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(1-1) Popa langur. ©Thaung
Win.
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(1-3) Biodiversity hotspots situated within
high (black) biodiversity areas. From Myers, N.,
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and Kent, J., 2000. Biodiversity hotspots for
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(1-4) (a) Predictive map of species
richness in mainland South-East Asia, Borneo, and
Sumatra; (b) the locations of the same hotspots depicted
relative to the locations of current protected areas.
Adapted from Macdonald, D. W., Chiaverini, L., Bothwell,
H. M., Kaszta, Ż., Ash, E., Bolongon, G., Can, Ö. E.,
Campos-Arceiz, A., Channa, P., Clements, G. R., and
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(2-1) African lion density across (a)
recent historical (1960–1970s) lion distribution; and (b)
extant range showing lion population densities. From
Loveridge, A. J., Sousa, L. L., Cushman, S., Kaszta, Ż.,
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(2-2) Cecil the lion. Andrew
Loveridge.
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(3-1) Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree
lobster.
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(3-2) Orchid Dracula mendozae.
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(4-1) Geographical distribution of the
costs due to alien species for 1970–2017. From Diagne,
C., Leroy, B., Vaissière, A. C., Gozlan, R. E., Roiz, D.,
Jarić, I., Salles, J. M., Bradshaw, C. J., and Courchamp,
F., 2021. High and rising economic costs of biological
invasions worldwide. Nature, 592(7855), pp. 571–6, with
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(4-2) The 10 costliest taxa for cumulative
damage and management costs (2017 prices) 1970–2017. From
Diagne, C., Leroy, B., Vaissière, A. C., Gozlan, R. E.,
Roiz, D., Jarić, I., Salles, J. M., Bradshaw, C. J., and
Courchamp, F., 2021. High and rising economic costs of
biological invasions worldwide. Nature, 592(7855), pp. 571–6, with
permission.
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(4-3) Parakeets peek out of holes in a tree
in Richmond Park. Bruno Guerreiro/Getty.
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(4-4) Global invasion threat for the 21st
century. From Early, R., Bradley, B. A., Dukes, J. S.,
Lawler, J. J., Olden, J. D., Blumenthal, D. M., Gonzalez,
P., Grosholz, E. D., Ibañez, I., Miller, L. P., and
Sorte, C. J., 2016. Global threats from invasive alien
species in the twenty-first century and national response
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(4-5) Regions with contiguous countries
where an invasive species spreads from the country of
first establishment, where it has no impact, into
countries of subsequent invasion, where it has an impact.
From Faulkner, K. T., Robertson, M. P., and Wilson, J.
R., 2020. Stronger regional biosecurity is essential to
prevent hundreds of harmful biological invasions.
Global Change
Biology, 26(4), pp. 2449–62, with
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(5-1) The unacceptable face of
bushmeat.
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(5-2) Causes and effects of illegal or
unsustainable wildlife trade on species, ecosystems, and
society. From Cardoso, P., Amponsah-Mensah, K.,
Barreiros, J. P., Bouhuys, J., Cheung, H., Davies, A.,
Kumschick, S., Longhorn, S. J., Martínez-Munoz, C. A.,
Morcatty, T. Q., and Peters, G., 2021. Scientists’
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trade. Biological
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(6-1) The spread of African Swine Fever
threatens South-East Asia’s 11 wild pig species. From
Luskin, M. S., Meijaard, E., Surya, S., Walzer, C., and
Linkie, M., 2021. African Swine Fever threatens Southeast
Asia’s 11 endemic wild pig species. Conservation Letters, 14(3),
p.e12784, with permission.
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(6-2) Incidence rate of bovine tuberculosis
in cattle within and outside 30 badger cull areas of the
High Risk Area of England, during badger cull years
(September to August) 2013/14–2018/19. From Langton, T.
