Sarah Bekessy
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Sarah Bekessy's Degrees
- PhD Ecology University of Melbourne
- Bachelors Environmental Science University of Melbourne
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sarah Bekessy is an Australian interdisciplinary conservation scientist with a background in conservation biology and experience in social sciences, planning, and design. Her research interests focus on the intersection between science, policy, and the design of environmental management. She is currently a professor and ARC Future Fellow at RMIT University in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies. She leads the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group .
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- Cities are hotspots for threatened species (2016) (406)
- Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity (2018) (253)
- Integrating conservation planning and landuse planning in urban landscapes (2009) (182)
- The biodiversity bank cannot be a lending bank (2010) (170)
- Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting (2016) (162)
- Allocating monitoring effort in the face of unknown unknowns. (2010) (160)
- Some practical suggestions for improving engagement between researchers and policy‐makers in natural resource management (2008) (159)
- Capturing residents' values for urban green space: mapping, analysis and guidance for practice. (2017) (132)
- Genetic variation in the vulnerable and endemic Monkey Puzzle tree, detected using RAPDs (2002) (126)
- When have we looked hard enough? A novel method for setting minimum survey effort protocols for flora surveys (2008) (122)
- Using Carbon Investment to Grow the Biodiversity Bank (2008) (118)
- The failure of non‐binding declarations to achieve university sustainability (2007) (115)
- Professional development for education for sustainability: How advanced are Australian universities? (2008) (112)
- Utility of Dynamic‐Landscape Metapopulation Models for Sustainable Forest Management (2005) (106)
- Ecological-economic optimization of biodiversity conservation under climate change (2011) (103)
- Assessing the impacts of biodiversity offset policies (2011) (98)
- The anatomy of a failed offset (2017) (94)
- Neutral DNA markers fail to detect genetic divergence in an ecologically important trait (2003) (89)
- Messaging matters: A systematic review of the conservation messaging literature (2019) (86)
- Are landscape ecologists addressing uncertainty in their remote sensing data? (2012) (84)
- The ethics of offsetting nature (2015) (75)
- Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (2018) (74)
- The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city (2018) (74)
- Achieving the Promise of Integration in Social-Ecological Research: A Review and Prospectus (2018) (72)
- Social context and the role of collaborative policy making for private land conservation (2012) (70)
- Transparent planning for biodiversity and development in the urban fringe (2012) (69)
- Five lessons to guide more effective biodiversity conservation message framing (2020) (64)
- Investigating species-environment relationships at multiple scales: Differentiating between intrinsic scale and the modifiable areal unit problem (2012) (62)
- A general model of detectability using species traits (2013) (57)
- Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia, state of the peri-urban regions: a review of the literature (2006) (52)
- Insights into the value of a ‘stand‐alone’ course for sustainability education (2011) (52)
- Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia's extinction crisis? (2019) (48)
- Locating financial incentives among diverse motivations for long-term private land conservation (2017) (47)
- Ask not what nature can do for you: A critique of ecosystem services as a communication strategy (2018) (44)
- Assessing ethical trade-offs in ecological field studies (2010) (44)
- Raising the bar for systematic conservation planning. (2011) (41)
- Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis (2021) (41)
- The role of ‘nativeness’ in urban greening to support animal biodiversity (2021) (41)
- Universities and sustainability (2003) (40)
- Wildlife gardening for collaborative public–private biodiversity conservation (2017) (40)
- Exploring the Permanence of Conservation Covenants (2017) (40)
- Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia, state of the peri-urban regions: a review of the literature monograph 1 (2006) (40)
- Neither Hope nor Fear: Empirical Evidence Should Drive Biodiversity Conservation Strategies. (2019) (39)
- Payments for ecosystem services and food security (2011) (37)
- Renewal ecology: conservation for the Anthropocene (2017) (36)
- Framing the private land conservation conversation: Strategic framing of the benefits of conservation participation could increase landholder engagement (2016) (36)
- Modelling human impacts on the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) (2009) (35)
- Incorporating detectability of threatened species into environmental impact assessment (2015) (35)
- Revisiting the promise of conservation psychology (2018) (34)
- Tweeting for their lives: Visibility of threatened species on twitter (2018) (30)
