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38
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5683
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6637
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678

Overview

Joseph W. Bull is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a notable focus on intersections between ecological systems and economic frameworks.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science, where they have contributed to 91 publications, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, represented in 40 publications. Within these fields, Bull's research addresses key subfields such as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (41 publications), Economics and Econometrics (39 publications), Global and Planetary Change (31 publications), Ecology (8 publications), and Nature and Landscape Conservation (6 publications).

The primary topics explored in their work encompass Economic and Environmental Valuation, Environmental Conservation and Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Forest Management and Policy, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance. Each of these topics reflects a substantial body of research with Economic and Environmental Valuation and Environmental Conservation and Management each featuring in 72 publications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Joseph W. Bull include:

  • The positive impact of conservation action (2024, Science)
  • Four steps for the Earth: mainstreaming the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (2021, One Earth)
  • Bringing sustainability to life: A framework to guide biodiversity indicator development for business performance management (2020, Business Strategy and the Environment)
  • Are corporate biodiversity commitments consistent with delivering 'nature-positive' outcomes? A review of 'nature-positive' definitions, company progress and challenges (2022, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • The hidden biodiversity risks of increasing flexibility in biodiversity offset trades (2020, Biological Conservation)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bull include:

  • Sophus zu Ermgassen
  • E.J. Milner-Gulland
  • Martine Maron
  • Ascelin Gordon
  • Niels Strange

They publish regularly in several academic venues, with the highest number of publications in:

  • One Earth (5 publications)
  • Business Strategy and the Environment (4 publications)
  • Biological Conservation (4 publications)
  • Conservation Science and Practice (4 publications)
  • Nature (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity offsets in theory and practice

    Joseph W. Bull;K. Blake Suttle;Ascelin Gordon;Navinder J. Singh

  • Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting

    Martine Maron;Christopher D. Ives;Christopher D. Ives;Heini Kujala;Joseph W. Bull

  • Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: A SWOT analysis of the ecosystem services framework

    Joseph W. Bull;Niels Jobstvogt;Anne Böhnke-Henrichs;André Mascarenhas;André Mascarenhas

  • A global mitigation hierarchy for nature conservation

    William N S Arlidge;Joseph W Bull;Prue F E Addison;Michael J Burgass

  • The ecological outcomes of biodiversity offsets under “no net loss” policies: A global review

    Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen;Julia Baker;Richard A. Griffiths;Niels Strange

  • The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy

    Martine Maron;Susie Brownlie;Joseph W. Bull;Joseph W. Bull;Megan C. Evans

  • The global extent of biodiversity offset implementation under no net loss policies

    Joseph William Bull;Joseph William Bull;Niels Strange

  • FORUM: Perverse incentives risk undermining biodiversity offset policies

    Ascelin Gordon;Joseph W. Bull;Chris Wilcox;Martine Maron

  • Locking in loss: Baselines of decline in Australian biodiversity offset policies

    Martine Maron;Joseph W. Bull;Megan C. Evans;Ascelin Gordon

  • Importance of Baseline Specification in Evaluating Conservation Interventions and Achieving No Net Loss of Biodiversity

    J W Bull;A Gordon;E A Law;K B Suttle

  • The positive impact of conservation action

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  • Conservation when nothing stands still: moving targets and biodiversity offsets

    Joseph W Bull;Kenwyn B Suttle;Navinder J Singh;EJ Milner-Gulland

  • Using conservation science to advance corporate biodiversity accountability

    Prue F. E. Addison;Joseph W. Bull;Joseph W. Bull;E. J. Milner‐Gulland

  • Four steps for the Earth: mainstreaming the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

    E.J. Milner-Gulland;Prue Addison;William N.S. Arlidge;Julia Baker

  • The Role of “No Net Loss” Policies in Conserving Biodiversity Threatened by the Global Infrastructure Boom

    Sophus Olav Sven Emil zu Ermgassen;Pratiwi Utamiputri;Leon Bennun;Stephen Edwards

  • Seeking convergence on the key concepts in ‘no net loss’ policy

    Joseph W. Bull;Ascelin Gordon;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Martine Maron

  • How humans drive speciation as well as extinction

    Joseph Bull;M. Maron

  • Comparing biodiversity offset calculation methods with a case study in Uzbekistan

    J.W. Bull;E.J. Milner-Gulland;K.B. Suttle;N.J. Singh

  • No net loss for people and biodiversity

    Victoria F. Griffiths;Joseph W. Bull;Joseph W. Bull;Julia Baker;E.J. Milner‐Gulland

  • Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector

    Thomas Smith;Lucy Beagley;Joseph Bull;E. J. Milner‐Gulland

  • Categories of flexibility in biodiversity offsetting, and their implications for conservation

    Joseph Bull;M.J. Hardy;A. Moilanen;A. Gordon

  • Four Steps for the Earth: mainstreaming the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

    E.J. Milner-Gulland;Prue Addison;William Arlidge;Julia Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

E. J. Milner-Gulland
E. J. Milner-Gulland University of Oxford
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Martine Maron
Martine Maron University of Queensland
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Julia P. G. Jones
Julia P. G. Jones Bangor University
Robert J. Smith
Robert J. Smith University of Kent
Chris Wilcox
Chris Wilcox Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Joseph M. Kiesecker
Joseph M. Kiesecker The Nature Conservancy
Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker University of Toronto
Masashi Soga
Masashi Soga University of Tokyo

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