Publications

Scientific articles published in scientific peer-reviewed journals

Recent Publications
Past Publications

2026

  • Stanton, D.W.G., Manin, A., Evin, A., Linderholm, A., Drinkwater, R. and Meijaard, E. (2026). Genomic and Morphometric Evidence for Austronesian-mediated Pig Translocation in the Pacific. Science, 391(6780). doi:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv4963.

2025

  • van Strien, A., Nardiyono, Meijaard, E., Suief, S. and Zaini, S. (2025). Occupancy Estimation of Wild Species in a Palm Oil Plantation Using Unstructured Data. [online] doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.11.664290.
  • Meijaard, E. and Sheil, D. 2025. No Oil Crop Is Inherently Bad — But Our Thinking Might Be. Cell Reports Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100524
  • Frantz, L. et al., 2025. Genomic analyses reveal the complex histories of pig translocation across Wallacea and the Pacific. Science (soon to be online)
  • Descals, A., Sheil, D., Wich, S., Ozigis, M., Meijaard, E., 2025. Extensive unreported non-plantation oil palm in Africa. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2976-601X/adff89
  • Slavin, J., Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., 2025. Bringing some balance to fat bashing. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1606617
  • Sheil, D., Descals, A., Meijaard, E., Gaveau, D.L.A., 2025. Rubber planting and deforestation. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06642-z
  • Meijaard, E.M., Carlson, K.M., Sheil, D., Zaini, S., Meijaard, E., 2025. Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? an assessment of three western supermarket chains. DOI 10.1088/2976-601X/ae12f6
  • Scriven, S.A., Butarbutar, R.B., de Vos, R.E., Lucey, J.M., Reynolds, G., Newing, H., Scholtz, O., Lasmana, F., Meijaard, E., Hill, J.K., in review. Addressing the challenges of biodiversity conservation within oil palm landscape. (soon to be online)
  • LaPorte P.S., Meijaard E, Carlson K.M. 2025. Perceptions of palm oil in the global conservation community: The impact of reading a synthesis report. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000183
  • Omar, M.S., Dennis, R., Meijaard, E.M., Sueif, S., Zaini, S., Mohamdih, M., Erman, A., Meijaard, E., 2025. Centering Communities in Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation: Insights from a Citizen Science Initiative in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Diversity. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17100679
  • Henley, D., Gaveau, D., Meijaard, E., 2025. The end of nature in Borneo: a concise contemporary history. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. (soon to be online)
  • Meijaard, E., Wich, S.A., Ancrenaz, M., Dennis, R.A., Ni’mattulah, S., Sherman, J., 2025. Interpreting the International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standard 6 for the management of orangutans, p. 38. Borneo Futures, Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15274102
  • Sherman, J., Voigt, M., Ancrenaz, M., Meijaard, E., Oram, F., Williamson, E.A., Russon, A.E., Seaman, D.J.I., Caurant, C., Refisch, J., Byler, D., Wich, S.A., 2025. Outcomes of orangutan wild-to-wild translocations reveal conservation and welfare risks. PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317862
  • Lieb, Z. et al., 2025. Mapping multiple wild pig species’ population dynamics in Southeast Asia during the African swine fever outbreak (2018-2024). Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13105
  • Ozigis, M., Wich, S., Abdolshahnejad, M., Descals, A., Szantoi, Z., Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., 2025 Characterizing Crop Distribution and the Impact on Forest Conservation in Central Africa. Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17111958
  • Sheldon, F.H., Irham, M., Kho, D.G.S., Meijaard, E., Shakya, S.B., Prawiradilaga, D.M., van Balen, S.B., 2025. History, annotated gazetteer, and bibliography of ornithology in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Museum of Natural Sciences Journal Occasional Paper No. 94, issue 1. https://doi.org/10.31390/opmns.094
  • Ancrenaz, M.P.G., Dennis, R., Said, S., Wich, S., Sherman, J., Rahman, H.A., Oram, F., Traeholt, K., Ventie, Silmi, M., Meijaard, E., 2025. New insights for managing orangutans in oil palm landscapes. The Planter.

