Georgia Garrard

Diagnosing delivery capabilities on a large international nature-based solutions project

Thami Croeser, Georgia E Garrard, Freya M Thomas, Trinh Duc Tran, Ian Mell, Sarah Clement, Raúl Sánchez, Sarah Bekessy

Journal article  |  2021  |  npj Urban Sustainability

AbstractNature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly at the centre of urban strategies to mitigate heatwaves and flooding, improv..

Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis

Cathy Oke, Sarah A Bekessy, Niki Frantzeskaki, Judy Bush, James A Fitzsimons, Georgia E Garrard, Maree Grenfell, Lee Harrison, Martin Hartigan, David Callow, Bernie Cotter, Steve Gawler

Journal article  |  2021  |  npj Urban Sustainability

Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges

T Croeser, G Garrard, R Sharma, A Ossola, S Bekessy

Journal article  |  2021  |  Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Increasing focus on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in cities has significantly expanded the range of applications in which urban nat..

Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles.

Emily A Gregg, Alexander M Kusmanoff, Georgia E Garrard, Lindall R Kidd, Sarah A Bekessy

Journal article  |  2021  |  Trends Ecol Evol

With COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) dominating headlines, highlighting links between the pandemic and biodiversity may increa..

Building biodiversity into the urban fabric: A case study in applying Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD)

H Kirk, GE Garrard, T Croeser, A Backstrom, K Berthon, C Furlong, J Hurley, F Thomas, A Webb, SA Bekessy

Journal article  |  2021  |  Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Biodiversity within cities is fundamental for human health and well-being, and delivers a wide range of critical ecosystem service..

Consequences of information suppression in ecological and conservation sciences

DA Driscoll, GE Garrard, AM Kusmanoff, S Dovers, M Maron, N Preece, RL Pressey, EG Ritchie

Journal article  |  2021  |  Conservation Letters

Suppressing expert knowledge can hide environmentally damaging practices and policies from public scrutiny. We surveyed ecologists..

Understanding Australia's national feral cat control effort

GE Garrard, AM Kusmanoff, R Faulkner, CL Samarasekara, A Gordon, A Johnstone, IR Peterson, N Torabi, Y Wang, SA Bekessy

Journal article  |  2020  |  Wildlife Research

Context. Feral cats (Felis catus) pose a significant threat to Australia's native species and feral cat control is, therefore, an ..

Five lessons to guide more effective biodiversity conservation message framing

Alexander M Kusmanoff, Fiona Fidler, Ascelin Gordon, Georgia E Garrard, Sarah A Bekessy

Journal article  |  2020  |  CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Communication and advocacy approaches that influence attitudes and behaviors are key to addressing conservation problems, and the ..

Identifying and prioritizing human behaviors that benefit biodiversity

Matthew J Selinske, Georgia E Garrard, Emily A Gregg, Alexander M Kusmanoff, Lindall R Kidd, Meghan T Cullen, Michelle Cooper, William L Geary, Melissa A Hatty, Fern Hames, Sarah Kneebone, Emily M McLeod, Euan G Ritchie, Zoe E Squires, Janelle Thomas, Madelaine AW Willcock, Sera Blair, Sarah A Bekessy

Journal article  |  2020  |  CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE

The conservation profession is increasingly seeking effective ways to reduce societal impact on biodiversity, including through ta..

We have a steak in it: Eliciting interventions to reduce beef consumption and its impact on biodiversity

Matthew J Selinske, Fiona Fidler, Ascelin Gordon, Georgia E Garrard, Alexander M Kusmanoff, Sarah A Bekessy

Journal article  |  2020  |  CONSERVATION LETTERS

Beef production is a major driver of biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas emissions globally, and multiple studies recommend reduc..