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This 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.

Decision Point #37 (March 2010)

P2: Real conservation targets
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?

DPoint #36 (February 2010)

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

DPoint #35 (December 2009)

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

DPoint #34 (November 2009)

P2: Does fishing kill fish?
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

DPoint #33 (September 2009)

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

Decision Point #32 (September 2009)

P2: Decision Science Delivers
And AEDA does too - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: Major policyissues in Oceania
A landmark study of the state of conservation across

Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands – James Watson paper

P4: What are strategic impact assessments?
And why are they important (And what about Melbourne?) – Kirsten Parris

P7: A Eureka Marxan moment
Software saves the environment – Dpoint News

P7: Biodiversity and climate change
Major consequences for Australia's biodiversity under a rapidly changing climate – David Lindemayer report

P8: A general theory of invasion
Drawingup an invasion hotspots map – Jane Catford paper

P10: What does 'resilience thinking' bring to the table?
Integrating resilience thinking and optimisation for conservation – Joern Fischer paper

P12: The economics of bird watching
Birdwatchers contribute $36 billion to the US economy

Decision Point #31 (August 2009)

P2: The threatened species lotto
Another idea to encourage the wise stewardship of our biodiversity - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: AEDA shines at SCB
AEDA carbon payments/biodiversity talk inspires Marburg Declaration - Oscar Venter presentation

P4: Streamlining ‘search and destroy’
Cost-effective surveillance for pest management - Cindy Hauser paper

P6: Dawn of the pelagic MPA
We have the technology to create moveable reserves - Eddie Game paper

P9: Reducing bycatch in time and space
A case studay demonstrating the value of dynamic marine closures - Hedley Grantham paper

P11: MBIs for biodiversity conservation
An efficient way of addressing market failure on private land - Martin Drechsler editorial

Decision Point #30 (July 2009)

P2: A strategy to secure Australia’s biodiversity
How will we know it’s working - Hugh Possingham editorial

P4: Threatened species in the REDD
Carbon payments may help preserve precious rainforests - Oscar Venter paper

P6: Reversing a tree regeneration crisis - Joern Fischer paper

P7: Where would you put your conservation dollar? - Phil Gibbons editorial

P10: Downsizing ‘The Great Divide’ - Sacha Jellinek editorial

P11: Why the divide? - James Watson editorial

Decision Point #29 (June 2009)

P2: Tears of the KB
Knowledge brokering and telling stories as if it mattered - David Salt editorial

P3: Quantifying connectivity / conserving coral reefs
Conceptualising coral reefs as graph networks - Eric Treml paper

P5: Walking with robots
What’s the connection between mobile robots, endangered cryptic animals and invasive species - Iadine Chades editorial

P6: When volunteers count
What can volunteer monitoring tell us about the fate of Moreton Bay? - Richard Fuller paper

P8: Dial PPP for robust allocation
Project Prioritisation Protocol provides a transparent and correct method for choosing priorities for threatened species - Liana Joseph paper

P11: More than just rows of trees
Enhancing biodiversity in plantation landscapes - David Lindenmayer JVAP report

P12: Lessons from Tumut fragmentation experiment - David Lindenmayer book

Decision Point #28 (May 2009)

P2: Dealing with ‘the Great Divide;
A tacit assumption or a universal truth - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: Zonae Cogito;
A decision support system for the real world - Hugh Possingham editorial

P2: Dealing with ‘the Great Divide;
A tacit assumption or a universal truth - Story on new software

P5: And the river runs dry;
Optimising the management of water holes on arid rivers - Sam Nicol story

P6: Battle of biologists;
Another round in the triage debate - Madeleine Bottrill paper

P7: The ‘real’ value of a species;
How do intrinsic and instrumental value stack up - James Justus paper

P8: Good science for managing fire and biodiversity;
How do empirical research, simulation modeling and decision theory contribute to better decisions in fire management. - Don Driscoll AEDA workshop

P10: Bird-guided restoration;
Moving revegetation towards habitat restoration in Gondwana Link - Angela Sanders editorial

P12: In the wake of a natural disaster;
Science commentary on research funding for disaster research - David Lindenmayer paper

Decision Point #27 (April 2009)

P2: Hughbris of the decision theorists;
If decision theory is so good, why don’t more people use it? - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: The art and science of good environmental decision-making;
The 2009 Fenner Conference on the Environment - Fenner Conference images

P4: Making ecological processes iconic;
Paying more attention to the natural machinery that connects us all - Barry Trail editorial

P5: Putting ‘processes’ into planning for ‘adequacy’;
It’s more than just comprehensive or representative - Carissa Klein paper

