • The global rarity of intact coastal regions

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  • Diminishing return on investment for biodiversity data in conservation planning

    Hedley S. Grantham;Atte Moilanen;Kerrie A. Wilson;Kerrie A. Wilson;Robert L. Pressey;Robert L. Pressey

  • Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes

    K. A. Wilson;E. Meijaard;S. Drummond;H. S. Grantham

  • Effective conservation planning requires learning and adaptation

    Hedley S Grantham;Michael Bode;Eve McDonald-Madden;Edward T Game

  • Degradation and forgone removals increase the carbon impact of intact forest loss by 626.

    Sean L. Maxwell;Sean L. Maxwell;Tom Evans;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Alexandra Morel;Alexandra Morel

  • Finite conservation funds mean triage is unavoidable

    Madeleine C Bottrill;Liana N Joseph;Josie Carwardine;Michael Bode

  • Systematic Conservation Planning: Past, Present and Future

    James E. M. Watson;Hedley S. Grantham;Kerrie A. Wilson;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

    H. S. Grantham;A. Duncan;T. D. Evans;K. R. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Kerrie A. Wilson
Kerrie A. Wilson Queensland University of Technology
Oscar Venter
Oscar Venter University of Northern British Columbia
Robert L. Pressey
Robert L. Pressey James Cook University
Edward T. Game
Edward T. Game The Nature Conservancy
Carissa J. Klein
Carissa J. Klein University of Queensland
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Ayesha I. T. Tulloch
Ayesha I. T. Tulloch University of Sydney
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland

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