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Overview

Sandy J. Andelman is affiliated with Conservation International in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable work addressing global and planetary change, water science and technology, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law. The scientist's work also touches on public health, environmental and occupational health, and ecology as subfields.

The main topics Sandy J. Andelman explores include:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Water resources management and optimization

Among the notable recent papers are:

  • "Scaling up area-based conservation to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework's 30x30 target: The role of Nature's Strongholds," published in 2024 in PLoS Biology
  • "Using the Freshwater Health Index to Assess Hydropower Development Scenarios in the Sesan, Srepok and Sekong River Basin," published in 2020 in Water
  • "Healthy planet healthy people," published in 2022 in Conservation Letters
  • "Developing an outcomes-based approach to achieving Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework," published in 2022 in PARKS

Sandy J. Andelman has collaborated frequently with researchers including Nigel Dudley, John G. Robinson, Danielle LaBruna, Tim O'Brien, and Peter J. Clyne.

Their publications have appeared in journals such as:

  • PLoS Biology
  • Conservation Letters
  • Water
  • PARKS

Best Publications

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity

    Ana S. L. Rodrigues;Sandy J. Andelman;Mohamed I. Bakarr;Luigi Boitani

  • PLUGGING A HOLE IN THE OCEAN: THE EMERGING SCIENCE OF MARINE RESERVES1

    Jane Lubchenco;Stephen R. Palumbi;Steven D. Gaines;Sandy Andelman

  • Protected area needs in a changing climate

    Lee Hannah;Guy Midgley;Sandy Andelman;Miguel Araújo

  • Mathematical Methods for Identifying Representative Reserve Networks

    Hugh Possingham;Ian Ball;Sandy Andelman

  • Umbrellas and flagships: Efficient conservation surrogates or expensive mistakes?

    Sandy J. Andelman;William F. Fagan

  • Global Gap Analysis: Priority Regions for Expanding the Global Protected-Area Network

    Ana S. L. Rodrigues;H. Resit Akçakaya;Sandy J. Andelman;Mohamed I. Bakarr

  • Biodiversity Conservation Planning Tools: Present Status and Challenges for the Future

    Sahotra Sarkar;Robert L. Pressey;Daniel P. Faith;Christopher R. Margules

  • Limits to the use of threatened species lists

    Hugh P Possingham;Sandy J Andelman;Mark A Burgman;Rodrigo A Medellı́n

  • Drought–mortality relationships for tropical forests

    Oliver L. Phillips;Geertje van der Heijden;Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela López-González

  • ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING CANDIDATE SITES FOR MARINE RESERVES

    Callum M. Roberts;Sandy Andelman;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante

  • COMPARING MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF COASTAL MARINE RESERVES

    Mark H. Carr;Joseph E. Neigel;James A. Estes;Sandy Andelman

  • Conserving biodiversity efficiently: what to do, where, and when.

    Kerrie A Wilson;Emma C Underwood;Scott A Morrison;Kirk R Klausmeyer

  • Population models for marine reserve design: A retrospective and prospective synthesis

    Leah R. Gerber;Louis W. Botsford;Alan Hastings;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Does species diversity limit productivity in natural grassland communities

    James B. Grace;T. Michael Anderson;Melinda D. Smith;Eric W. Seabloom

  • ROBUST DECISION‐MAKING UNDER SEVERE UNCERTAINTY FOR CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT

    Helen M. Regan;Yakov Ben-Haim;Bill Langford;William G. Wilson

  • Does conservation planning matter in a dynamic and uncertain world

    Eli Meir;Eli Meir;Sandy Andelman;Hugh P. Possingham;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network.

    Jorge A. Ahumada;Carlos E. F. Silva;Krisna Gajapersad;Chris Hallam

  • Planning for Climate Change: Identifying Minimum-Dispersal Corridors for the Cape Proteaceae

    Paul Williams;Lee Hannah;Sandy Andelman;Guy Midgley

  • Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development

    David R. Kanter;David R. Kanter;Mark Musumba;Sylvia L.R. Wood;Sylvia L.R. Wood;Cheryl Palm;Cheryl Palm

  • Using siting algorithms in the design of marine reserve networks

    Heather Leslie;Mary Ruckelshaus;Ian R. Ball;Sandy Andelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen M. Regan
Helen M. Regan University of California, Riverside
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Robert L. Pressey
Robert L. Pressey James Cook University
Michael R. Willig
Michael R. Willig University of Connecticut
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne
Pablo A. Marquet
Pablo A. Marquet Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research
Mark A. Burgman
Mark A. Burgman Imperial College London
Ruth S. DeFries
Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University

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