P6: Planning at Peniup;
Restoration at the property scale – lessons learned in Gondwana Link - Justin Jonson editorial

P8: Survey this;
How much time and money should be invested in gathering biodiversity data? - Hedley Grantham paper

P10: Marxan with Zones;
The world’s most popular conservation planning software just got more relevant - Matthew Watts editorial

Decision Point #26 (March 2009)

P2: Five objections to using decision theory in conservation;
And why they are wrong - Hugh Possingham editorial

P4: Managing migratory species for minimum cost;
How do you effectively conserve habitat for migratory birds? - Tara Martin paper

P6: Certified sustainable (?);
Adaptive risk management and ecologically sustainable forestry - Brendan Wintle paper

P8: The need for speed;
Should I buy or wait? Acquiring land for conservation in a dynamic property market - Eve McDonald-Madden paper

P10: Big thinking for a big country;
Continental-scale connections: Is bigger better? And if so, where do you put them? - Hugh Possingham editorial

P12: Carissa is rated triple A; - Carissa Klein award

Decision Point #25 (February 2009)

P2: Climate change and decision theory;
How can we help - Brendan Wintle editorial

P4: Measuring ‘true’ conservation progress;
Injecting a little ‘honesty’ into environmental reporting - Eve McDonald-Madden paper

P6: Eradicating invasive species;
Smart decisions using scarce data - Tracy Rout paper

P7: Desperately seeking engagement;
So, you want to inform policy - Phil Gibbons paper

P8: A bioregionalisation for the Southern Ocean;
Conservation planning down south - Jess Tyler editorial

P10: Gondwana Link meets decision theory;
Getting a GRIPP on what’s important - Kerrie Wilson editorial

P12: Premature eradication;
The case of the Asian musk shrew -paper

Decision Point #24 (November 2008)

P2: A few things you need to know about biodiversity;
A subset from a list of 10 - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: Ten commitments;
Reshaping the Lucky Country’s environment - David Lindenmayer book

P4: Assessing the impact of leaving your mark;
Is there such thing as optimal toe clipping? - Mick McCarthy paper

P6: Saving biodiversity in a time of triage;
It’s about honest decision making in an age of extinction - Madeleine Bottrill paper

P9: Beyond the vegemite approach;
Regional NRM investment and decision analysis at CSIRO - Stefan Hajkowicz editorial

P10: To IG or not IG – that is the question;
Decision-making under uncertainty David Fox editorial

P12: What’s wrong with intrinsic value?; - James Justus paper

Decision Point #23 (October 2008)

P2: Well endowed – naturally;
A new model for national NRM investment? - Hugh Possingham editorial

P4: Save, survey or surrender;
Optimal management of a secretive species - Iadine Chades

P6: How much to save Australia’s birds?;
Optimal investment in saving species - Mick McCarthy paper

P9: Ignorance and uncertainty: academic orphans; - Gabriele Bammer book

P10: Well endowed – naturally;
Shakespeare, Wald and decision making under uncertainty - Mark Burgman editorial

P12: MPAs in 10 years time; - MPA News story

Decision Point #22 (September 2008)

P2: Models, problems and algorithms;
What are they, and why we should care - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: Saving a biodiversity jewel;
Understanding the value of the Long Paddock - Bob Sutherst paper

P4: Managing an emergent disease;
The dilemma of short term conservation vs longer term learning - Eve McDonald-Madden editorial

P6: A bigger and safer carbon bank;
Green carbon and natural forests - David Lindenmayer paper

P7: On borrowed time – the website;
Make decisions while you manage a virtual farm or forest - David Lindenmayer educational website

P8: From Shakespeare to Wald: Modeling worst-case analysis in the face of severe uncertainty;
Info Gap criticism - Moshe Sneidovich editorial

P10: Managing for climate change is more than cutting CO2;
Policy needs to incorporate how we manage Australia’s land surface - Clive McAlpine paper

P11: The passing of the paddock tree;
The future of native tree cover in agricultural landscapes - Phil Gibbons paper

P12: Assisted colonisation;
Moving with the times - Hugh Possingham, David Lindenmayer paper

Decision Point #21 (August 2008)

P2: Accounting for Nature;
Good accounting allows for good decision making - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: Biodiversity on the market;
What’s at stake? How can it be improved - Sarah Bekessy AEDA workshop

P5: Risk, uncertainty and decisions;
A perspective from ACERA - Terry Walshe editorial

P6: Accounting for Nature;
Mixing a little economics into conservation - Josie Carwardine paper

