Miscellaneous
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Biodiversity conservation is a crisis discipline requiring frequent evaluation of potential interventions to reduce environmental threats. To have a chance of success, past conservation activities need to be assessed, to better understand how alternative approaches affect conservation outcomes. Yet, many governments and corporations have a vested interest in environmental debates, and promote information supporting their views, with some even suppressing relevant evidence. Worryingly, such actions may be undermining science as an independent guide to policymaking and conservation management.
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Retributions against environmentalists have been escalating in recent years around the globe. A record number of environmental defenders were murdered in 2021, breaking the record set by the previous year (Global Witness, 2021). Environmental scientists have also faced various legal and professional consequences for publishing data or perspectives contrary to those promoted by governments or industry (Dickman & Danks, 2012; Driscoll et al., 2021; Letnic, 2000). Despite the intensity of threats to environmentalists, and the potential for anonymous publishing to mitigate some of these threats (Calver, 2021; Letnic, 2000; Minerva, 2014), there are still no reputable options for anonymous or pseudonymous publishing in academic journals.