Print versionThis index presents stories that have appeared in each issue of Decision Point, including story title, sub title and type of story (editorial, discussion of a paper or discussion of an AEDA workshop). Click on the title to go directly to the appropriate page in the appropriate edition.
What’s left to say about AEDA? - Hugh Possingham editorial
P4: What’s in reserve
The NRS and threatened species protection - James Watson paper
P6: Incorporating culture in conservation planning
Planning sea country in North East Arnhem Land - Story on Marxan and cultural values
P8: The Coffs Harbour Subtropical Reefs Declaration
Research priorities for a little understood ecosystem - Maria Beger story
P10: Counting birds in the hills
The mount Lofty Ranges Woodland Bird Monitoring Program - Patrick Oconnor story
Decision Point #44 (November 2010)
P2: Australia’s Accoutic (Environmental) Accounts
A little black box with biodiversity bite - Hugh Possingham editorial
P4: Pre-European woodlands and forests
A walk in the park or a slog through a thicket? - Phil Gibbons paper
P7: Are restoration plantings restoring bird communities?
And how do you improve your planting? - Nicki Munro paper
P8: Connecting all the dots
Incorporating connectivity into conservation planning - Maria Beger paper
P10: Investing in coral conservation
Do you stay underwater or include actions on land? - Carissa Klein paper
P2: The news is not good…
But is it bad enough to interrupt business as usual (GBO-3) - David Salt editorial
P3: Spreading the word
AEDA takes conservation planning to Indonesia and Malaysia? - Carissa Klein workshops
P4: On the look out for black swans
Monitoring for unknown unknowns - Brendan Wintle paper
P8: Environmental accounting
What is it and why do we need it? - Michael Vardon (ABS) editorial
P12: After the fire
Victoria’s ash forests bounce back (launch of Forest Phoenix) - David Lindenmayer book
A new ecological Centre of Excellence - Hugh Possingham editorial
P3: Watch or search?
How do you best protect islands from pest invasion? - Joslin Moore paper
P6: In search of generality
Some guiding concepts for conservation biology - David Lindenmayer paper
P8: Out of the fire
Can research deliver better fire management for biodiversity conservation - Don Driscoll paper
P12: In review
AEDA’s does well in our external review
Decision Point #41 (May 2010)
What if we replaced our underperforming nature reserves? - Richard Fuller paper
P6: The future of wilderness
Have we got our planning priorities right? - James Watson paper
P9: Woody weed or conservation bargain?
How should we regard brigalow regrowth? - Clive McAlpine editorial
P10: Biodiversity offsets you can bank on
Biobanking, offsets and staying out of the red - Sarah Bekessy paper
Decision Point #40 (May 2010)
Has the Australian conservation movement failed to set clear objectives? - Hugh Possingham editorial
P3: How valuable is nature?
If it’s priceless, how can we save it? - Mark Colyvan paper
P5: Understanding major disturbances
The key is rapid response - David Lindenmayer paper
P6: Decisions on boundaries
Efficiently locating conservation boundaries - Michael Bode paper
P9: CATERing for multiple values
Carbon sequestration & biodiversity conservation - Rod Fensham story on CATER
P10: Beyond the science
Collaboration can benefit science and practice - Liana Joseph editorial
Decision Point #39 (May 2010)
P2: The case for biodiversity offsets
Keep in mind the net gain and the status quo - Phil Gibbons editorial
P4: Decisions of the ethical ecologist
What is an ethical trade off in an ecological field study? - Kirsten Parris paper
P7: Welcome to the WildCountry Network
A call for expressions of interest - Story on TWS initiative
P8: Putting the tool to the test
Predicting how well conservation planning methods perform under real world complexity - Bill Langford paper
P10: Fighting fire with logic: protecting biodiversity and houses
Effective decision making resolves conflicts in fire management - Don Driscoll paper
Decision Point #38 (April 2010)
Different problems overseas, same players, similar approaches - Hugh Possingham editorial
P3: Bird nerds count
The importance of bird lists? - Judit Szabo paper
P6: Dead as a dodo?
When to declare a species extinct - Tracy Rout paper
P10: On the V-track to success
Dealing with wildlife telemetry and data overload - Hamish Campbell and Matthew Watts story
P12: When is science valid?
Back to basics on what we do - Ken Baldwin (FASTS) paper
Decision Point #37 (March 2010)
What have the Swedes got that we haven’t? - Hugh Possingham and Peter Baxter editorial
P4: Welcome to the metacommunity
Do our models give us any useful guidance? - Don Driscoll paper
P6: Where do you start with the Galapagos?
Mapping disturbance and then prioritizing actions on one of the world’s most iconic archipelagos - James Watson paper
P8: Supporting decisions in the Triangle
AEDA plays a role in one of the world’s great environmental initiatives - Carissa Klein NCEAS working group
P11: More spin on social media - and why you should give a tweet - David Salt editorial
P12: A day with DEWHA
AEDA shares its wares?
P2: Is conservation too conservative?
