Payal Bal

Equilibrium Modeling for Environmental Science: Exploring the Nexus of Economic Systems and Environmental Change

Matthew Cantele, Payal Bal, Tom Kompas, Michalis Hadjikakou, Brendan Wintle

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARTHS FUTURE

Equilibrium models (EMs) are frequently employed to examine the potential impacts of economic, energy, and trade policies as well ..

Assessing biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change on regional avian biodiversity

Simon Kapitza, Pham Van Ha, Tom Kompas, Nick Golding, Natasha CR Cadenhead, Payal Bal, Brendan A Wintle

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Climate change threatens biodiversity directly by influencing biophysical variables that drive species' geographic distributions a..

How to choose a cost-effective indicator to trigger conservation decisions?

Payal Bal, Jonathan R Rhodes, Josie Carwardine, Sarah Legge, Ayesha Tulloch, Edward Game, Tara G Martin, Hugh P Possingham, Eve McDonald-Madden

Journal article  |  2021  |  METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Effective biodiversity conservation requires responding to threats in a timely fashion. This requires understanding the impacts of..

Using decision science to evaluate global biodiversity indices

Kate E Watermeyer, Payal Bal, Michael J Burgass, Lucie M Bland, Ben Collen, Chris Hallam, Luke T Kelly, Michael A McCarthy, Tracey J Regan, Simone Stevenson, Brendan A Wintle, Emily Nicholson, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita

Journal article  |  2020  |  CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Global biodiversity indices are used to measure environmental change and progress toward conservation goals, yet few indices have ..

Increase anti-poaching law-enforcement or reduce demand for wildlife products? A framework to guide strategic conservation investments

Matthew H Holden, Duan Biggs, Henry Brink, Payal Bal, Jonathan Rhodes, Eve McDonald-Madden

Journal article  |  2019  |  CONSERVATION LETTERS

Donors, NGOs, and governments increasingly invest in campaigns to reduce consumer demand for wildlife products in an attempt to pr..

Selecting indicator species for biodiversity management

Payal Bal, Ayesha IT Tulloch, Prue FE Addison, Eve McDonald-Madden, Jonathan R Rhodes

Journal article  |  2018  |  FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Indicator species are frequently used for biodiversity management but whether indicator species selection is explicit about their ..

Quantifying the value of monitoring species in multi-species, multi-threat systems

Payal Bal, Ayesha IT Tulloch, Iadine Chades, Josie Carwardine, Eve McDonald-Madden, Jonathan R Rhodes

Journal article  |  2018  |  METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Making effective management decisions is challenging in multi-species, multi-threat systems because of uncertainty about the effec..

Conservation leadership must account for cultural differences

Tanja M Straka, Payal Bal, Colleen Corrigan, Martina MI Di Fonzo, Nathalie Butt

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Effective leaders are critical in determining successful outcomes of conservation programs. As the business and economic leadershi..

Being smart about SMART environmental targets

SL Maxwell, EJ Milner-Gulland, JPG Jones, AT Knight, N Bunnefeld, A Nuno, P Bal, S Earle, JEM Watson, JR Rhodes

Journal article  |  2015  |  SCIENCE

Sustainability: root targets in consensus

Sean Maxwell

Journal article  |  2014  |  NATURE