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Cover Caption Conservation Letters April/May 2011, Volume 4, Issue 2 Conservation Letters Mini-Review 81 Redefi ning expertise and improving ecological judgment A journal of the Society for Conservation Biology Volume 4, Number 2, April/May 2011 Mark Burgman, Anna Carr, Lee Godden, Robin Gregory, Marissa McBride, Louisa Flander, and Lynn Maguire Policy Perspectives 88 Risky business: an uncertain future for biodiversity conservation fi nance through REDD+ Jacob Phelps, Edward L. Webb, and Lian P. Koh 95 Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea William F. Laurance, Titus Kakul, Rodney J. Keenan, Jeffrey Sayer, Simon Passingan, Gopalasamy R. Clements, Felipe Villegas, and Navjot S. Sodhi Letters 101 Biodiversity co-benefi ts of reducing emissions from deforestation under alternative reference levels and levels of fi nance Jonah Busch, Fabiano Godoy, Will R. Turner, and Celia A. Harvey 116 High levels of participation in conservation projects enhance learning Anna C. Evely, Michelle Pinard, Mark S. Reed, and Ioan Fazey 127 Concordance of freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity Robin Abell, Michele Thieme, Taylor H. Ricketts, Nasser Olwero, Rebecca Ng, Paulo Petry, Eric Dinerstein, Carmen Revenga, and Jonathan Hoekstra 137 Nature-based tourism in Indian protected areas: New challenges for park management Krithi K. Karanth and Ruth DeFries 150 “Sight-unseen” detection of rare aquatic species using environmental DNA Christopher L. Jerde, Andrew R. Mahon, W. Lindsay Chadderton, and David M. Lodge 158 At the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests? Finn Danielsen, Margaret Skutsch, Neil D. Burgess, Per Moestrup Jensen, Herizo Andrianandrasana, Bhaskar Karky, Richard Lewis, Jon C. Lovett, John Massao, Yonika Ngaga, Pushkin Phartiyal, Michael Køie Poulsen, S. P. Singh, Silvia Solis, Marten Sørensen, Ashish Tewari, Richard Young, and Eliakimu Zahabu Cover description: Community members measure the diameter of trees in a vegetation plot. Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) is a new policy mechanism agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries through the sustainable man- agement of forests, while providing co-benefi ts of biodiversity conservation and livelihood support. New fi ndings by Finn Danielsen and his colleagues suggest that local people can collect forest condition data of comparable quality to trained scientists, at half the cost. REDD+ strategies that involve local community members in monitoring carbon stocks may improve the capacity of many developing countries to deliver large cuts in emissions at a low cost within a short time frame. It may be the only economic way for countries to gather data on changing rates of forest degradation, which would be needed if REDD+ credits are going to be claimed for reduced degradation as well as for deforestation. Empowering communities to own and monitor carbon stocks could also contribute to local livelihoods and forest biodiversity conservation. Photo by Eliakimu Zahabu. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/conl FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. c conl_4_2_cover.indd 1 onl_4_2_cover.indd 1 4 4/4/11 7:27:18 AM /4/11 7:27:18 AM conl_163.qxd 1/29/11 7:25 AM Page 1 Editorial Board A journal of the Society for Conservation Biology Editors in Chief Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth, South Africa rmc@kingsley.co.za Michael B. Mascia World Wildlife Fund Washington D.C. USA michael.mascia@wwfus.org Hugh Possingham University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia h.possingham@uq.edu.au William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk Senior Editors Phillip Levin Aims and Scope NOAA Fisheries, Conservation Biology Division Seattle WA USA phil.levin@noaa.gov Conservation Letters is a scientific journal publishing empirical Ashwini Chhatre and theoretical research with significant implications for the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign conservation of biological diversity. The journal welcomes sub- Urbana, IL USA missions across the biological and social sciences - especially achhatre@uiuc.edu interdisciplinary submissions – that advance pragmatic conser- Managing Editor vation goals as well as scientific understanding. Manuscripts Jennifer Mahar Wiley-Blackwell will be published on a rapid communications schedule and Boston, MA USA therefore should be current and topical. Research articles jmahar@wiley.com should clearly articulate the significance of their findings for conservation policy and practice. 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Conservation Letters April/May 2011, Volume 4, Issue 2 Conservation Letters Mini-Review 81 Redefi ning expertise and improving ecological judgment A journal of the Society for Conservation Biology Volume 4, Number 2, April/May 2011 Mark Burgman, Anna Carr, Lee Godden, Robin Gregory, Marissa McBride, Louisa Flander, and Lynn Maguire Policy Perspectives 88 Risky business: an uncertain future for biodiversity conservation fi nance through REDD+ Jacob Phelps, Edward L. Webb, and Lian P. Koh 95 Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea William F. Laurance, Titus Kakul, Rodney J. Keenan, Jeffrey Sayer, Simon Passingan, Gopalasamy R. Clements, Felipe Villegas, and Navjot S. Sodhi Letters 101 Biodiversity co-benefi ts of reducing emissions from deforestation under alternative reference levels and levels of fi nance Jonah Busch, Fabiano Godoy, Will R. Turner, and Celia A. Harvey 116 High levels of participation in conservation projects enhance learning Anna C. Evely, Michelle Pinard, Mark S. Reed, and Ioan Fazey 127 Concordance of freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity Robin Abell, Michele Thieme, Taylor H. Ricketts, Nasser Olwero, Rebecca Ng, Paulo Petry, Eric Dinerstein, Carmen Revenga, and Jonathan Hoekstra 137 Nature-based tourism in Indian protected areas: New challenges for park management Krithi K. Karanth and Ruth DeFries 150 “Sight-unseen” detection of rare aquatic species using environmental DNA Christopher L. Jerde, Andrew R. Mahon, W. Lindsay Chadderton, and David M. Lodge 158 At the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests? Finn Danielsen, Margaret Skutsch, Neil D. Burgess, Per Moestrup Jensen, Herizo Andrianandrasana, Bhaskar Karky, Richard Lewis, Jon C. Lovett, John Massao, Yonika Ngaga, Pushkin Phartiyal, Michael Køie Poulsen, S. P. Singh, Silvia Solis, Marten Sørensen, Ashish Tewari, Richard Young, and Eliakimu Zahabu Cover description: Community members measure the diameter of trees in a vegetation plot. Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) is a new policy mechanism agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries through the sustainable man- agement of forests, while providing co-benefi ts of biodiversity conservation and livelihood support. New fi ndings by Finn Danielsen and his colleagues suggest that local people can collect forest condition data of comparable quality to trained scientists, at half the cost. REDD+ strategies that involve local community members in monitoring carbon stocks may improve the capacity of many developing countries to deliver large cuts in emissions at a low cost within a short time frame. It may be the only economic way for countries to gather data on changing rates of forest degradation, which would be needed if REDD+ credits are going to be claimed for reduced degradation as well as for deforestation. Empowering communities to own and monitor carbon stocks could also contribute to local livelihoods and forest biodiversity conservation. Photo by Eliakimu Zahabu. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/conl FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. c conl_4_2_cover.indd 1 onl_4_2_cover.indd 1 4 4/4/11 7:27:18 AM /4/11 7:27:18 AM conl_163.qxd 1/29/11 7:25 AM Page 1 Editorial Board A journal of the Society for Conservation Biology Editors in Chief Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth, South Africa rmc@kingsley.co.za Michael B. Mascia World Wildlife Fund Washington D.C. USA michael.mascia@wwfus.org Hugh Possingham University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia h.possingham@uq.edu.au William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk Senior Editors Phillip Levin Aims and Scope NOAA Fisheries, Conservation Biology Division Seattle WA USA phil.levin@noaa.gov Conservation Letters is a scientific journal publishing empirical Ashwini Chhatre and theoretical research with significant implications for the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign conservation of biological diversity. The journal welcomes sub- Urbana, IL USA missions across the biological and social sciences - especially achhatre@uiuc.edu interdisciplinary submissions – that advance pragmatic conser- Managing Editor vation goals as well as scientific understanding. Manuscripts Jennifer Mahar Wiley-Blackwell will be published on a rapid communications schedule and Boston, MA USA therefore should be current and topical. Research articles jmahar@wiley.com should clearly articulate the significance of their findings for conservation policy and practice. Board of Editors Miguel Araújo, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC Bill Adams, human geography, University of Cambridge Arun Agrawal, environmental politics and policy, University of Michigan Copyright and Photocopying Paul Armsworth, University of Tennessee, Knoxville James Aronson, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CNRS) Andras Baldi, Hungarian Natural History Museum Copyright© 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. All rights reserved. Jos Barlow, University of East Anglia James Blignaut, University of Pretoria No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or trans- Justin Brashares, University of California, Berkeley Amara T. Brook, conservation psychology, Santa Clara University mitted in any form or by any means without the prior permis- Patrick Christie, marine affairs, University of Washington sion in writing from the copyright holder. Authorization to Rudolf S. de Groot, University of Waganingen Tom Dietz, environmental sociology, Michigan State University photocopy items for internal and personal use is granted by Nick Dulvy, Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science the copyright holder for libraries and other users registered Leah Gerber, Arizona State University Sandra Jonker, human dimensions of wildlife, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife with their local Reproduction Rights Organisation (RRO), e.g. Andrew Knight, Stellenbosch University Richard Krannich, environmental sociology, Utah State University Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Claire Kremen, University of California-Berkeley David Lindenmayer, The Australian National University Danvers, MA 01923, USA (www.copyright.com), provided the Wayne Linklater, Victoria University of Wellington appropriate fee is paid directly to the RRO. This consent does A.T. (Mandy) Lombard, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Pablo A. Marquet, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile not extend to other kinds of copying such as copying for gen- Laurence McCook, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority eral distribution, for advertising or promotional purposes, for Kendra McSweeney, human geography, Ohio State University Atte Moilanen, University of Helsinki creating new collective works or for resale. Special requests Olin Eugene (Gene) Myers Jr., conservation psychology, Western Washington University Robin Naidoo, ecological economics, World Wildlife Fund-US should be addressed to: permissionsuk@wiley.com Maile C. Neel, University of Maryland Reed Noss, University of Central Florida Subhredu Pattanayak, environmental economics, Duke University David N. Pellow, environmental sociology, University of Minnesota Disclaimer Stephen Polasky, environmental economics, University of Minnesota Sarah Pralle, environmental politics and policy, Syracuse University Bob Pressey, James Cook University Andrew Pullin, Bangor University The Publisher and Editors cannot be held responsible for Belinda Reyers, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) errors or any consequences arising from the use of informa- Ana Rodrigues, University of Cambridge Mathieu Rouget, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) tion contained in this journal; the views and opinions Dirk Roux, Monash, South Africa expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Publisher Diane Russell, environmental anthropology, US Agency for International Development Javier Simonetti, Univeridad de Chile and Editors, neither does the publication of advertisements David Strayer, Cornell University Chris D. Thomas, University of York constitute any endorsement by the Publisher and Editors of Paige West, environmental anthropology, American Museum of Natural History Kerrie Wilson, University of Queensland the products advertised.

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