Onsets Not Offsets for Real Biodiversity Gains

Pathways to a nature positive agricultural sector

MJ Selinske, GE Garrard, JE Humphrey, LM van Eeden, D Wright, S Brugler, GJ Clark, B Della Porta, F Hames, MJ Hardy, A Hawdon, S Kaufman, AT Knight, PJ O’Connor, J Pascoe, N Pelle, Y Plowman, JQ Radford, AIT Tulloch, JL Wood

2026-12-01

Agriculture threatens biodiversity globally, yet presents opportunities for delivering a nature positive vision. Despite a prolife..

Nature-Water Design: Integrating biodiversity and water sensitive urban design

F Hoegh-Guldberg, T Fletcher, YE Chee, C Visintin, H Kirk, G Garrard, M Selinske, SA Bekessy

2026-06-01

The global rise of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) presents a key opportunity to find synergies between social and environmental obje..

Towards an Everyday Nature Index for biodiversity in urban streets

T Croeser, H Kirk, WW Weisser, S Snow, ASR Xiao, C Visintin, SA Bekessy

2026-02-01

Vegetation in contemporary urban streetscapes is generally limited to street trees and grassy verges, with limited understorey, sp..

Defining ‘adequate’ tree protection: Meeting urban canopy targets requires careful retention of mature trees

T Croeser, WW Weisser, J Hurley, T Rötzer, L Parhizgar, Q Sun, SA Bekessy

2025-12-01

Canopy cover is increasingly recognised as an important aspect of the urban landscape, and as a result urban forestry plans have b..

How do we achieve nature positive? A vision and targets for the UK residential and commercial development sector

JE Humphrey, MJ Selinske, GE Garrard, SOSE zu Ermgassen, PFE Addison, BM Kiss, M Burgass, SJ Chimbwandira, S Connop, NE Duffus, R Hartwell, RL Moberly, C Nash, P Nolan, J Staples, SA Bekessy

2025-12-01

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s 2050 Vision depicts a world living in harmony with nature where “biodiversity..

Evaluating Biodiversity Criteria in Green Building Rating Schemes: Toward ‘Nature Positive’ Development

BM Kiss, C Visintin, GE Garrard, SA Bekessy

2025-08-01

Aiming for a ‘nature positive’ future, built environment professionals increasingly adopt green building schemes as their roadmap...

Designing cities for everyday nature

C Visintin, GE Garrard, WW Weisser, M Baracco, RJ Hobbs, SA Bekessy

2025-02-01

The motivations for incorporating nature into the design of cities have never been more compelling. Creating experiences with natu..

Acute canopy deficits in global cities exposed by the 3-30-300 benchmark for urban nature

T Croeser, R Sharma, WW Weisser, SA Bekessy

2024-12-01

The 3-30-300 rule is a recently proposed metric that sets minimum standards for access to nature in cities for human wellbeing. It..

Nature-based solutions for urban biodiversity: Spatial targeting of retrofits can multiply ecological connectivity benefits

T Croeser, SA Bekessy, GE Garrard, H Kirk

2024-11-01

Protecting and enhancing biodiversity in urban areas is critical for meeting international conservation commitments, and has a vit..

Dealing with the risk of fire in carbon sequestration strategies: Diverse forests or plantation monocultures?

WJS Smith, SA Bekessy, M Ward, BA Wintle

2024-09-01

Climate and land-use change pose unprecedented threats to ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide. To help mitigate the c..

Action research for transformative change

T Croeser, S Clement, M Fernandez, GE Garrard, I Mell, SA Bekessy

2024-03-01

As major policy actors (e.g. governments, global organisations) grapple with 'wicked’ sustainability challenges, the use of demons..

Integrating biodiversity as a non-human stakeholder within urban development

C Hernandez-Santin, M Amati, S Bekessy, C Desha

2023-04-01

For decades urban renewal projects featuring biodiversity conservation have been held up as best practice around the world. There ..

A Review of Existing Ecological Design Frameworks Enabling Biodiversity Inclusive Design

C Hernandez-Santin, M Amati, S Bekessy, C Desha

2022-12-01

Built environment practitioners currently seek options and opportunities to respond to the biodiversity emergency. Biodiversity In..