E., Jones, M. W., and McGill, I., 2022. Analysis of the
impact of badger culling on bovine tuberculosis in cattle
in the high-risk area of England, 2009–2020. Veterinary Record, 190(6),
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(6-3) Integrated wildlife monitoring as the
combination of population monitoring, passive (scanning),
and active (targeted) disease surveillance. From Cardoso,
B., García-Bocanegra, I., Acevedo, P., Cáceres, G.,
Alves, P. C,, and Gortázar, C., 2021. Stepping up from
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(7-1) The ground inside (treated) and
outside (untreated) the bomas, and the resulting
difference in number of maize cobs and cob
length.
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(7-2) Common approaches used to mitigate
human–wildlife conflict and promote human–wildlife
coexistence. From Nyhus, P. J., 2016. Human-wildlife
conflict and coexistence. Annual
Review of Environment and Resources, 41, pp.
143–71, with permission.
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(7-3) Conservation problems, and their
solutions, can occur anywhere along a continuum of
species recovery. From Macdonald, D. W. and
Sillero-Zubiri, C., 2004. Conservation: from theory to
practice, without bluster. In Macdonald, D. W. and
Sillero-Zubiri, C., eds., The
Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids.
Oxford University Press, pp. 353–72, with
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(8-1) Global average sea level has risen by
about 16 cm (6 inches) since the late 19th century, and
faster recently. From Shum, C. K. and Kuo, C. Y., 2010.
Observation and geophysical causes of present-day
sea-level rise. In Climate Change
and Food Security in South Asia. Springer,
pp. 85–104, with permission.
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(9-1) The doughnut of social and planetary
boundaries. From Raworth, K., 2017. Why it’s time for
Doughnut Economics. IPPR
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(9-2) Under anthropocentric economics the
intended uses of (and impacts on) natural capital are
constrained to preclude overexploitation that diminishes
human well-being, and uses of human capital are
constrained to preclude unfair or undignified treatment
of other humans. From Vucetich, J. A., Damania, R.,
Cushman, S. A., Macdonald, E. A., Burnham, D.,
Offer-Westort, T., Bruskotter, J. T., Feltz, A., Eeden,
L. V., and Macdonald, D. W., 2021. A minimally
nonanthropocentric economics: what is it, is it
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(9-3) ‘Living with Tigers’ Project
conceptualized pathway for interventions, intended
outcomes, and impacts. From Fitzmaurice, Amy, Liedekerke,
V., Carter, Neil, Trout, E., Parker, B., Manandhar,
Prajwol, Dickson, G., Senn, H., Alibhai, S., Chaudhary,
T., Chapagain, P., Poudel, Prabin, Thapa, Shyam,
Zimmermann, A., Macdonald, D., Subedi, Bishnu, Paudel,
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human–felid coexistence interventions benefit both
wildlife and local people? Final Report 2021, with
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(9-4) Cost per head of livestock incurred
by attempted protection against predators by lethal and
non-lethal means. Based on McManus, J. S., Dickman, A.
J., Gaynor, D., Smuts, B. H., and Macdonald, D. W., 2015.
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(10-1) Success/failure of conservation
translocation according to major taxa. From Soorae, P. S.
ed., 2021. Global Conservation
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Around the Globe. IUCN SSC Conservation
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(10-2) Global distribution of critically
endangered megafauna. From Farhadinia, M. S., Johnson, P.
J., Zimmermann, A., McGowan, P. J., Meijaard, E.,
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(10-3) Wild boar sow with piglets. Philip
Mugridge/Alamy.
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(10-4) Remaining ranges of Persian,
Arabian, Indochinese, and Amur leopard subspecies, and
the locations of borderlands. From Farhadinia, M. S.,
Rostro-García, S., Feng, L., Kamler, J. F., Spalton, A.,
Shevtsova, E., Khorozyan, I., Al-Duais, M., Ge, J., and
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challenges and implications for transboundary
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(10-5) The Conservation Quartet, which, in
1986, I designed to conceptualize the four interacting
components of the mission of the WildCRU.
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(10-6) Nature-based Solutions as an
umbrella term for ecosystem-related approaches. From
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