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Tom Duncan
Researcher at Charles Darwin University
Publications - 5
Citations - 746
Tom Duncan is an academic researcher from Charles Darwin University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Indigenous & Habitat fragmentation. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 377 citations.
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A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation
Stephen T. Garnett,Neil D. Burgess,Neil D. Burgess,Julia E. Fa,Julia E. Fa,Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares,Zsolt Molnár,Catherine Robinson,Catherine Robinson,James E. M. Watson,James E. M. Watson,Kerstin K. Zander,Beau J. Austin,Eduardo S. Brondizio,Neil Collier,Tom Duncan,Erle C. Ellis,Hayley M. Geyle,Micha V. Jackson,Micha V. Jackson,Harry Jonas,Pernilla Malmer,Ben McGowan,Amphone Sivongxay,Ian Leiper +24 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used publicly available geospatial resources to show that Indigenous Peoples manage or have tenure rights over at least 38 million km2 in 87 countries or politically distinct areas on all inhabited continents.
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Importance of Indigenous peoples' lands for the conservation of intact forest landscapes
Julia E. Fa,Julia E. Fa,James E. M. Watson,James E. M. Watson,Ian Leiper,Peter Potapov,Tom D. Evans,Neil D. Burgess,Neil D. Burgess,Zsolt Molnár,Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares,Tom Duncan,Stephanie Wang,Beau J. Austin,Harry Jonas,Catherine Robinson,Catherine Robinson,Pernilla Malmer,Kerstin K. Zander,Micha V. Jackson,Micha V. Jackson,Erle C. Ellis,Eduardo S. Brondizio,Stephen T. Garnett +23 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the importance of these areas for conserving the world's remaining intact forests and determined that at least 36% of IFLs are within Indigenous Peoples' lands, making these areas crucial to the mitigation action needed to avoid catastrophic climate change.
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Suitable habitat of wild Asian elephant in Western Terai of Nepal
Purushottam Sharma,Saroj Panthi,Subodh Kumar Yadav,Manoj Bhatta,Ajay Karki,Tom Duncan,Megharaj Poudel,Krishna Prasad Acharya +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that further habitat fragmentation in the study area can be reduced by avoiding the construction of new roads and connectivity between areas of existing suitable habitat can be increased through the identification and management of wildlife corridors between habitat patches.
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Influence of environmental governance regimes on the capacity of indigenous peoples to participate in conservation management
TL;DR: This article examined how the potential for local Indigenous communities to pursue their conservation objectives and the extent to which they are involved in management of significant species, cultural heritage and fire is influenced by different environmental governance regimes.
Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their hands
Stephen T. Garnett,Alvaro Fernandez-Llamazares Onrubia,Catherine Robinson,Erle C. Ellis,Hayley M. Geyle,Ian Leiper,James E. M. Watson,James E. M. Watson,John E. Fa,Kerstin K. Zander,Micha V. Jackson,Pernilla Malmer,Tom Duncan,Zsolt Molnár +13 more