2024

  • Ozigis, M., Wich, S., Descals, A., Szantoi, Z., Meijaard, E., 2024. Mapping Oil Palm Plantations and the Implications on Forest and Great Ape Habitat Loss in Central Africa Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.428
  • Descals, A., Gaveau, D.L.A., Serge, W., Szantoi, Z., Meijaard, E., 2024 Global mapping of oil palm plantation age for 2021. Earth System Science Data. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5111-2024
  • Candellone, E., Aleta, A., Ferraz de Arruda, H., Meijaard, E., Moreno, Y., 2024. Understanding the Vegetable Oil Debate and Its Implications for Sustainability through Social Media. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2308.07108
  • Ariffin, T., Khalid, S., Dennis, R., Said, S., Unus, N., Husaini, N., Carson, R.A., Meijaard, E., 2024. Baseline Study of Sun Bear in Brunei Darussalam, p. 41. Borneo Futures, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. https://borneofutures.org/assets/pdf/sunbearReport.pdf
  • Meijaard, E., Erman, A., Ancrenaz, M., Goossens, B., 2024. Pig virus imperils food security in Borneo Science. 19 Jan 2024. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn3857
  • Meijaard, E., Virah-Sawmy, M., Newing, H.S., Ingram, V., Holle, M.J.M., Pasmans, T., Omar, S., van den Hombergh, H., Unus, N., Fosch, A., Ferraz de Arruda, H., Allen, J., Tsagarakis, K., Chidozie Ogwu, M., Diaz Ismael, A., Hance, J., Moreno, Y., O'Keeffe, S., Slavin, J.L., Slingerland, M., Meijaard, E.M., Macfarlane, N.B.W., Jimenez, R., Abiguna, A., Wich, S., Sheil, D., 2024. Exploring the future of vegetable oils. Oil crop implications - Fats, forests, forecasts, and futures. IUCN and SNSB, Gland, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.2305/KFJA1910
  • Meijaard E, Azhar B, Persio M, Sheil D. 2024. Oil palm plantations in the context of biodiversity conservation. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 3rd edition 4: 752-773.
  • Calebe et al. 2024. CamTrapAsia: 210 full wildlife capture lists from camera trapping studies. Ecology.
  • Seaman, D.J.I., Voigt, M., Ancrenaz, M., Bocedi, G., Meijaard, E., Oram, F., Palmer, S.C.F., Santika, T., Sherman, J., Travis, J.M.J., Wich, S., Humle, T., Supriatna, J., Struebig, M.J., 2024. Capacity for recovery in Bornean orangutan populations if both forest fragmentation and offtake are limited. Diversity & Distributions.

2023

  • Descals, A., Wich, S., Szantoi, Z., Struebig, M.J., Dennis, R., Hatton, Z., Ariffin, T., Unus, N., Gaveau, D.L.A. and Meijaard, E. (2023). High-resolution global map of closed-canopy coconut palm. Earth System Science Data, [online] 15(9), pp.3991–4010. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3991-2023.
  • Fergus, P., Chalmers, C., Longmore, S., Wich, S., Warmenhove, C., Swart, J., Ngongwane, T., Burger, A., Ledgard, J. and Meijaard, E. (2023). Empowering Wildlife Guardians: An Equitable Digital Stewardship and Reward System for Biodiversity Conservation Using Deep Learning and 3/4G Camera Traps. Remote Sensing, [online] 15(11), p.2730. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112730.
  • Fosch, A., Ferraz de Arruda, G., Aleta, A., Descals, A., Gaveau, D., Morgans, C., Santika, T., Struebig, M.J., Meijaard, E. and Moreno, Y. (2023). Replanting unproductive palm oil with smallholder plantations can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Sumatra, Indonesia. Communications Earth & Environment, [online] 4(1), pp.1–12. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01037-4.
  • Massingham, E., Meijaard, E., Ancrenaz, M., Mika, D., Sherman, J., Truly Santika, Lengga Pradipta, Possingham, H.P. and Dean, A.J. (2023a). Killing of orangutans in Kalimantan ‐ Community perspectives on incidence and drivers. Conservation science and practice, 5(11). doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13025.
  • Massingham, E.J., Wilson, K.A., Meijaard, E., Ancrenaz, M., Santika, T., Friedman, R., Possingham, H.P. and Dean, A.J. (2023b). Public opinion on protecting iconic species depends on individual wellbeing: Perceptions about orangutan conservation in Indonesia and Malaysia. Environmental Science & Policy, [online] 150, p.103588. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103588.
  • Meijaard, E. and Moqanaki, E. (2023). High readership on academic social platforms could poorly reflect conservation interest. Oryx, 57(5), pp.578–580. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605323000030.
  • Meijaard, E., Nabillah Unus, Thina Ariffin, Dennis, R., Ancrenaz, M., Wich, S., Wunder, S., Chun Sheng Goh, Sherman, J., Ogwu, M.C., Johannes Refisch, Ledgard, J., Sheil, D. and Hockings, K. (2023). Apes and agriculture. Frontiers in conservation science, 4. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1225911.
  • Pacifici, M., Cristiano, A., María Lumbierres, Lucherini, M., Mallon, D., Meijaard, E., Solari, S., Tognelli, M.F., Belant, J.L., Butynski, T.M., Cronin, D.T., Jean-Pierre d’Huart, Daniele Da Re, Yvonne, Arjun Dheer, Fei, L., Gallina, S., Goodrich, J.M., Abishek Harihar and López, C.A. (2023). Drivers of habitat availability for terrestrial mammals: Unravelling the role of livestock, land conversion and intrinsic traits in the past 50 years. Global Change Biology, 29(24), pp.6900–6911. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16964.

