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oil palm research Lian Pin Koh LianPin biofuels biodiesel ethanol energy sustainable development extinction co-extinction coextinction oil palm agriculture timber tropics tropical borneo malaysia indonesia sulawesi singapore south east southeast asia biodiversity conservation ecology research navjot sodhi david wilcove butterfly butterflies bird
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Lian Pin Koh ETH Zürich Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems CHN G 74.2, Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Lian Pin graduated from the National University of Singapore with degrees in Bachelor and Master of Science, and from Princeton University with a Doctorate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Currently he is a Research Fellow at ETH Zürich. Lian Pin's main research interests lie in basic and applied ecology, as well as environmental science and policy. |
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Education & Appointments
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2008-present |
ETH Research Fellow Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Mentor: Jaboury Ghazoul |
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2008-present |
Honorary Research Associate Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research National University of Singapore |
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2004-2008 |
PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Princeton University, USA Advisor: David S. Wilcove |
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1999 |
Exchange Student Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Cornell University, USA |
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2001-2004 |
MSc in Biology Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore Advisor: Navjot S. Sodhi |
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1997-2001 |
BSc in Animal Biology (1st Class Honours) Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore Advisors: Navjot S. Sodhi & Hugh T.W. Tan |
Professional Activities
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Associate Faculty Member for Faculty of 1000 Biology, Conservation and Restoration Ecology Section |
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Editorial Board Member for Tropical Conservation Science (Associate Editor) Biotropica (Subject Editor) Endangered Species Research (Editor) |
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2004-present |
Manuscript Reviewer for Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Current Biology, Ecology Letters, PLoS One, Conservation Letters, Biology Letters, Journal of Applied Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, Auk, Oecologia, Diversity and Distributions, Biotropica, Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, Environmental Science and Policy, Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Science and Technology, Sustainability, Ecological Entomology, Ecological Research, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Austral Ecology |
Research Grants Awarded (As PI)
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2009-2012 |
Swiss National Science Foundation "Modeling Land Use for Decision Support in the Context of Biofuel Expansion" Co-investigators: Jaboury Ghazoul & Lucy Rist (Budget: CHF 167,704) |
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2008-2010 |
"Ecosystem and Societal Impacts of Biofuels" (Budget: CHF 208,300) |
Graduate Students Under Supervision
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PhD student (2009-2012) "Modeling Land Use for Decision Support in the Context of Biofuel Expansion" Co-supervisor: Jaboury Ghazoul |
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John A. Garcia Ulloa MSc student (2009-2010) "Opportunity costs of REDD in Colombia in the context of oil palm agriculture" Co-supervisor: Jaboury Ghazoul |
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Selected Media Features/ Reports |
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Popular Articles/ Outreach
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Lian Pin Koh & Rhett A. Butler
Tropical Forest Update – International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Vol. 19 No. 1, January 2010 |
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Rhett A. Butler & Lian Pin Koh
The Jakarta Post, 12 January 2010 |
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Lian Pin Koh
The Straits Times, 14 November 2009 |
Scientific Publications
Data analytical
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Others
(commentaries, letters, notes)
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2010 |
 Sidestepping the tradeoffs of oil palm expansion Lian Pin Koh & Jaboury Ghazoul
(in review) |
 A REDD light for wildlife friendly farming Jaboury Ghazoul, Lian Pin Koh & Rhett A. Butler
Conservation Biology, provisionally accepted |
 REDD: a reckoning of environment and development implications Jaboury Ghazoul, Rhett A. Butler, Javier Mateo-Vega & Lian Pin Koh
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, being revised |
 China, India and the environment Kamaljit S. Bawa, Lian Pin Koh, Tien Ming Lee, Jianguo Liu, P.S. Ramakrishnan, Douglas W. Yu, Ya-ping Zhang & Peter H. Raven Science, provisionally accepted |
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Lian Pin Koh & Navjot S. Sodhi
Biodiversity and Conservation, in press |
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David S. Wilcove & Lian Pin Koh
Biodiversity and Conservation, in press (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-009-9760-x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh, Reuben Clements, Thomas C. Wanger, Jane K. Hill, Keith C. Hamer, Yann Clough, Teja Tscharntke, Mary R. C. Posa & Tien Ming Lee Biological Conservation, in press (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.029) |
 Food security not (yet) threatened by declining pollination Jaboury Ghazoul & Lian Pin Koh
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8, 9-10 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10.WB.001) |
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William F. Laurance, Lian Pin Koh, Rhett A. Butler, Navjot S. Sodhi, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, J. David Neidel, Hazel Consunji & Javier Mateo-Vega Conservation Biology, in press |
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Lian Pin Koh & Jaboury Ghazoul