- Beyond Advocacy: Making Space for Conservation Scientists in Public Debate (2016) (29)
- Grappling with the social dimensions of novel ecosystems (2018) (28)
- The money or the trees: What drives landholders’ participation in biodiverse carbon plantings? (2016) (26)
- Strengthening Wellbeing in Urban Communities Through Wildlife Gardening (2017) (23)
- What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy. (2022) (21)
- Bringing nature back into cities (2020) (21)
- Measurement matters in managing landscape carbon (2015) (18)
- Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges (2021) (16)
- Simulating the value of collaboration in multi-actor conservation planning (2013) (16)
- Identifying and prioritizing human behaviors that benefit biodiversity (2020) (16)
- A quantitative framework for evaluating the impact of biodiversity offset policies (2018) (14)
- Vulnerability Modelling to Improve Assessment Process on Community Vulnerability (2014) (14)
- Opportunities for biodiversity conservation as cities adapt to climate change (2018) (13)
- Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia, Peri-urban case study: Bendigo Corridor: Monograph 2 (2007) (13)
- Future forests and indicator-species population models (2007) (13)
- The Role of Social Networks and Trusted Peers in Promoting Biodiverse Carbon Plantings (2016) (13)
- Bundling and stacking in bio-sequestration schemes: Opportunities and risks identified by Australian stakeholders (2015) (13)
- Understanding Australia’s national feral cat control effort (2020) (12)
- Rethinking Social Barriers to Effective Adaptive Management (2016) (12)
- Factors influencing property selection for conservation revolving funds (2018) (12)
- Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space (2018) (12)
- Decline of 'biodiversity' in conservation policy discourse in Australia - Supplementary information (2017) (12)
- Building biodiversity into the urban fabric: A case study in applying Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD) (2021) (12)
- Why Politics and Context Matter in Conservation Policy (2017) (11)
- We have a steak in it: Eliciting interventions to reduce beef consumption and its impact on biodiversity (2020) (11)
- Purchase, protect, resell, repeat: an effective process for conserving biodiversity on private land? (2018) (11)
- Protecting nature on private land using revolving funds: assessing property suitability (2018) (11)
- Impacts of climate change and urban development on the spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) (2013) (10)
- Table of contents 2 (2005) (10)
- Planning for Green Open Space in Urbanising Landscapes (2014) (9)
- Punching above their weight: the ecological and social benefits of pop‐up parks (2019) (9)
- Patterns of genetic variation in tree species and their implications for conservation. (2007) (9)
- Assessing And Strengthening Community Capacity Building In Urban Biodiversity Conservation Programs (2019) (8)
- A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities (2022) (8)
- Evaluation of curriculum change at RMIT: experiences of the BELP project (2009) (8)
- A study on the impact of scale-dependent factors on the classification of landcover maps (2008) (8)
- Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia, peri-urban case study : Bendigo corridor. (2007) (7)
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services in strategic environmental assessment: An evaluation of six Australian cases (2021) (7)
- Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles (2021) (7)
- The use of dynamic landscape metapopulation models for forest management: a case study of the red-backed salamander (2012) (7)
- Beyond leather patches (BELP): sustainability education at RMIT University (2006) (6)
- Nurturing nature in the city (2007) (6)
- Beyond leather patches: Sustainability education at RMIT University, Australia (2006) (6)
- Dynamic landscape meta-population models and sustainable forest management (2009) (6)
- The Little Things that Run the City: How do Melbourne’s green spaces support insect biodiversity and ecosystem health? (2015) (6)
- Amenity and ecological management: A framework for policy and practice (2015) (6)
- Evidence Is Key for Effective Biodiversity Communication. (2019) (5)
- Land use and land management (2014) (5)
- The Little Things that Run the City - Insect ecology, biodiversity and conservation in the City of Melbourne. (2016) (4)
- Eliciting and integrating expert knowledge to assess the viability of the critically endangered golden sun-moth Synemon plana (2017) (4)
- Diagnosing delivery capabilities on a large international nature-based solutions project (2021) (4)
- An assessment of the national effort towards feral cat control (2017) (4)
- Monkey Puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana) in Southern Chile: effects of timber and seed harvest, volcanic activity, and fire (2004) (4)
- Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking (2022) (4)
- Biodiversity offsetting can relocate nature away from people: An empirical case study in Western Australia (2021) (4)
- Many IUCN red list species have names that evoke negative emotions (2020) (4)
- Ethical considerations for conservation messaging research and practice (2022) (3)
- Social-ecological analyses for better water resources decisions (2017) (3)