2022

  • Aleta, A., Brighenti, F., Jolliet, O., Meijaard, E., Shamir, R., Moreno, Y. and Rasetti, M. (2022). A Need for a Paradigm Shift in Healthy Nutrition Research. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.881465.
  • Gaveau, D.L.A., Locatelli, B., Salim, M.A., Husnayaen, Manurung, T., Descals, A., Angelsen, A., Meijaard, E. and Sheil, D. (2022). Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices. PLOS ONE, [online] 17(3), p.e0266178. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266178.
  • Julie Sherman, Maria Voigt, Marc Ancrenaz, Serge A. Wich, Indira N. Qomariah, Erica Lyman, Ricko L. Jaya, Emily Massingham and Erik Meijaard (2022). Orangutan killing and trade in Indonesia: Wildlife crime, enforcement, and deterrence patterns. Biological conservation, [online] 276, pp.109744–. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109744.
  • Meijaard, E., Abrams, J.F., Slavin, J.L. and Sheil, D. (2022). Dietary Fats, Human Nutrition and the Environment: Balance and Sustainability. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9(1), p.878644. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.878644.
  • Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., Sherman, J., Chua, L., Ni’matullah, S., Wilson, K., Ancrenaz, M., Liswanto, D., Wich, S.A., Goossens, B., Kühl, H.S., Voigt, M., Rayadin, Y., Kurniawan, Y., Trianto, A., Priatna, D., Banes, G.L., Massingham, E., Payne, J. and Marshall, A.J. (n.d.). Restoring the orangutan in a Whole- or Half-Earth context. Oryx, [online] pp.1–12. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060532200093X.
  • Santika, T., Sherman, J., Voigt, M., Ancrenaz, M., Wich, S.A., Wilson, K.A., Possingham, H., Massingham, E., Seaman, D.J.I., Ashbury, A.M., Azvi, T.S., Banes, G.L., Barrow, E.J., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Delgado, R.A., Erman, A., Fredriksson, G., Goossens, B., Houghton, M. and Indrawan, T.P. (2022). Effectiveness of 20 years of conservation investments in protecting orangutans. Current Biology, [online] 0(0). doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.051.
  • Struebig, M.J., Aninta, Sabhrina G, Beger, M., Bani, A., Barus, H., Brace, S., Davies, Z.G., Brauwer, M., Diele, K., Djakiman, C., Djamaluddin, R., Drinkwater, R., Dumbrell, A., Evans, D., Fusi, M., Herrera-Alsina, L., Iskandar, D.T., Jompa, J., Juliandi, B. and Lancaster, L.T. (2022). Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism. BioScience, [online] 72(11), pp.1118–1130. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac085.
  • Trancoso, R., Jozef Syktus, Salazar, Á., Thatcher, M., Toombs, N., Kenneth Koon‐Ho Wong, Meijaard, E., Sheil, D. and McAlpine, C. (2022). Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold. Environmental Research Letters, 17(10), pp.104019–104019. doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8f5c.

2021

  • Ancrenaz, M., Oram, F., Nardiyono, N., Silmi, M., Jopony, M.E.M., Voigt, M., Seaman, D.J.I., Sherman, J., Lackman, I., Traeholt, C., Wich, S.A., Santika, T., Struebig, M.J. and Meijaard, E. (2021). Importance of Small Forest Fragments in Agricultural Landscapes for Maintaining Orangutan Metapopulations. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.560944.
  • Gaveau, D.L.A., Santos, L., Locatelli, B., Salim, M.A., Husnayaen, H., Meijaard, E., Heatubun, C. and Sheil, D. (2021). Forest loss in Indonesian New Guinea (2001–2019): Trends, drivers and outlook. Biological Conservation, 261, p.109225. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109225.
  • Grace, M.K., Akçakaya, H.R., Bennett, E.L., Brooks, T.M., Heath, A., Hedges, S., Hilton‐Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Hochkirch, A., Jenkins, R., Keith, D.A., Long, B., Mallon, D.P., Meijaard, E., Milner‐Gulland, E.J., Rodriguez, J.P., Stephenson, P.J., Stuart, S.N., Young, R.P. and Acebes, P. (2021). Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact. Conservation Biology, 35(6), pp.1833–1849. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13756.
  • Meijaard, E., Ni’matullah, S., Dennis, R., Sherman, J., Onrizal and Wich, S.A. (2021). The historical range and drivers of decline of the Tapanuli orangutan. PLOS ONE, 16(1), p.e0238087. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238087.
  • Meijaard, E., Sheil, D. and Murdiyarso, D. (2021). Reshoring EU agriculture risks undermining SDGs. Nature, 589(7841), pp.198–198. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00048-5.
  • Wich, S. and Meijaard, E. (2021). Saving the Tapanuli orangutan requires zero losses. Oryx, 55(1), pp.10–11. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605320001052.