Conservation Biology, in press |
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Lian Pin Koh, Jaboury Ghazoul, Rhett A. Butler, William F. Laurance, Navjot S. Sodhi, Javier Mateo-Vega & Corey J. A. Bradshaw Biotropica, 43, 67-71 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00588.x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Mary Rose C. Posa, Tien Ming Lee, David Bickford, Lian Pin Koh & Barry W. Brook
Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, 317-328 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-009-9607-5) |
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2009 |
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Allen Zihao Shi, Lian Pin Koh & Hugh T.W. Tan
Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 1, 317-320 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2009.01024.x) |
Jaboury Ghazoul, Lian Pin Koh & Patrice Levang
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25, 8-9 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.015) |
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Lucy Rist, Janice S. H. Lee & Lian Pin Koh
Science 326, 1344 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.326.5958.1344-a) |
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Lian Pin Koh, Rhett A. Butler & Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7, 238 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/09.WB.013) |
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Lian Pin Koh
Conservation Biology 23, 789 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01270.x) |
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Lian Pin Koh, Patrice Levang & Jaboury Ghazoul
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24, 431-438 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.012) |
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Lian Pin Koh & David S. Wilcove
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24, 67-68 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.09.006) |
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Rhett A. Butler, Lian Pin Koh & Jaboury Ghazoul
Conservation Letters 2, 67-73 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00047.x) |
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Daniel F. R. Cleary, Martin J. Genner, Lian Pin Koh, Timothy J. B. Boyle, Titiek Setyawati, Rienk de Jong, Steph B. J. Menken Basic and Applied Ecology 10, 237-245 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2008.03.004) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Tien Ming Lee, Lian Pin Koh & Barry W. Brook
Biotropica 41, 103-109 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00460.x) |
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Robert R. Dunn, Nyeema C. Harris, Robert K. Colwell, Lian Pin Koh & Navjot S. Sodhi
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276, 3037-3045 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0413) |
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2008 |
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Lian Pin Koh & Jaboury Ghazoul
Biological Conservation 141, 2450-2460 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.005) |
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Lian Pin Koh, Hugh T. W. Tan & Navjot S. Sodhi
Science 320, 1419 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.320.5882.1419a) |
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Lian Pin Koh Journal of Applied Ecology 45, 1002-1009 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01491.x) |
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Lian Pin Koh
Ecological Applications 18, 821-825 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/07-1650.1) |
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Lian Pin Koh & David S. Wilcove
Conservation Letters 1, 60-64 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00011.x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh , Kelvin S. -H. Peh, Hugh T. H. Tan, Robin L. Chazdon, Richard T. Corlett, Tien Ming Lee, Robert K. Colwell, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Barry W. Brook & Cagan H. Sekercioglu Diversity and Distributions 14, 1-10 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00398.x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, David Bickford, Arvin C. Diesmos, Tien Ming Lee, Lian Pin Koh, Barry W. Brook, Cagan H. Sekercioglu & Corey J. A. Bradshaw PLoS One 3, e1636 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001636) |
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2007 |
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Lian Pin Koh & David S. Wilcove
Nature 448, 993-994 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/448993a) |
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Lian Pin Koh
Conservation Biology 21, 1373-1375 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00771.x) |
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Lian Pin Koh
Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 3935-3938 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9177-3) |
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Lian Pin Koh
Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 703-713 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01324.x) |
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Maharaj K. Pandit, Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh, Arun Bhaskar & Barry W. Brook
Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 153-163 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-006-9038-5) |
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Mary Rose C. Posa, Navjot S. Sodhi & Lian Pin Koh
Journal of Tropical Ecology 23, 27-33 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467406003671) |
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2006 |
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Lian Pin Koh & Duncan N. L. Menge
Biotropica 38,132-134 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00114.x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh & Barry W. Brook
Auk 123, 275-277 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[0275:SABIP]2.0.CO;2) |
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Reuben Clements, Lian Pin Koh, Tien Ming Lee, Rudolf Meier & Daiqin Li
Biological Conservation 128, 136-146 (http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.023) |
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Barry W. Brook, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Lian Pin Koh & Navjot S. Sodhi