- Shifting practices: How the rise of rooftop solar PV has changed local government community engagement (2018) (3)
- Linking Nature in the city: a framework for improving ecological connectivity across the City of Melbourne.: Report prepared by the CAUL hub for the City of Melbourne Urban Sustainability Branch (2018) (3)
- More than one route to PhD success (2006) (2)
- Projecting biodiversity benefits of conservation behavior‐change programs (2021) (2)
- “Bins on boats”, a behaviourally‐based intervention to curb marine pollution in Bass Strait, Australia (2022) (2)
- Development of a framework to assess the impact of scale dependant factors in the classification of landcover maps (2007) (2)
- In Press) Measurement matters in managing landscape carbon (2015) (2)
- Pathways to strategic communication for biodiversity conservation: Response to “Hearing ourselves (and acting in consequence): A commentary on Bekessy et al. from a bird-handling environmental education perspective” (2019) (1)
- Our City's Little Gems - Butterfly diversity and flower-butterfly interactions in the City of Melbourne (2017) (1)
- ADAPTATIONS ASSESSMENT ON THE IMPACTS OF FLOODING UNDER CURRENT CONDITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO, CASE STUDY: CENTINI VILLAGE, INDONESIA (2017) (1)
- Sustainable mid-rise for healthy, connected communities (2015) (1)
- Understanding and planning for the environmental benefits of community engagement programs (2017) (1)
- Small-Scale Habitat Conditions Are More Important Than Site Context for Influencing Pollinator Visitation (2021) (1)
- Demographic and spatial variables associated with spending time in nature during COVID-19 lockdowns (2023) (0)
- Spatial scale influences values and perceptions of green open space (2017) (0)
- Urban ecological connectivity as a planning tool for different animal species (2022) (0)
- The impacts of hydropower development on livelihoods of downstream communities : Case studies from Laos (0)
- Change and Continuity in Peri-Urban Australia : Bendigo Case Study (2008) (0)
- Nature based solutions for urban liveability: critical policy brief (2018) (0)
- Improving connectivity for biodiversity across the City of Melbourne: a framework for evaluating and planning management actions (2018) (0)
- Connecting with nature in urban green space: nonmaterial benefits perceived by green space users in Perth, Western Australia (2018) (0)
- SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING: THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL HABITAT PATCHES WHEN PLANNING THE CONSERVATION OF SPECIES IN FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES (2018) (0)
- A Review of Existing Ecological Design Frameworks Enabling Biodiversity Inclusive Design (2022) (0)
- Growing biodiversity banking (2011) (0)
- Assessing the effectiveness of local government planning scheme controls in protecting native vegetation in the Port Phillip & Western Port region (2008) (0)
- Title : Eliciting and integrating expert knowledge to assess the viability of the critically 1 endangered golden sun-moth Synemon plana 2 (2018) (0)
- Linking nature in the city (2018) (0)
- “Totemic species” can be an effective lens for engaging students with Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation (2023) (0)
- The anatomy of a failed offset 4 5 (2017) (0)
- Contextual challenges for implementing strategic environmental assessment in the Global South: insights from a case study in Mexico (2022) (0)
- Modelling and monitoring: examining the utility of dynamic landscape metapopulation models for sustainable forest management (2007) (0)
- Addendum (2012) (0)
- Linking nature in the city : A framework for improving ecological connectivity across the City of Melbourne Report prepared by the National Environmental Science Program – Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub for the City of Melbourne , July 2018 (2018) (0)
- Submission from the NESP Hub for Clean Air and Urban Landscapes on Australia’s Strategy for Nature 2018–2030: Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Inventory (2018) (0)
- Forest-dependent Species Persitence in the Production Forestry Landscapes of NE Tasmania: Findings from Population Viability Analyses (2005) (0)
- Are landscape ecologists addressing uncertainty in their remote sensing data? (2012) (0)
- Ecological connectivity as a planning tool for the conservation of wildlife in cities (2023) (0)
- Cities can be safe havens for endangered plants and animals (2022) (0)
- Casting a critical eye over biodiversity offsets (2015) (0)
- Target species for rewilding, monitoring and public engagement in the City of Melbourne (2016) (0)
- Applying a Practice Lens to Local Government Climate Change Governance: Rethinking Community Engagement Practices (2021) (0)
- Integrating biodiversity as a non-human stakeholder within urban development (2023) (0)
- An alternative approach to establishing ecological connectivity in an urban environment (2013) (0)
- How and why biodiversity offsetting became a policy of international relevance? An Investigation of offset policies in France and Australia (2018) (0)
- Raising the bar for systematic conservation planning 1 2 (2011) (0)
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