2020

  • Chapman, S., Syktus, J., Trancoso, R., Salazar, A., Thatcher, M., Watson, J.E.M., Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., Dargusch, P. and McAlpine, C.A. (2020). Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo’s climate during El Niño events. Environmental Research Letters, 15(8), p.084006. doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab86f5.
  • Laurance, W.F., Wich, S.A., Onrizal, O., Fredriksson, G., Usher, G., Santika, T., Byler, D., Mittermeier, R., Kormos, R., Williamson, E.A. and Meijaard, E. (2020). Tapanuli orangutan endangered by Sumatran hydropower scheme. Nature Ecology & Evolution, [online] 4(11), pp.1438–1439. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1263-x.
  • Luskin, M.S., Meijaard, E., Surya, S., Sheherazade, Walzer, C. and Linkie, M. (2020). African Swine Fever threatens Southeast Asia’s 11 endemic wild pig species. Conservation Letters. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12784.
  • Meijaard, E., Abrams, J., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Voigt, M. and Sheil, D. (2020). Coconut Oil, Conservation and the Conscientious Consumer. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3575129.
  • Santika, T., Budiharta, S., Law, E.A., Dennis, R.A., Dohong, A., Struebig, M.J., Medrilzam, Gunawan, H., Meijaard, E. and Wilson, K.A. (2020a). Interannual climate variation, land type and village livelihood effects on fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Global Environmental Change, 64, p.102129. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102129.
  • Santika, T., Wilson, K.A., Law, E.A., St John, F.A.V., Carlson, K.M., Gibbs, H., Morgans, C.L., Ancrenaz, M., Meijaard, E. and Struebig, M.J. (2020b). Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia. Nature Sustainability, 4. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00630-1.
  • Farhadinia, M.S., Johnson, P.J., Zimmermann, A., McGowan, P.J.K., Meijaard, E., Stanley‐Price, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (2020). Ex situ management as insurance against extinction of mammalian megafauna in an uncertain world. Conservation Biology, 34(4), pp.988–996. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13496.
  • Meijaard, E., Santika, T., Wilson, K.A., Budiharta, S., Kusworo, A., Law, E.A., Friedman, R., Hutabarat, J.A., Indrawan, T.P., Sherman, J., St. John, F.A.V. and Struebig, M.J. (2020). Toward improved impact evaluation of community forest management in Indonesia. Conservation Science and Practice. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.189.
  • Sherman, J., Ancrenaz, M. and Meijaard, E. (2020). Shifting apes: Conservation and welfare outcomes of Bornean orangutan rescue and release in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Journal for Nature Conservation, [online] 55(125807), p.125807. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125807.
  • Sherman, J., Ancrenaz, M., Voigt, M., Oram, F., Santika, T., Wich, S. and Meijaard, E. (2020). Envisioning a future for Bornean orangutans: Conservation impacts of action plan implementation and recommendations for improved population outcomes. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 21(2). doi:https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d210206.

2019

  • Chua, L., Harrison, M.E., Fair, H., Milne, S., Palmer, A., Rubis, J., Thung, P., Wich, S., Büscher, B., Cheyne, S.M., Puri, R.K., Schreer, V., Stępień, A. and Meijaard, E. (2020). Conservation and the social sciences: Beyond critique and co‐optation. A case study from orangutan conservation. People and Nature, 2(1), pp.42–60. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10072.
  • Descals, A., Szantoi, Z., Meijaard, E., Sutikno, H., Rindanata, G. and Wich, S. (2019). Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Mapping with Details: Smallholder versus Industrial Plantations and their Extent in Riau, Sumatra. Remote Sensing, 11(21), p.2590. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11212590.
  • Meijaard, E. (2019). A dam or an ape — Indonesia faces stark choice. Nature, 569(7757), pp.487–487. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01620-w.
  • Meijaard, E. and Sheil, D. (2019). The Moral Minefield of Ethical Oil Palm and Sustainable Development. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2(22). doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00022.
  • Morgans, C.L., Santika, T., Meijaard, E., Ancrenaz, M. and Wilson, K.A. (2019). Cost-benefit based prioritisation of orangutan conservation actions in Indonesian Borneo. Biological Conservation, 238, p.108236. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108236.
  • Runting, R.K., Ruslandi, Griscom, B.W., Struebig, M.J., Satar, M., Meijaard, E., Burivalova, Z., Cheyne, S.M., Deere, N.J., Game, E.T., Putz, F.E., Wells, J.A., Wilting, A., Ancrenaz, M., Ellis, P., Khan, F.A.A., Leavitt, S.M., Marshall, A.J., Possingham, H.P. and Watson, J.E.M. (2019). Larger gains from improved management over sparing–sharing for tropical forests. Nature Sustainability, 2(1), pp.53–61. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0203-0.
  • Santika, T., Wilson, K.A., Budiharta, S., Law, E.A., Poh, T.M., Ancrenaz, M., Struebig, M.J. and Meijaard, E. (2019). Does oil palm agriculture help alleviate poverty? A multidimensional counterfactual assessment of oil palm development in Indonesia. World Development, 120, pp.105–117. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.04.012.