Biotropica 38, 302-305 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00141.x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Thomas M. Brooks, Lian Pin Koh, Greg Acciaioli, Maribeth Erb, Alan Khee-Jin Tan, Lisa M. Curran, Peter Brosius, Tien Ming Lee, Jason M. Patlis, Melvin Gumal & Robert J. Lee Conservation Biology 20, 1811-1813 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00541.x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Tien Ming Lee, Lian Pin Koh & Dewi M. Prawiradilaga
Conservation Biology 20, 772-779 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00363.x) |
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2005 |
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Lian Pin Koh & Navjot S. Sodhi
Ecological Applications 14, 1695-1708 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/03-5269) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh, Barry W. Brook & Peter K. L. Ng
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20, 282-283 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.04.003) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga, Darjono, Idris Tinulele, Dadang Dwi Putra & Tommy Han Tong Tan
Biological Conservation 122, 547-558 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.023) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Tien Ming Lee, Lian Pin Koh & Robert R. Dunn
Animal Conservation 8, 217-222 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1367943005001927) |
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Tien Ming Lee, Malcolm Chu Keong Soh, Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh & Susan L. -H. Lim
Biological Conservation 122, 193-204 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.005) |
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2004 |
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Lian Pin Koh, Navjot S. Sodhi & Barry W. Brook
Conservation Biology 18, 1571-1578 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00468.x) |
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Lian Pin Koh, Robert R. Dunn, Navjot S. Sodhi, Robert K. Colwell, Heather C. Proctor & Vincent S. Smith
Science 305, 1632-1634 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1101101) |
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Lian Pin Koh, Navjot S. Sodhi & Barry W. Brook
Biotropica 36, 272-274 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00319.x) |
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Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh, Barry W. Brook & Peter K. L. Ng
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19, 654-660 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.006) |
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Ilan Paperna, Kelvin S.-H Peh, P. Martelli, Lian Pin Koh & Navjot S. Sodhi
Ecological Research 19, 475-483 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00661.x) |
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2002 |
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Lian Pin Koh, Navjot S. Sodhi, Hugh T.W. Tan & Kelvin S. -H. Peh
Journal of Biogeography 29, 93-108 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00657.x) |
Invited Book Chapters
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Biofuel expansion in Southeast Asia: a convoluted tale of food, fuel, people and climate Lian Pin Koh (2010, expected) in Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Biofuels in Developing Nations (edited by Per Stromberg & Alexandros Gasparatos), United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo |
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Impacts of biofuel expansion in biodiversity hotspots Janice S. H. Lee & Lian Pin Koh (2010, expected) in Biodiversity Hotspots (edited by Frank Zachos & Jan C. Habel), Springer, New York |
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Lian Pin Koh & Toby A. Gardner (2009) in Conservation Biology for All (edited by Navjot S. Sodhi & Paul R. Ehrlich), Oxford University Press |
 Importance of protected areas for butterfly conservation in a tropical urban landscape in Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas: Case Studies from the Malay Archipelago |
International Scientific Meetings/ Seminars
2010
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XXIII World Congress 2010 (Seoul, South Korea), August Invited talk: "Oil Palm Expansion in Southeast Asia: A Convoluted Tale of Food, Fuel, People and Climate", symposium organized by Eckehard Brockerhoff, Herve Jactel & Jean-Michel Carnus |
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Annual Meeting (Bali, Indonesia), July Invited talk: "Conservation in Human-modified Landscapes", symposium organized by Navjot S. Sodhi & Paul R. Ehrlich Invited talk: "REDD: a More Complete Reckoning of Environment and Development Implications", symposium organized by Nur Masripatin & J. David Neidel |
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Seminar series 'Contemporary Issues in Geography and the Environment', March
Invited lecture: "Reckoning with REDD in the context of industrial agriculture in SE Asia" |
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Vortragsreihe Ökologie und Umweltforschung, February
Invited lecture: "Can Carbon Payment Schemes Stop the Spread of Industrial Agriculture in South-East Asia?" |
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2009 |
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Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting (Marburg, Germany), July Invited talk: "REDD in the Red: Palm Oil Could Undermine Carbon Payment Schemes" |
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Kunming Institute of Zoology-The Chinese Academy of Sciences Summer School in Evolutionary Genetics (Kunming-Yunnan, China), July Invited lecture: "Is Oil Palm the Biggest Threat to Southeast Asia's Biodiversity?" |
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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden-The Chinese Academy of Sciences Advanced Field Ecology and Conservation Course (Menglun-Yunnan, China), July Invited lecture: "Save the Carbon, Save the World? Can REDD Rescue Forests from the Evil Clutches of Oil Palm Tycoons" |
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Society for Conservation Biology 23rd Annual Meeting (Beijing, China), July Invited talk: "Is Oil Palm the Biggest Threat to Southeast Asia's Biodiversity?" |
