RESEARCH PAPERS
Scientific articles published in scientific peer-reviewed journals
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2022
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Oryx. Restoring the orangutan in a Whole- or Half-Earth context.
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Bioscience. Safeguarding imperiled biodiversity and evolutionary processes in the Wallacea center of endemism.
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Comm. Earth Env. Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold.
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Biol. Cons. Orangutan killing and trade in Indonesia: Wildlife crime, enforcement, and deterrence patterns.
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Curr. Biol. Effectiveness of 20 years of conservation investments in protecting orangutans.
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Persp. Ecol. Cons. Deforestation projections imply range-wide population decline for critically endangered Bornean orangutan.
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PLOS ONE. Slowing oil palm expansion and deforestation in Indonesia coincide with low oil prices.
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Front. Nutrit. Dietary fats, human nutrition and the environment: balance and sustainability.
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Front. Nutrit. A need for a paradigm shift in healthy nutrition research.
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J. Biog. Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities.
2021
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Earth Syst. Sc. Data. High-resolution global map of small and large-holder mature oil palm plantations.
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Landsc. Ecol. Orangutan movement and population dynamics across human-modified landscapes: implications of policy and management
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Cons. Biol. Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact
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Biol. Cons. Forest loss in Indonesian New Guinea: trends, drivers, and outlook.
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PLOS ONE. The historic range and drivers of decline of the Tapanuli orangutan.
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Earth Systems Science Data. First high-resolution global map of small and large-holder mature oil palm plantations
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. Importance of Small Forest Fragments in Agricultural Landscapes for Maintaining Orangutan Metapopulations
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Raffles Bull Zool. Extreme ecological specialization in a rainforest mammal, the Bornean tufted ground squirrel, Rheithrosciurus macrotis Gray, 1857.
2020
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Nature Plants. The environmental impacts of palm oil in context.
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Nature Sustainability. Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia
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Curr. Biol. Coconut oil, conservation and the conscientious consumer.
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Nature Ecol. Evol. Tapanuli orangutan endangered by Sumatran hydropower scheme
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Cons. Lett. How many bird and mammal extinctions have been prevented through recent conservation action?
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Cons. Lett. African Swine Fever threatens Southeast Asia’s endemic wild pig species
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Glob. Env. Ch. Interannual climate variation, land type and community effects on wildfires in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Env. Res. Lett. Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo's climate during El Niño events.
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Bioscience. Severe lack of evidence limits effective conservation of the world’s primate
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Land Use Policy. Beyond the Community in Participatory Forest Management: A Governance Network Perspective.
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Science. Underestimating global biodiversity loss.
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Cons. Biol. Ex situ management as insurance against extinction of mammalian megafauna in an uncertain world.
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Cons. Biol. How amusing memes in social media can raise concern for an ugly species.
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Env. Res. Lett. Compounding impact of deforestation in Borneo's climate during El Nino events
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Cons. Sc. Prac. Toward improved impact evaluation of community forest management in Indonesia
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J. Nat. Cons. Memindahkan Kera: Hasil Konservasi dan kesejahteraan dari penyelamatan dan pelepasan orangutan Borneo di Kalimantan, Indonesia
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J. Nat. Cons. Shifting apes: Welfare and conservation outcomes of Bornean orangutan rescue and release in Kalimantan, Indonesia
2019
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Front. For. Glob. Ch. The moral minefield of ethical oil palm and sustainable development
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People and Nature. Conservation and the social sciences: beyond critique and co-optation. A case study from orangutan conservation
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Nature Ecol. Evol. Rediscovery of the silver-backed chevrotain in Vietnam
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Nature Sustainability. Larger gains delivered by improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
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World Development. Does oil palm alleviate rural poverty? Insight from a landscape-scale multidimensional assessment
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Remote Sensing. Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) mapping with details: smallholder vs. industrial plantations and their extent in Riau, Sumatra
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Biol. Cons. Cost-benefit based prioritisation of orangutan conservation actions in Indonesian Borneo
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Land Use Policy. Changing landscapes, climate, livelihoods and human-wellbeing in the context of oil palm development