2018

  • Akçakaya, H.R., Bennett, E.L., Brooks, T.M., Grace, M.K., Heath, A., Hedges, S., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Keith, D.A., Long, B., Mallon, D.P., Meijaard, E., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Rodriguez, J.P., Stephenson, P.J., Stuart, S.N. and Young, R.P. (2018). Quantifying species recovery and conservation success to develop an IUCN Green List of Species. Conservation Biology, 32(5), pp.1128–1138. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13112.
  • Budiharta, S., Meijaard, E., Gaveau, D.L.A., Struebig, M.J., Wilting, A., Kramer-Schadt, S., Niedballa, J., Raes, N., Maron, M. and Wilson, K.A. (2018). Restoration to offset the impacts of developments at a landscape scale reveals opportunities, challenges and tough choices. Global Environmental Change, 52, pp.152–161. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.07.008.
  • Meijaard, E., Sherman, J., Ancrenaz, M., Wich, S.A., Santika, T. and Voigt, M. (2018). Orangutan populations are certainly not increasing in the wild. Current Biology, [online] 28(21), pp.R1241–R1242. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.052.
  • Morgans, C.L., Meijaard, E., Santika, T., Law, E., Budiharta, S., Ancrenaz, M. and Wilson, K.A. (2018). Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification in delivering multiple sustainability objectives. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6), p.064032. doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac6f4.
  • Nurcahyo, A. and Meijaard, E. (2018). Create and empower lead authors from the global south. Nature, 555(7697), pp.443–443. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-03392-1.
  • Ripple, W.J., Meijaard, E. and Newsome, T. (2018). Saving the World with Satire: A Response to Chapron et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33(7), pp.483–484. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.04.011.
  • Spehar, S.N., Sheil, D., Harrison, T., Louys, J., Ancrenaz, M., Marshall, A.J., Wich, S.A., Bruford, M.W. and Meijaard, E. (2018). Orangutans venture out of the rainforest and into the Anthropocene. Science Advances, 4(6), p.e1701422. doi:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701422.
  • Voigt, M., Wich, S.A., Ancrenaz, M., Meijaard, E., Abram, N., Banes, G.L., Campbell-Smith, G., d’Arcy, L.J., Delgado, R.A., Erman, A., Gaveau, D., Goossens, B., Heinicke, S., Houghton, M., Husson, S.J., Leiman, A., Sanchez, K.L., Makinuddin, N., Marshall, A.J. and Meididit, A. (2018). Global Demand for Natural Resources Eliminated More Than 100,000 Bornean Orangutans. Current Biology, [online] 28(5), pp.761-769.e5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.053.

2017

  • Davies, A.B., Ancrenaz, M., Oram, F. and Asner, G.P. (2017). Canopy structure drives orangutan habitat selection in disturbed Bornean forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(31), pp.8307–8312. doi:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706780114.
  • Law, E.A., Bryan, B.A., Meijaard, E., Thilak Mallawaarachchi, Struebig, M.J., Watts, M.E. and Wilson, K.A. (2017). Mixed policies give more options in multifunctional tropical forest landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(1), pp.51–60. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12666.
  • Morgans, C.L., Guerrero, A.M., Ancrenaz, M., Meijaard, E. and Wilson, K.A. (2017). Not more, but strategic collaboration needed to conserve Borneo’s orangutan. Global Ecology and Conservation, 11, pp.236–246. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2017.07.004.
  • Santika, T., Meijaard, E., Budiharta, S., Law, E.A., Kusworo, A., Hutabarat, J.A., Indrawan, T.P., Struebig, M., Raharjo, S., Huda, I., Sulhani, Ekaputri, A.D., Trison, S., Stigner, M. and Wilson, K.A. (2017). Community forest management in Indonesia: Avoided deforestation in the context of anthropogenic and climate complexities. Global Environmental Change, 46, pp.60–71. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.002.

