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Harko Koster
Researcher at World Wide Fund for Nature
Publications - 3
Citations - 390
Harko Koster is an academic researcher from World Wide Fund for Nature. The author has contributed to research in topics: Conservation psychology. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 322 citations.
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Reducing the global environmental impacts of rapid infrastructure expansion
William F. Laurance,Anna Peletier-Jellema,Bart Geenen,Harko Koster,Pita A. Verweij,Pitou Van Dijck,Thomas E. Lovejoy,Judith Schleicher,Marijke van Kuijk +8 more
TL;DR: Nine issues that should be considered by project proponents to better evaluate and limit the environmental risks of such developments are highlighted.
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Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners
William F. Laurance,Harko Koster,Monique Grooten,Anthony B. Anderson,Pieter A. Zuidema,Steve Zwick,Roderick Zagt,Anthony J. Lynam,Matthew Linkie,Niels P. R. Anten +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that research conducted by academic conservation scientists actually makes surprisingly few direct contributions to environmental conservation, and illustrate how researchers can increase the utility and impact of their scientific findings for real-world conservation, using examples of pressing environmental challenges.
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Conservation Science and Practice Must Engage With the Realities of Complex Tropical Landscapes
Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono,Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono,Frans Bongers,René G. A. Boot,René G. A. Boot,Jerry van Dijk,Helen Jeans,Marijke van Kuijk,Harko Koster,James Reed,James Reed,Jeffrey Sayer,Jeffrey Sayer,Terry Sunderland,Terry Sunderland,Terry Sunderland,Esther Turnhout,Josh van Vianen,Pieter A. Zuidema,Pieter A. Zuidema +19 more
TL;DR: There is a growing disconnect between the international conferences where grand solutions for tropical conservation are designed and the complex local realities in tropical landscapes where plans need to be implemented as discussed by the authors, and there is a tendency for global processes to prescribe simple generalized solutions that provide good sound bites that can be communicated with political actors and the media.