Conservation management is failing – is it time to try something different? - Hugh Possingham and Mike Kinnison editorial
P4: Selecting good indicators
Effective management in Gondwana Link depends on good guidance - Ayesha Tulloch paper
P7: When planning, what is it we’re actually minimising?
Selecting a ‘sensible’ cost in marine conservation planning - Natalie Ban paper
P8: Is garlic good for colds? Does burning degrade bogs?
Building a case for evidence-based conservation - Madeleine Bottrill editorial
P10: A new realm for conservation planning
How do you plan across marine, freshwater and terrestrial interfaces? - Maria Beger paper
P12: Logging, fire regimes and moist forests
Does logging stop wildlfires? - David Lindenmary paper
P2: Twenty years on, what don’t we know?
Where are the gaps in climate change research? - Phil Gibbons story on Adam Felton paper
P3: Connectivity and decision making for conservation
Should connectivity be the top priority? - Hodgson, Thomas, Wintle and Moilanen paper
P5: Will REDD payments save threatened species?
Only if we want them to, it won’t happen by itself - Oscar Venter paper
P7: Beware the REDD eyed rush
A rise in land clearing prior to REDD implementation - Oscar Venter paper
P8: Where the wild things are
Remotely-sensed forest productivity tells us about species richness and abundance - Kara Youngentob’s research
P10: If I twittered, this would have a catchy title
How Web 2.0 could teach you more than txt spk - Cindy Hauser editorial
Just because it is good science, doesn’t mean it is useful - Hugh Possingham editorial
P3: Detectability, search effort, needles and haystacks
How hard do we need to look to find a threatened species? - Georgia Garrard paper
P6: Setting priorities and enabling conservation
The work of the TNC in Australia - TNC profile by James Fitzsimons
P8: Problems with problem formulation
And other philosophical perspectives on ecology - Mark Colyvan paper
P10: Crossing borders, cutting costs
The pros and cons of international collaboration in conservation - Salit Kark paper
P2: Is turning the map green good for nature?
Is protecting biodiversity just a matter of declaring more reserves? How would you know if you don’t account for outcomes - Hugh Possingham and Kerrie Wilson editorial
P4: Hitting the target and missing the point!
Can biodiversity targets be bad for conservation - Josie Carwardine paper
P6: Frogs near freeway croak it
Why amorous urban frogs are thwarted by traffic noise - Kirsten Parris paper
P9: Marine conservation planning for a complex world
Spatial marine zoning for fisheries and conservation - Carissa Klein paper
P10: AEDA’s fabulous Mid Term Review
P11: Planning to learn about planning
What is active adaptive conservation planning - Hedley Grantham paper
And AEDA does too - Hugh Possingham editorial
A landmark study of the state of conservation across
And why are they important (And what about Melbourne?) – Kirsten Parris
Software saves the environment – Dpoint News
Major consequences for Australia's biodiversity under a rapidly changing climate – David Lindemayer report
Drawingup an invasion hotspots map – Jane Catford paper
Integrating resilience thinking and optimisation for conservation – Joern Fischer paper
Birdwatchers contribute $36 billion to the US economy
Another idea to encourage the wise stewardship of our biodiversity - Hugh Possingham editorial
AEDA carbon payments/biodiversity talk inspires Marburg Declaration - Oscar Venter presentation
Cost-effective surveillance for pest management - Cindy Hauser paper
We have the technology to create moveable reserves - Eddie Game paper
A case studay demonstrating the value of dynamic marine closures - Hedley Grantham paper
An efficient way of addressing market failure on private land - Martin Drechsler editorial
How will we know it’s working - Hugh Possingham editorial
Carbon payments may help preserve precious rainforests - Oscar Venter paper
Knowledge brokering and telling stories as if it mattered - David Salt editorial
Conceptualising coral reefs as graph networks - Eric Treml paper
What’s the connection between mobile robots, endangered cryptic animals and invasive species - Iadine Chades editorial
What can volunteer monitoring tell us about the fate of Moreton Bay? - Richard Fuller paper
Project Prioritisation Protocol provides a transparent and correct method for choosing priorities for threatened species - Liana Joseph paper
Enhancing biodiversity in plantation landscapes - David Lindenmayer JVAP report
A tacit assumption or a universal truth - Hugh Possingham editorial
A decision support system for the real world - Hugh Possingham editorial
A tacit assumption or a universal truth - Story on new software
Optimising the management of water holes on arid rivers - Sam Nicol story
Another round in the triage debate - Madeleine Bottrill paper
How do intrinsic and instrumental value stack up - James Justus paper
How do empirical research, simulation modeling and decision theory contribute to better decisions in fire management. - Don Driscoll AEDA workshop
Moving revegetation towards habitat restoration in Gondwana Link - Angela Sanders editorial
Science commentary on research funding for disaster research - David Lindenmayer paper
If decision theory is so good, why don’t more people use it? - Hugh Possingham editorial
The 2009 Fenner Conference on the Environment - Fenner Conference images