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Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative–National University of Singapore Conference on "Biofuels: the Impact of Oil Palm on Forests and Climate" (Singapore), May Invited talk: "REDD in the Red: Palm Oil Could Undermine Carbon Payment Schemes" |
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National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg Symposium on Biodiversity Hotspots: Evolution and Conservation, March Talk: "Impacts of Biofuels on Southeast Asian Biodiversity Hotspots" |
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Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation 3rd Asian Chapter Meeting (Chiang Mai, Thailand), February Invited talk: "Save the Carbon, Save the World? Can REDD Rescue Forests from the Evil Clutches of Oil Palm Magnates" |
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40th Session of the World Federation of Scientists Erice International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies (Sicily, Italy) Invited talk: "Habitat and Biodiversity Losses from Biofuels: Lessons from Southeast Asia" |
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Society for Conservation Biology 22nd Annual Meeting (Chattanooga, Tennessee) Talk: "The Oil Palm Conundrum: How Oil Palm Agriculture Affects Tropical Biodiversity and What Can We Do About It" |
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Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation 2nd Asian Chapter Meeting (Kuching, Malaysia) Talk: "The Oil Palm Conundrum: How Oil Palm Agriculture Affects Tropical Biodiversity and What Can We Do About It" |
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Malaysian Palm Oil Council International Palm Oil Sustainability Conference (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia) Plenary talk: "Biodiversity and Oil Palm: Understanding the Conflicts and Finding Opportunities for Cooperation" |
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2007 |
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Conservation International Brown Bag Seminar Series (Arlington, Virginia) Invited talk: "The Oil Palm Conundrum: How Oil Palm Agriculture Affects Tropical Biodiversity and What Can We Do About It" |
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Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation 1st Asian Chapter Meeting (Chennai, India) Talk: "Can Bornean Oil Palm Plantations Be Made More Hospitable for Biodiversity" |
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2006 |
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Society for Conservation Biology 20th Annual Meeting (San Jose, California) Poster: "Co-extinctions and the Biodiversity Crisis" |
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American Museum of Natural History Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's 11th Annual Spring Symposium (New York City) Poster: "Long-term Extinction Patterns in the Avifauna of an Isolated Tropical Woodlot in a Human-dominated Landscape" |
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National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki Biology Conference (Okazaki, Japan) Poster: "Species Co-extinctions: Till Death Do Us Part?" |
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2005 |
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National University of Singapore Workshop on "Conservation For and By Whom? Invited talk: "Importance of Protected Areas for Butterfly Conservation in a Tropical Urban Landscape" |
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2004 |
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Society for Conservation Biology 18th Annual Meeting (University of Columbia, New York City) Invited talk: "Butterfly Conservation in a Tropical Urban Landscape" |
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National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki Biology Conference (Okazaki, Japan) Poster & talk: "Predicting Extinction Proneness of Southeast Asian Tropical Butterflies" |
Sharing
the burden of producing sustainable biofuels
Profits
at a 'naturally' hefty price
Conserving
Southeast Asia's imperiled biodiversity - scientific, management,
and policy challenges
Conserving
Southeast Asian forest biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes
REDD
in the red: palm oil could undermine carbon payment schemes
Butterfly
species and traits associated with selectively logged forest in
Borneo
A
meta-analysis of the impact of anthropogenic forest disturbance on
Southeast Asia's biotas
The
sixth mass coextinction: are most endangered species parasites and
mutualists?
Biofuels:
waste not want not
Can
oil palm plantations be made more hospitable for forest butterflies
and birds?
Birds
defend oil palms from herbivorous insects
Is
oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity?
Correlates
of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms
Measuring
the meltdown: drivers of global amphibian extinction and decline
Cashing
in palm oil for conservation
Potential
habitat and biodiversity losses from intensified biodiesel feedstock
production
Impending
disaster or sliver of hope for Southeast Asian forests? The devil
may lie in the details
Impacts
of land use change on South-east Asian forest butterflies: a review
Predation
on artificial nests and caterpillars in Subic Bay, Philippines
Rapid
assessment of Lepidoptera predation rates in neotropical forest
fragments
Southeast
Asian birds in peril
Momentum
drives the crash: mass extinction in the tropics
Biodiversity
and human livelihood crises in the Malay Archipelago
Long-term
avifaunal impoverishment in an isolated tropical woodlot
Importance
of reserves, fragments and parks for butterfly conservation in a
tropical urban landscape
Response
to Hau et al.: Beyond Singapore: Hong Kong and Asian biodiversity
A
century of avifaunal losses from a small tropical rainforest
fragment
Species
co-extinctions and the biodiversity crisis
Co-extinctions
of tropical butterflies and their host plants
Southeast
Asian biodiversity: an impending disaster
Factors
affecting Sarcocystis infection of rats on small tropical islands
Factors
affecting the distribution of vascular plants, springtails,
butterflies and birds on small tropical islands
International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO)
Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Zentrum
für Ökologie und Umweltforschung