2016

  • Budiharta, S., Meijaard, E., Wells, J.A., Abram, N.K. and Wilson, K.A. (2016). Enhancing feasibility: Incorporating a socio-ecological systems framework into restoration planning. Environmental Science & Policy, 64, pp.83–92. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.014.
  • Gaveau, D.L.A., Sheil, D., Husnayaen, Salim, M.A., Arjasakusuma, S., Ancrenaz, M., Pacheco, P. and Meijaard, E. (2016). Rapid conversions and avoided deforestation: examining four decades of industrial plantation expansion in Borneo. Scientific Reports, [online] 6(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32017.
  • Leendertz, S.A.J., Wich, S.A., Ancrenaz, M., Bergl, R.A., Gonder, M.K., Humle, T. and Leendertz, F.H. (2016). Ebola in great apes - current knowledge, possibilities for vaccination, and implications for conservation and human health. Mammal Review, 47(2), pp.98–111. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12082.
  • Marshall, A.J., Meijaard, E., Van Cleave, E. and Sheil, D. (2016). Charisma counts: the presence of great apes affects the allocation of research effort in the paleotropics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14(1), pp.13–19. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/14-0195.1.
  • Meijaard, E. (2016). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo and Their Ecology: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(5), pp.1485–1487. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw115.
  • Wells, J.A., Wilson, K.A., Abram, N.K., Nunn, M., Gaveau, D.L.A., Runting, R.K., Tarniati, N., Mengersen, K.L. and Meijaard, E. (2016). Rising floodwaters: mapping impacts and perceptions of flooding in Indonesian Borneo. Environmental Research Letters, 11(6), p.064016. doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064016.
  • Wilson, K.A., Auerbach, N.A., Sam, K., Magini, A.G., Moss, A.St.L., Langhans, S.D., Budiharta, S., Terzano, D. and Meijaard, E. (2016). Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed. PLOS Biology, 14(3), p.e1002413. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002413.

2015

  • Abram, N.K., Meijaard, E., Ancrenaz, M., Runting, R.K., Wells, J.A., Gaveau, D., Pellier, A.-S. and Mengersen, K. (2014). Spatially explicit perceptions of ecosystem services and land cover change in forested regions of Borneo. Ecosystem Services, 7, pp.116–127. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.11.004.
  • Abram, N.K., Meijaard, E., Wells, J.A., Ancrenaz, M., Pellier, A.-S., Runting, R.K., Gaveau, D., Wich, S., Nardiyono, Tjiu, A., Nurcahyo, A. and Mengersen, K. (2015). Mapping perceptions of species’ threats and population trends to inform conservation efforts: the Bornean orangutan case study. Diversity and Distributions, 21(5), pp.487–499. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12286.
  • Ancrenaz, M., Oram, F., Ambu, L., Lackman, I., Ahmad, E., Elahan, H., Kler, H., Abram, N.K. and Meijaard, E. (2014). Of Pongo, palms and perceptions: a multidisciplinary assessment of Bornean orang-utans Pongo pygmaeus in an oil palm context. Oryx, 49(3), pp.465–472. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605313001270.
  • Law, E.A., Meijaard, E., Bryan, B.A., Mallawaarachchi, T., Koh, L.P. and Wilson, K.A. (2015). Better land-use allocation outperforms land sparing and land sharing approaches to conservation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biological Conservation, 186, pp.276–286. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.004.
  • Meijaard, E., Cardillo, M., Meijaard, E.M. and Possingham, H.P. (2015). Geographic bias in citation rates of conservation research. Conservation Biology, 29(3), pp.920–925. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12489.
  • Runting, R.K., Meijaard, E., Abram, N.K., Wells, J.A., Gaveau, D.L.A., Ancrenaz, M., Possingham, H.P., Wich, S.A., Ardiansyah, F., Gumal, M.T., Ambu, L.N. and Wilson, K.A. (2015). Alternative futures for Borneo show the value of integrating economic and conservation targets across borders. Nature Communications, 6(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7819.
  • Struebig, M.J., Fischer, M., Gaveau, D.L.A., Meijaard, E., Wich, S.A., Gonner, C., Sykes, R., Wilting, A. and Kramer-Schadt, S. (2015a). Anticipated climate and land-cover changes reveal refuge areas for Borneo’s orang-utans. Global Change Biology, 21(8), pp.2891–2904. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12814.
  • Struebig, Matthew J., Wilting, A., Gaveau, David L.A., Meijaard, E., Smith, Robert J., Fischer, M., Metcalfe, K. and Kramer-Schadt, S. (2015b). Targeted Conservation to Safeguard a Biodiversity Hotspot from Climate and Land-Cover Change. Current Biology, 25(5), p.678. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.025.

