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Morena Mills is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and specializes in environmental science with a particular focus on global and planetary change. Their research spans several subfields including ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, economics and econometrics, and general agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's work addresses multiple key topics, such as conservation, biodiversity, and resource management; coral and marine ecosystems studies; wildlife ecology and conservation; economic and environmental valuation; land use and ecosystem services; agricultural innovations and practices; and environmental education and sustainability.

Morena Mills has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation (2023) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • A theory-based framework for understanding the establishment, persistence, and diffusion of community-based conservation (2020) in Conservation Science and Practice
  • The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers (2022) in People and Nature
  • Evaluating the impact of the documentary series Blue Planet II on viewers' plastic consumption behaviors (2020) in Conservation Science and Practice
  • National-level evaluation of a community-based marine management initiative (2023) in Nature Sustainability

Frequent publication venues for Morena Mills include Conservation Science and Practice, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Ecology & Evolution, Conservation Biology, and Biological Conservation.

  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Conservation Biology
  • Biological Conservation

Collaborative efforts have involved frequent co-authors such as Arundhati Jagadish, Katrina Davis, Emily Lewis-Brown, Michael B. Mascia, and Hugh Govan.

  • Arundhati Jagadish
  • Katrina Davis
  • Emily Lewis-Brown
  • Michael B. Mascia
  • Hugh Govan

Best Publications

  • The cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration.

    Elisa Bayraktarov;Megan Irene Saunders;Sabah Abdullah;Morena Mills

  • A social–ecological approach to conservation planning: embedding social considerations

    Natalie C. Ban;Morena Mills;Morena Mills;Jordan Tam;Christina C. Hicks

  • Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: A globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves

    Laurence J. McCook;Tony Ayling;Mike Cappo;J. Howard Choat

  • Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs

    G. R. Almany;S. R. Connolly;D. D. Heath;J. D. Hogan

  • Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs

    Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Renato Crouzeilles;Renato Crouzeilles;Renato Crouzeilles;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem

  • Well-being outcomes of marine protected areas

    Natalie C. Ban;Georgina Grace Gurney;Nadine A. Marshall;Charlotte K. Whitney

  • Revisiting “Success” and “Failure” of Marine Protected Areas: A Conservation Scientist Perspective

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Jennifer McGowan;Morena Mills;Morena Mills;Maria Beger;Maria Beger

  • Messaging matters: A systematic review of the conservation messaging literature

    Lindall R. Kidd;Lindall R. Kidd;Georgia E. Garrard;Georgia E. Garrard;Sarah A. Bekessy;Sarah A. Bekessy;Sarah A. Bekessy;Morena Mills

  • Learning from published project failures in conservation

    Allison S. Catalano;Joss Lyons-White;Morena M. Mills;Morena M. Mills;Andrew T. Knight

  • Biodiversity Risks from Fossil Fuel Extraction

    Nathalie Butt;Hawthorne Beyer;Joseph Bennett;Duan Biggs

  • Designing, implementing and managing marine protected areas: emerging trends and opportunities for coral reef nations

    Natalie C. Ban;Vanessa M. Adams;Glenn R. Almany;Stephen Ban

  • Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning

    Morena Mills;Morena Mills;Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero;Ken Vance-Borland;Philippa Cohen;Philippa Cohen

  • A mismatch of scales: challenges in planning for implementation of marine protected areas in the Coral Triangle

    Morena Mills;Robert L. Pressey;Rebecca Weeks;Simon Foale

  • Social networks supporting governance of coastal ecosystems in Solomon Islands

    Philippa J. Cohen;Louisa S. Evans;Morena Mills

  • The economic value of ecosystem services in the Great Barrier Reef: our state of knowledge

    Natalie Stoeckl;Christina C. Hicks;Morena Mills;Katharina Fabricius

  • Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation.

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  • The plan of the day: managing the dynamic transition from regional conservation designs to local conservation actions

    Robert L. Pressey;Morena Mills;Rebecca Weeks;Rebecca Weeks;Jon C. Day

  • Achieving the Promise of Integration in Social-Ecological Research: A Review and Prospectus

    Angela M. Guerrero;Nathan J. Bennett;Kerrie A. Wilson;Neil Carter

  • Improving social acceptability of marine protected area networks: a method for estimating opportunity costs to multiple gear types in both fished and currently unfished areas

    Vanessa M. Adams;Morena Mills;Stacy D. Jupiter;Robert L. Pressey

  • When conservation goes viral: The diffusion of innovative biodiversity conservation policies and practices

    Michael B. Mascia;Morena Mills;Morena Mills;Morena Mills

  • Incorporating habitat availability into systematic planning for restoration: a species‐specific approach for Atlantic Forest mammals

    Renato Crouzeilles;Renato Crouzeilles;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Morena Mills;Carlos E. V. Grelle

  • Real-world progress in overcoming the challenges of adaptive spatial planning in marine protected areas

    Morena Mills;Rebecca Weeks;Robert L. Pressey;Mary G. Gleason

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Robert L. Pressey
Robert L. Pressey James Cook University
Vanessa M. Adams
Vanessa M. Adams University of Tasmania
Natalie C. Ban
Natalie C. Ban University of Victoria
Laurence J. McCook
Laurence J. McCook James Cook University
Andrew T. Knight
Andrew T. Knight Imperial College London
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Christopher M. Raymond
Christopher M. Raymond University of Helsinki
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg International Institute for Sustainability (IIS)

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