Philip J K Mcgowan

Biographic Data

ID187478
NAMEPhilip J K Mcgowan
GIVEN NAMESPhilip J K
FAMILY NAMEMcgowan
SIGNATUREMCGOWAN P J K
AFFILIATIONSNewcastle University
ORCID0000-0001-8674-7444
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS36
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Pathways for transforming biodiversity governance

    Open AccessAlan Hutchinson, Anthony R Zito et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2026References: 65

    With less than five years remaining to meet global commitments outlined in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)—to stem biodiversity loss—systemic and radical changes in biodiversity governance and management are needed. Addressing these challenges requires a fundamental and transformative shift in the way nature is valued across political, economic, and social spheres. We suggest that the GBF’s Considerations section provides…

  • Subnational assessment of threats to Indian biodiversity and habitat restoration opportunities

    Open AccessAbhishek Chaudhary, Louise Mair et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    The active involvement of subnational authorities, cities and local governments has been identified as one of the enabling conditions to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and progress towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 15 (Life on Land). However, there has not been any systematic application of any biodiversity metric at the subnational level to identify where the main…

  • Achieving international species conservation targets

    Open AccessLouise Maira, Onnie Byers et al.ARTICLEConservation and Society2021

    In 2010, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) outlined an international strategic plan, which included the twenty Aichi Biodiversity Targets to be met by 2020. Target 12 refers to preventing extinctions and halting species declines. Despite some local conservation successes, this target is not on track to be met at the global level. We aimed to understand what is needed to achieve this target according to two invested but contrasting grou…

  • Efficacy of camera traps in detecting primates in Hue Saola Nature Reserve

    Open AccessAnh Tuan Nguyen, Thanh Van Nguyen et al.ARTICLEPrimates2020

  • An imperfect vision of indivisibility in the Sustainable Development Goals

    Open AccessPhilip J K Mcgowan, Gary Stewart et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2018Cited by: 7References: 1

  • Philippine protected areas are not meeting the biodiversity coverage and management effectiveness requirements of Aichi Target 11

    Open AccessNeil Aldrin D Mallari, Nigel J Collar et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2016Cited by: 2References: 26

    Aichi Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity urges, inter alia, that nations protect at least 17 % of their land, and that protection is effective and targets areas of importance for biodiversity. Five years before reporting on Aichi targets is due, we assessed the Philippines' current protected area system for biodiversity coverage, appropriateness of management regimes and capacity to deliver protection. Although protected estate a…

  • Religious Relationships with the Environment in a Tibetan Rural Community

    Open AccessEmily Woodhouse, Martin A Mills et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2015Cited by: 12References: 30

    Representations of Green Tibetans connected to Buddhism and indigenous wisdom have been deployed by a variety of actors and persist in popular consciousness. Through interviews, participatory mapping and observation, we explored how these ideas relate to people's notions about the natural environment in a rural community on the Eastern Tibetan plateau, in Sichuan Province, China. We found people to be orienting themselves towards the environment …

  • Deconstructing Community for Conservation

    Open AccessKerry Ann Waylen, Kerry Waylen et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2013Cited by: 13References: 27

    Many conservation policies advocate engagement with local people, but conservation practice has sometimes been criticised for a simplistic understanding of communities and social context. To counter this, this paper explores social structuring and its influences on conservation-related behaviours at the site of a conservation intervention near Pipar forest, within the Seti Khola valley, Nepal. Qualitative and quantitative data from questionnaires…

  • Interactions Between a Collectivist Culture and Buddhist Teachings Influence Environmental Concerns and Behaviors in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia

    Kerry Waylen, A Fischer et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2012Cited by: 2References: 9

    In the Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, which has recently experienced dramatic and complex social changes, environmental problems include declines in wildlife, desertification, and poor water quality and availability. Qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews showed that responsibility for tackling these environmental problems was attributed to authorities. This was linked to a culture of collectivism fostered in Soviet times, whic…

  • Effect of Local Cultural Context on the Success of Community‐Based Conservation Interventions

    Open AccessKerry Waylen, Kerry A Waylen et al.ARTICLEConservation Biology2010

    Conservation interventions require evaluation to understand what factors predict success or failure. To date, there has been little systematic investigation of the effect of social and cultural context on conservation success, although a large body of literature argues it is important. We investigated whether local cultural context, particularly local institutions and the efforts of interventions to engage with this culture significantly influenc…