2014

  • Abram, N.K., Xofis, P., Tzanopoulos, J., MacMillan, D.C., Ancrenaz, M., Chung, R., Peter, L., Ong, R., Lackman, I., Goossens, B., Ambu, L. and Knight, A.T. (2014). Synergies for Improving Oil Palm Production and Forest Conservation in Floodplain Landscapes. PLoS ONE, 9(6), p.e95388. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095388.
  • Budiharta, S., Meijaard, E., Erskine, P.D., Rondinini, C., Pacifici, M. and Wilson, K.A. (2014). Restoring degraded tropical forests for carbon and biodiversity. Environmental Research Letters, 9(11), p.114020. doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114020.
  • de Bruyn, M., Stelbrink, B., Morley, R.J., Hall, R., Carvalho, G.R., Cannon, C.H., van den Bergh, G., Meijaard, E., Metcalfe, I., Boitani, L., Maiorano, L., Shoup, R. and von Rintelen, T. (2014). Borneo and Indochina are Major Evolutionary Hotspots for Southeast Asian Biodiversity. Systematic Biology, [online] 63(6), pp.879–901. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syu047.
  • Edwards, D.P., Tobias, J.A., Sheil, D., Meijaard, E. and Laurance, W.F. (2014). Maintaining ecosystem function and services in logged tropical forests. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 29(9), pp.511–520. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.07.003.
  • English, M., Ancrenaz, M., Gillespie, G., Goossens, B., Nathan, S. and Linklater, W. (2014). Foraging site recursion by forest elephants Elephas maximus borneensis. Current Zoology, 60(4), pp.551–559. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/60.4.551.
  • Game, E.T., Meijaard, E., Sheil, D. and McDonald-Madden, E. (2013). Conservation in a Wicked Complex World; Challenges and Solutions. Conservation Letters, 7(3), pp.271–277. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12050.
  • Gaveau, D.L.A., Sloan, S., Molidena, E., Yaen, H., Sheil, D., Abram, N.K., Ancrenaz, M., Nasi, R., Quinones, M., Wielaard, N. and Meijaard, E. (2014). Four Decades of Forest Persistence, Clearance and Logging on Borneo. PLoS ONE, [online] 9(7), p.e101654. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101654.
  • Gregory, S.D., Ancrenaz, M., Brook, B.W., Goossens, B., Alfred, R., Ambu, L.N. and Fordham, D.A. (2014). Forecasts of habitat suitability improve habitat corridor efficacy in rapidly changing environments. Diversity and Distributions, 20(9), pp.1044–1057. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12208.
  • Law, E.A., Bryan, B.A., Meijaard, E., Mallawaarachchi, T., Struebig, M. and Wilson, K.A. (2015). Ecosystem services from a degraded peatland of Central Kalimantan: implications for policy, planning, and management. Ecological Applications, 25(1), pp.70–87. doi:https://doi.org/10.1890/13-2014.1.
  • Meijaard, E., Abram, N.K., Wells, J.A., Pellier, A.-S., Ancrenaz, M., Gaveau, D.L.A., Runting, R.K. and Mengersen, K. (2013). People’s Perceptions about the Importance of Forests on Borneo. PLoS ONE, 8(9), p.e73008. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073008.
  • Meijaard, E. and Nijman, V. (2014). Secrecy considerations for conserving Lazarus species. Biological Conservation, 175, pp.21–24. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.03.021.
  • Meijaard, E., Sheil, D. and Cardillo, M. (2014). Conservation: Focus on implementation. Nature, 516(7529), pp.37–37. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/516037d.
  • Meijaard, E., Wunder, S., Guariguata, M.R. and Sheil, D. (2014). What scope for certifying forest ecosystem services? Ecosystem Services, 7, pp.160–166. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.12.008.
  • Pellier, A.-S., Wells, J.A., Abram, N.K., Gaveau, D. and Meijaard, E. (2014). Through the Eyes of Children: Perceptions of Environmental Change in Tropical Forests. PLoS ONE, 9(8), p.e103005. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103005.
  • Wilson, H.B., Meijaard, E., Venter, O., Ancrenaz, M. and Possingham, H.P. (2014). Conservation Strategies for Orangutans: Reintroduction versus Habitat Preservation and the Benefits of Sustainably Logged Forest. PLoS ONE, [online] 9(7), p.e102174. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102174.

2013

  • Davis, J.T., Mengersen, K., Abram, N.K., Ancrenaz, M., Wells, J.A. and Meijaard, E. (2013). It’s Not Just Conflict That Motivates Killing of Orangutans. PLoS ONE, 8(10), p.e75373. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075373.
  • Gaveau, D.L.A., Kshatriya, M., Sheil, D., Sloan, S., Molidena, E., Wijaya, A., Wich, S., Ancrenaz, M., Hansen, M., Broich, M., Guariguata, M.R., Pacheco, P., Potapov, P., Turubanova, S. and Meijaard, E. (2013). Reconciling Forest Conservation and Logging in Indonesian Borneo. PLoS ONE, 8(8), p.e69887. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069887.
  • Sayer, J., Sunderland, T., Ghazoul, J., Pfund, J.-L. ., Sheil, D., Meijaard, E., Venter, M., Boedhihartono, A.K., Day, M., Garcia, C., van Oosten, C. and Buck, L.E. (2013). Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, [online] 110(21), pp.8349–8356. doi:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1210595110.
  • Smit, H.H., Meijaard, E., van der Laan, C., Mantel, S., Budiman, A. and Verweij, P. (2013). Breaking the Link between Environmental Degradation and Oil Palm Expansion: A Method for Enabling Sustainable Oil Palm Expansion. PLoS ONE, 8(9), p.e68610. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068610.

