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Buchner, J.; Lewińska, K. E.; Butsic, V.; Buřivalová, Z.; Ghoddousi, A.; Rogova, N.; Radeloff, V. C.: Assessing the effectiveness of strictly protected areas in preventing forest loss and degradation across different forest types in the Caucasus. In: Biological Conservation, vol. 315, pp. 111685, 2026. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Sarzaeim, Parisa; Bulltail, Grace: Evaluation of FAIR Principles in Indigenous Water-Climate-Environment (WCE) Data Repositories. In: Data Science Journal, vol. 24, no. 31, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Rizzotto, Julia S.; Sims, Kaitlyn M.; Gibbs, Holly K.: Hot tempers: Differential effects of heat and drought on domestic violence. In: Review of Economics of the Household , 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links)

Joseph App Clare C. Sullivan, Lisa L. Rausch a; Gibbs, Holly K.: Can zero deforestation agreements in the cattle sector protect Colombia’s forests and paramos?. In: Global Environmental Change, vol. 95, no. 103055, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links)

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title = {Can zero deforestation agreements in the cattle sector protect Colombia’s forests and paramos?},

author = {Clare C. Sullivan , Joseph App , Lisa L. Rausch a, , Steven Sotelo , Daisy Tarrier , Miguel Angel Viancha Pinzon and Holly K. Gibbs 

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abstract = {Zero Deforestation Agreements (ZDAs) for the beef and dairy sectors in Colombia could curb land cover change in the country’s highly biodiverse tropical forests and páramos. Improved understanding of the structure of the cattle supply chain and the ZDAs’ potential area of influence can help target companies with high-risk supply chains, inform implementation, and set realistic expectations for the ZDAs contribution to conservation goals for forest and páramos. We provide the first map of infrastructure for the beef and dairy sectors and link this to a dataset of cattle transactions to delineate “supply zones” or potential buying areas for each slaughterhouse and dairy. We use these supply zones to assess three spatially explicit scenarios of the potential reach of the ZDAs with expanded participation. At present, ZDA signatories’ supply zones cover 10.4 Mha or 23% of Colombia’s forests, with a large area of influence associated with beef sector signatories. Participation of all major companies could nearly double the ZDAs reach to include 41% of forests, and full participation could reach 49% of forests. The dairy ZDA also targets high alpine páramos, and 57% of unprotected páramos are within signatories’ supply zones. Full participation could support the conservation of 96% of this unique ecosystem. We found that indirect animal movements make up 80% of the supply chain, so policy implementation will depend on monitoring and traceability systems that go beyond suppliers selling directly to slaughterhouses or dairies. More companies must participate and effectively implement the ZDAs to realize this conservation potential.

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Pratama, Y. W.; Gidden, M. J.; Greene, J.; Zaiser, A.; Nemet, G.; Riahi, K.: Learning, economies of scale, and knowledge gap effects on power generation technology cost improvements. In: iScience, vol. 28, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Kümmet, S.; Müller, J.; Buřivalová, Z.; Schaefer, H. M.; Gelis, R.; Freile, J.; others,; Kortmann, M.: Acoustic indices predict recovery of tropical bird communities for taxonomic and functional composition. In: Conservation Letters, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. e13131, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Bradfer-Lawrence, T.; Buřivalová, Z.; Dent, D. H.: Conservation needs curiosity, innovation and complementarity: reply to Sugai and Costa-Pereira. In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Mitesser, O.; Hochrein, S.; Buřivalová, Z.; Müller, S.; Strätz, C.; others,: Unexpected soundscape response to insecticide application in oak forests. In: Conservation Biology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. e14422, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Buřivalová, Z.; Richardson, G.; Rabach, B.; Sharif, M.; Butler, R. A.: An Open-Contributions Platform for Evidence on Forest Conservation. In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. e70028, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Bradfer-Lawrence, T.; Buřivalová, Z.; Dent, D. H.: Deriving meaning from acoustic data in hyper-diverse ecosystems. In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Gindhart, R.; Müller, J.; Buřivalová, Z.; others,: The impact of land use on the acoustic behaviour of cicadas in the Choco lowland tropical forest of Ecuador. In: Insect Conservation and Diversity, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 177–190, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Rothacher, J.; Mitesser, O.; Müller, S.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Buřivalová, Z.; Müller, J.: Testing the soundscape response to silvicultural interventions in a controlled before-and-after experiment. In: Biological Conservation, vol. 306, pp. 111116, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Buřivalová, Z.; Rakotonarivo, O. S.: Managing protected areas takes a village. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122, no. 5, pp. e2425972122, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Rumelt, R.; Roncal, C. Mere; Basto, A.; Buřivalová, Z.; Searcy, C.: Combining acoustic survey and citizen science data yields enhanced species distribution models for tropical rainforest birds. In: PLoS ONE, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. e0327944, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Betts, M. G.; Franklin, J. F.; Bukoski, J. J.; Buřivalová, Z.; Conklin, E. E.; others,: Benefits of onshoring forestry rely on science. In: Science, vol. 388, no. 6746, pp. 479–480, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Sims, K.; Sborglio, J.; Gibbs, H. K.: Hot tempers: Differential effects of heat and drought on domestic violence. In: Review of Economics of the Household, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Gibbs, H. K.; Skidmore, M.; Rausch, L.; Munger, J.; Brandão, A.; Amaral, T.; Barreto, P.; Walker, N. F.: Brazil's cattle supply chain is contaminated with deforestation on indirect and unlisted suppliers. 2025, (Under review). (Type: Unpublished | Links)

Sullivan, C.; App, J.; Rausch, L.; Sotelo, S.; Tarrier, D.; Pinzón, M. A. Vianchá; Gibbs, H. K.: Can zero deforestation agreements in the cattle sector protect Colombia's forests and páramos?. In: Global Environmental Change, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Gesangyangji, G.; Holloway, Tracey; Vimont, D. J.; Mastrucci, A.; Byers, E.; Acker, S. J.: The hours matter: comparing indicators of US residential cooling from hourly versus daily climate variables. In: Environmental Research Letters, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 044024, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)

Tao, M.; Fiore, A. M.; Karambelas, A.; Miller, P. J.; Valin, L. C.; Judd, L. M.; Tzortziou, M.; others,: Insights into summertime surface ozone formation from diurnal variations in formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide along a transect through New York City. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 130, no. 9, pp. e2024JD040922, 2025. (Type: Journal Article | Links)