Paying more attention to the natural machinery that connects us all - Barry Trail editorial
It’s more than just comprehensive or representative - Carissa Klein paper
Restoration at the property scale – lessons learned in Gondwana Link - Justin Jonson editorial
How much time and money should be invested in gathering biodiversity data? - Hedley Grantham paper
The world’s most popular conservation planning software just got more relevant - Matthew Watts editorial
And why they are wrong - Hugh Possingham editorial
How do you effectively conserve habitat for migratory birds? - Tara Martin paper
Adaptive risk management and ecologically sustainable forestry - Brendan Wintle paper
Should I buy or wait? Acquiring land for conservation in a dynamic property market - Eve McDonald-Madden paper
Continental-scale connections: Is bigger better? And if so, where do you put them? - Hugh Possingham editorial
How can we help - Brendan Wintle editorial
Injecting a little ‘honesty’ into environmental reporting - Eve McDonald-Madden paper
Smart decisions using scarce data - Tracy Rout paper
So, you want to inform policy - Phil Gibbons paper
Conservation planning down south - Jess Tyler editorial
Getting a GRIPP on what’s important - Kerrie Wilson editorial
The case of the Asian musk shrew -paper
A subset from a list of 10 - Hugh Possingham editorial
Reshaping the Lucky Country’s environment - David Lindenmayer book
Is there such thing as optimal toe clipping? - Mick McCarthy paper
It’s about honest decision making in an age of extinction - Madeleine Bottrill paper
Regional NRM investment and decision analysis at CSIRO - Stefan Hajkowicz editorial
Decision-making under uncertainty David Fox editorial
A new model for national NRM investment? - Hugh Possingham editorial
Optimal management of a secretive species - Iadine Chades
Optimal investment in saving species - Mick McCarthy paper
Shakespeare, Wald and decision making under uncertainty - Mark Burgman editorial
What are they, and why we should care - Hugh Possingham editorial
Understanding the value of the Long Paddock - Bob Sutherst paper
The dilemma of short term conservation vs longer term learning - Eve McDonald-Madden editorial
Green carbon and natural forests - David Lindenmayer paper
Make decisions while you manage a virtual farm or forest - David Lindenmayer educational website
Info Gap criticism - Moshe Sneidovich editorial
Policy needs to incorporate how we manage Australia’s land surface - Clive McAlpine paper
The future of native tree cover in agricultural landscapes - Phil Gibbons paper
Moving with the times - Hugh Possingham, David Lindenmayer paper
Good accounting allows for good decision making - Hugh Possingham editorial
What’s at stake? How can it be improved - Sarah Bekessy AEDA workshop
A perspective from ACERA - Terry Walshe editorial
Mixing a little economics into conservation - Josie Carwardine paper
Linking ecology and practice to simplify weed control - Satu Ramula paper and Jennifer Firn paper
The challenges of being a science guided organization - David Freudenberger editorial
Considering catastrophic events when planning MPAs - Eddie Game paper
A hub that adds up to more than the sum of its parts - Hugh Possingham editorial
Taking conservation planning to a continental scale - AEDA DEWHA workshop
Effective NRM is more about how we learn than what we know - Brendan Wintle paper
How should we monitor and manage biodiversity in the face of climate change thresholds? - Jonathan Rhodes editorial
TWS, WildCountry and the Great Western Woodlands - James Watson editorial
Biodiversity banking could receive a massive boost if it could be linked to the carbon bank market. - Sarah Bekessy paper
How do biotic interactions and realistic models affect climate change projections? - Bob Sutherst paper
Bringing a fisher’s expertise into the equation - Carissa Klein paper
Spreading the Bayesian word - Mick McCarthy and Brendan Wintle workshop
Biodiversity, 2020 summit and beyond - Sarah Bekessy editorial
It’s all about birth, death and money - Peter Baxter paper
And the model of a good decision - Joslin Moore research profile
Consider cost and threat before biodiversity - Michael Bode paper
Taking the guesswork out of fire mosaics - Don Driscoll editorial
Risk, resilience and the selection of MPAs - Eddie Game paper
Intro to Marxan’s new website: bigger, easier and sleeker - Lindsay Kircher editorial
Preparing the National Reserve System for climate change - Hugh Possingham editorial
Why there’s no time like the present - Cindy Hauser paper
Adaptive management in an endangered ecological community - Adrian Manning editorial
A priori planning and sustainable management - Dorian Moro editorial
Assessing and redressing the impacts of land clearing - Phil Gibbons paper
Bikini corals recover from atomic blast - Maria Beger paper
In a time of climate change are conservationists too conservative - Hugh Possingham editorial
It’s not a new message - David Lindenmayer editorial
Live, learn and plan - Cindy Hauser editorial
And the challenges of saving the Tassie Devil - Michael Bode research profile
It all depends on your objectives - Tracy Rout paper
Thoughts on impact, engagement and world-class research - Hugh Possingham editorial
Better decisions are made when uncertainty is explicitly acknowledged - Regan, Possingham and McCarthy paper
Not an Alfred Hitchcock movie - Eve McDonald-Madden editorial
Do you aim for suppression or eradication? - Peter Baxter paper