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People and Nature. Heterogeneous impacts of community forest management on multiple aspects of human-wellbeing
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Biol. Cons. Top 100 research questions for biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia
2018
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Curr. Biol. Orangutan populations are certainly not increasing in the wild
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Nature. Create and empower lead authors from the global south
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Curr. Biol. Global demand for natural resources eliminated more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans
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Glob. Env. Ch. Offsetting the impacts of developments at a landscape scale reveals tough choices
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Env. Res. Lett. Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification in delivering multiple sustainability objectives
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Science Adv. Orangutans venture out of the rainforest and into the Anthropocene
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Env. Res. Lett. Forest loss and Borneo's climate
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Tr. Ecol. Evol. Saving the world with satire
2017
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Report. An impact analysis of RSPO certification on Borneo forest cover and Orangutan populations
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Strategic Rev. The trillion dollar gamble on Borneo
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Scientific Rep. First integrative trend analysis for a great ape species in Borneo
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Curr. Biol. Morphometric, behavioural, and genomic evidence for a new orangutan species
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PNAS. Canopy structure drives orangutan habitat selection in disturbed Bornean forests
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Strategic Review. Getting community forest reforms right
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Glob. Env. Ch. Community forest management in Indonesia: Avoided deforestation in the context of anthropogenic and climate complexities
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Glob. Ecol. Cons. Not more, but strategic collaboration needed to conserve Borneo's orangutan
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J. Appl. Ecol. Mixed policies give more options in multifunctional tropical forest landscapes
2016
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PLOS Biology. Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed
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Int. J. Natural Res. Ecol. Manag. Exploring Conservation Management in an Oil-palm Concession
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Mamm. Rev. Ebola in great apes – current knowledge, possibilities for vaccination, and implications for conservation and human health
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Env. Res. Lett. Rising floodwaters: mapping impacts and perceptions of flooding in Indonesian Borneo
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J. Mamm. Book Review - “Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo and Their Ecology”
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Scientific Rep. Rapid conversions and avoided deforestation: examining four decades of industrial plantation expansion in Borneo
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Env. Sc. Policy. Enhancing feasibility: Incorporating a socio-ecological systems framework into restoration planning
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Front. Ecol. Env. Charisma counts: the presence of great apes affects the allocation of research effort in the paleotropics
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American. J. Primatology. South to South Learning in Great Ape Conservation
2015
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Cons. Biol. Geographic bias in citation rates of conservation research
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Ecosystem Services. Spatially explicit perceptions of ecosystem services and land cover change in forested regions of Borneo
2014
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Trends Ecol. Evol. Maintaining ecosystem function and services in logged tropical forests
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Env. Res. Lett. Restoring degraded tropical forests for carbon and biodiversity
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Curr. Zoology. Foraging site recursion by forest elephants Elephas maximus borneensis
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Diversity and Distributions. Forecasts of habitat suitability improve habitat corridor efficacy in rapidly changing environments
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PLOS ONE. Four Decades of Forest Persistence, Clearance and Logging on Borneo
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Systematic Biology. Borneo and Indochina are Major Evolutionary Hotspots for Southeast Asian Biodiversity
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Biol. Cons. Secrecy considerations for conserving Lazarus species
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Ecosystem Services. What scope for certifying forest ecosystem services?
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PLOS ONE. Through the Eyes of Children: Perceptions of Environmental Change in Tropical Forests
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PLOS ONE. People’s Perceptions about the Importance of Forests on Borneo
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Cons. Lett. Conservation in a wicked complex world; challenges and solutions
2013
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PLOS ONE. It’s not Just Conflict That Motivates Killing of Orangutans
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PLOS ONE. Reconciling Forest Conservation and Logging in Indonesian Borneo
2012
2011
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Biotropica. A Modest Proposal for Wealthy Countries to Reforest Their Land for the Common Good
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Asian Primate J. First sighting of Bornean Orang Utan Twins in the wild
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PLOS ONE. Quantifying Killing of Orangutans and Human- Orangutan Conflict in Kalimantan, Indonesia
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PLOS ONE. Why Don’t We Ask? A Complementary Method for Assessing the Status of Great Apes
2010