P8: Model weapons in the war on weeds;
Linking ecology and practice to simplify weed control - Satu Ramula paper and Jennifer Firn paper

P9: Making sound decisions at Greening Australia;
The challenges of being a science guided organization - David Freudenberger editorial

P12: Planning for catastrophe;
Considering catastrophic events when planning MPAs - Eddie Game paper

Decision Point #20 (July 2008)

P2: AEDA’s value;
A hub that adds up to more than the sum of its parts - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: Marine planning workshops with DEWHA;
Taking conservation planning to a continental scale - AEDA DEWHA workshop

P3: The EPBC-AEDA Workshop; - AEDA EPBC workshop

P4: Adaptive planning for CMAs;
Effective NRM is more about how we learn than what we know - Brendan Wintle paper

P7: Crossing thresholds in time and space;
How should we monitor and manage biodiversity in the face of climate change thresholds? - Jonathan Rhodes editorial

P8: A walk on the wild side;
TWS, WildCountry and the Great Western Woodlands - James Watson editorial

P10: Hitching biodiversity to the carbon bank;
Biodiversity banking could receive a massive boost if it could be linked to the carbon bank market. - Sarah Bekessy paper

P11: Moving beyond climate;
How do biotic interactions and realistic models affect climate change projections? - Bob Sutherst paper

P11: Improving the mix;
Bringing a fisher’s expertise into the equation - Carissa Klein paper

P12: Bayes Bulldogs;
Spreading the Bayesian word - Mick McCarthy and Brendan Wintle workshop

Decision Point #19 (June 2008)

P2: Biodiversity on the fringe;
Biodiversity, 2020 summit and beyond - Sarah Bekessy editorial

P4: How should we best manage an endangered population;
It’s all about birth, death and money - Peter Baxter paper

P6: Managing alpine willows;
And the model of a good decision - Joslin Moore research profile

P8: Where should we put new protected areas;
Consider cost and threat before biodiversity - Michael Bode paper

P10: Playing with fire;
Taking the guesswork out of fire mosaics - Don Driscoll editorial

P11: Should we protect the strong or the weak;
Risk, resilience and the selection of MPAs - Eddie Game paper

P12: Marxan’s new website
Intro to Marxan’s new website: bigger, easier and sleeker - Lindsay Kircher editorial

Decision Point #18 (May 2008)

P2: Conservation planning in a changing world;
Preparing the National Reserve System for climate change - Hugh Possingham editorial

P4: Planning adaptive management;
Why there’s no time like the present - Cindy Hauser paper

P6: Revitalising box woodlands;
Adaptive management in an endangered ecological community - Adrian Manning editorial

P8: Budgeting for optimal monitoring;
A priori planning and sustainable management - Dorian Moro editorial

P10: Biometric;
Assessing and redressing the impacts of land clearing - Phil Gibbons paper

P11: Of mushrooms, coconuts and resilience;
Bikini corals recover from atomic blast - Maria Beger paper

P11: Aligning conservation priorities in Madagascar; - Atte Moilanen paper

P12: A call to revise IUCN categories; - Possingham, Wilson, Pressey paper

Decision Point #17 (April 2008)

P2: Considering assisted dispersal;
In a time of climate change are conservationists too conservative - Hugh Possingham editorial

P3: Putting it to the policy people; - Research Policy interface AEDA workshop

P3: Long Term Ecological Research and Monitoring (LTERM);
It’s not a new message - David Lindenmayer editorial

P4: Adaptive management;
Live, learn and plan - Cindy Hauser editorial

P6: The Devil in dealing with decisions under great uncertainty;
And the challenges of saving the Tassie Devil - Michael Bode research profile

P10: A soiree in Melbourne; - AEDA Melbourne launch

P11: A checklist for ecological management of landscapes; - David Lindenmayer paper

P12: To translocate or not translocate;
It all depends on your objectives - Tracy Rout paper

Decision Point #16 (April 2008)

P2: Where’s the bang for the research buck?;
Thoughts on impact, engagement and world-class research - Hugh Possingham editorial

P4: Accounting for uncertainty in designing marine reserves;
Better decisions are made when uncertainty is explicitly acknowledged - Regan, Possingham and McCarthy paper

P6: The curses to decision making in conservation
Not an Alfred Hitchcock movie - Eve McDonald-Madden editorial

P7: Managing invasive predators;
Do you aim for suppression or eradication? - Peter Baxter paper

P10: Conservation decision making and coral reefs - AEDA workshop

Note: Decision Point was preceded by AEDA News (issues 1-15). AEDA News was an internal newsletter and stories appearing in it are not indexed here.