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Stuart H. M. Butchart is affiliated with BirdLife International, UK, based in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive contributions across several related subfields and topics. The main fields of study include Environmental Science, emphasizing Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and aspects of Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Forest Management and Policy.

Stuart H. M. Butchart has published research in various venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Conservation Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological Conservation
  • Nature

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration, 2020, Nature
  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy, 2020, Nature
  • Generation lengths of the world's birds and their implications for extinction risk, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?, 2020, Conservation Letters
  • The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity, 2022, Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stuart H. M. Butchart include:

  • Thomas M. Brooks
  • Paul F. Donald
  • Carlo Rondinini
  • Piero Visconti
  • Prabhat Raj Dahal

Best Publications

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

  • Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

    Sandra Díaz;Josef Settele;Josef Settele;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Hien T. Ngo

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • Essential biodiversity variables

    H M Pereira;S Ferrier;M Walters;G N Geller

  • Biodiversity conservation: challenges beyond 2010.

    Michael R. W. Rands;William M. Adams;Leon Bennun;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Matt Walpole;Samantha L. L. Hill;Daniel G. Boyce;Daniel G. Boyce

  • Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: a global assessment

    John P. Croxall;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Ben Lascelles;Alison J. Stattersfield

  • Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    Sandra Díaz;Josef Settele;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Hien T. Ngo

  • The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people

    Brett R. Scheffers;Luc De Meester;Tom C. L. Bridge;Tom C. L. Bridge;Ary A. Hoffmann

  • Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change

    Michela Pacifici;Michela Pacifici;Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Piero Visconti;Piero Visconti;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson

  • A Standard Lexicon for Biodiversity Conservation: Unified Classifications of Threats and Actions

    Nick Salafsky;Nick Salafsky;Daniel Salzer;Alison J. Stattersfield;Craig Hilton-Taylor

  • Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals

    Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Simon N. Stuart;Jean-Christophe Vié

  • Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

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

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

    David Leclère;Michael Obersteiner;Michael Obersteiner;Mike Barrett;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • Global indicators of biological invasion: species numbers, biodiversity impact and policy responses

    Melodie A. McGeoch;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Dian Spear;Elrike Marais

  • 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

  • Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation

    Soizic Le Saout;Michael Hoffmann;Michael Hoffmann;Yichuan Shi;Yichuan Shi;Adrian Hughes

  • Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions

    Taylor H. Ricketts;Eric Dinerstein;Tim Boucher;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Measuring Global Trends in the Status of Biodiversity: Red List Indices for Birds

    Stuart H. M Butchart;Alison J Stattersfield;Leon A Bennun;Sue M Shutes

  • Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity.

    Oscar Venter;Richard A. Fuller;Daniel B. Segan;Josie Carwardine

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Graeme M. Buchanan
Graeme M. Buchanan Cambridge Conservation Initative
Carlo Rondinini
Carlo Rondinini Sapienza University of Rome
Craig Hilton-Taylor
Craig Hilton-Taylor IUCN Red List
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann University of Sussex
Simon N. Stuart
Simon N. Stuart Synchronicity Earth
H. Resit Akçakaya
H. Resit Akçakaya Stony Brook University
Andrew Balmford
Andrew Balmford University of Cambridge

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