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James Brazill-Boast

Independent

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

DOWNLOADS

279

TOTAL CITATIONS

2

Scholarly Papers (5)

1.

Systematic Conservation Planning for Private Land can no Longer Overlook People

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Nov 2025
Deakin University, University of Queensland - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Independent, Queensland University of Technology - School of Biology & Environmental Science, University of Queensland - Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland - Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Melbourne - Department of Agriculture & Food Systems, Independent, Independent, Independent, University of Queensland, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), The University of Sydney, University of Queensland - Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science and Queensland University of Technology
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Private land, conservation covenant, conservation easement, privately protected area, other effective conservation measure, stakeholders, biodiversity

2.

Can conservation covenants help sustain nature and livelihoods? Livelihood factors associated with conservation covenant adopters in Australia

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Jul 2024
Deakin University, University of Queensland, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), affiliation not provided to SSRN, The University of Sydney, Independent, Independent and University of Queensland
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Conservation covenant, Livelihood, Landholder Participation, Sustainability, Private land conservation, Sustainable livelihood, Privately protected area, Conservation easement

3.

Landholders’ Intentions to Engage in Private Land Conservation Agreements Under Climate Risk

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Jul 2024
University of Queensland, University of Queensland, Deakin University, Independent, The University of Sydney, Independent, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Deakin University, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University
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adoption intention, Climate change, covenant, extreme weather events, Private land conservation, Protection Motivation Theory

4.

Suitability of Vegetation Condition Metrics as Surrogates for Bird Biodiversity

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Aug 2025
Monash University, Monash University, University of Queensland - Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Independent and Queensland University of Technology
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Biodiversity assessment, multimetric, offsets, Vegetation Integrity, woodlands

5.

Predicting decay in functional diversity in plant communities under future climates

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Apr 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of New South Wales, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Independent and Western Sydney University
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“biodiversity conservation”, “community ecology”, “ecological restoration”, “functional redundancy”, “hypervolume”, “plant traits”