2012

  • Davies, A.B., Ancrenaz, M., Oram, F. and Asner, G.P. (2017). Canopy structure drives orangutan habitat selection in disturbed Bornean forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(31), pp.8307–8312. doi:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706780114.
  • Law, E.A., Bryan, B.A., Meijaard, E., Thilak Mallawaarachchi, Struebig, M.J., Watts, M.E. and Wilson, K.A. (2017). Mixed policies give more options in multifunctional tropical forest landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(1), pp.51–60. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12666.
  • Morgans, C.L., Guerrero, A.M., Ancrenaz, M., Meijaard, E. and Wilson, K.A. (2017). Not more, but strategic collaboration needed to conserve Borneo’s orangutan. Global Ecology and Conservation, 11, pp.236–246. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2017.07.004.
  • Santika, T., Ancrenaz, M., Wilson, K.A., Spehar, S., Abram, N., Banes, G.L., Campbell-Smith, G., Curran, L., d’Arcy, L., Delgado, R.A., Erman, A., Goossens, B., Hartanto, H., Houghton, M., Husson, S.J., Kühl, H.S., Lackman, I., Leiman, A., Llano Sanchez, K. and Makinuddin, N. (2017a). First integrative trend analysis for a great ape species in Borneo. Scientific Reports, [online] 7(1), p.4839. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04435-9.
  • Santika, T., Meijaard, E., Budiharta, S., Law, E.A., Kusworo, A., Hutabarat, J.A., Indrawan, T.P., Struebig, M., Raharjo, S., Huda, I., Sulhani, Ekaputri, A.D., Trison, S., Stigner, M. and Wilson, K.A. (2017b). Community forest management in Indonesia: Avoided deforestation in the context of anthropogenic and climate complexities. Global Environmental Change, 46, pp.60–71. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.002.

2011

  • Goossens, B., Kapar Md, Rojanah Kahar and Ancrenaz, M. (2011). First sighting of Bornean orangutan twins in the wild. Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University).
  • Meijaard, E., Buchori, D., Hadiprakarsa, Y., Utami-Atmoko, S.S., Nurcahyo, A., Tjiu, A., Prasetyo, D., Nardiyono, Christie, L., Ancrenaz, M., Abadi, F., Antoni, I.N.G., Armayadi, D., Dinato, A., Ella, Gumelar, P., Indrawan, T.P., Kussaritano, Munajat, C. and Priyono, C.W.P. (2011). Quantifying Killing of Orangutans and Human-Orangutan Conflict in Kalimantan, Indonesia. PLoS ONE, [online] 6(11), p.e27491. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027491.
  • Meijaard, E. and Sheil, D. (2011). A Modest Proposal for Wealthy Countries to Reforest Their Land for the Common Good. Biotropica, 43(5), pp.524–528. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00802.x.

2010

  • Ancrenaz, M., Ambu, L., Sunjoto, I., Ahmad, E., Manokaran, K., Meijaard, E. and Lackman, I. (2010). Recent Surveys in the Forests of Ulu Segama Malua, Sabah, Malaysia, Show That Orang-utans (P. p. morio) Can Be Maintained in Slightly Logged Forests. PLoS ONE, 5(7), p.e11510. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011510.
  • Meijaard, E., Welsh, A., Ancrenaz, M., Wich, S., Nijman, V. and Marshall, A.J. (2010). Declining Orangutan Encounter Rates from Wallace to the Present Suggest the Species Was Once More Abundant. PLoS ONE, 5(8), p.e12042. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012042.
  • Sheil, D. and Meijaard, E. (2010). Purity and Prejudice: Deluding Ourselves About Biodiversity Conservation. Biotropica, 42(5), pp.566–568. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00687.x.
  • Wilson, K.A., Meijaard, E., Drummond, S., Grantham, H.S., Boitani, L., Catullo, G., Christie, L., Dennis, R., Dutton, I., Falcucci, A., Maiorano, L., Possingham, H.P., Rondinini, C., Turner, W.R., Venter, O. and Watts, M. (2010). Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes. Ecological Applications, 20(6), pp.1721–1732. doi:https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1051.1.
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