Joseph W Bull

Biographic Data

ID5583713
NAMEJoseph W Bull
GIVEN NAMESJoseph W
FAMILY NAMEBull
SIGNATUREBULL J W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kent
ORCID0000-0001-7337-8977
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS40
WORKS AS AUTHOR20
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Greening drylands

    Open AccessShahzoda Alikhanova, Alison Smith et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2026

    Dryland afforestation is increasingly deployed as a Nature-based Solution (NbS) for climate mitigation and ecosystem restoration, yet its long-term effectiveness remains uncertain because carbon gains may be offset by biophysical trade-offs and water limitations. Existing assessments rarely integrate carbon sequestration, surface albedo, and climate vulnerability, limiting understanding of how these processes interact to determine restoration out…

  • How England got to mandatory biodiversity net gain

    Open AccessAlice Stuart, Alan Bond et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2026References: 11

    Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is a “net outcome” planning policy which aims for development projects to leave biodiversity in a better state than before they started. Understanding the origins and history of existing mandatory BNG is necessary to understand the drivers and barriers that have influenced the policy to date and could inform the development and implementation of future BNG policies. Biodiversity net gain legislation was first discussed…

  • Becoming Nature Positive

    Marco Lambertini, Joseph W Bull et al.BOOKBecoming Nature Positive2025

    As humanity sits at an existential crossroads, this book introduces the need to build a nature-positive future to secure the functioning and stability of Earth systems essential to the survival and wellbeing of present and future human generations as well as the rest of Earth's amazing diversity of life. Alongside the change in climate, a more silent but equally terrifying crisis is unfolding: the loss of nature and biodiversity. These twin crise…

  • Biodiversity offsets perform poorly for both people and nature, but better approaches are available

    Open AccessMattia Mancini, Mattia C Mancini et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2024

    Sustainability requires that we restore biodiversity and wider ecosystem services, yet developments such as new housing inevitably cause environmental impacts. Accordingly, developers are increasingly required to resource offset projects, delivering biodiversity or wider environmental net gains. However, analyses of offsets in England show that the large majority are conducted within development sites rather than targeted toward better opportunit…

  • An inclusive, empirically grounded inventory facilitates recognition of diverse area-based conservation of nature

    Open AccessSiyu Qin, Yifan He et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2024

    As the international community strives to conserve 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030, the full extent of area-based conservation remains unclear. Official databases do not fully recognize and track the diversity of conservation-relevant governance systems, hindering conservation research, policy, planning, and action. Here, we describe and test an inclusive, empirically grounded approach to documenting area-based governance systems that pot…

  • Nature-based credit markets at a crossroads

    Open AccessTom Swinfield, Siddarth Shrikanth et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2024References: 1

  • Exploring the human-nature nexus towards effective nature-based solutions

    Open AccessShahzoda Alikhanova, E J Milner-Gulland et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2024References: 37

    Incorporating societal challenges and values into the design of locally appropriate nature-based solutions (NbS) is an integral strategy for ensuring benefits for both communities and the environment. But how are human-nature relations impacted when the environments containing resources which are valued and relied on, undergo dramatic and sustained change on decadal timescales? To explore this interplay, we selected Muynak as a case study, once a…

  • A step change needed to secure a nature-positive future—Is it in reach

    Open AccessDivya Narain, Joseph W Bull et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2022

  • Credible biodiversity offsetting needs public national registers to confirm no net loss

    Open AccessHeini Kujala, Monika Maron et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2022

    In the face of the ongoing biodiversity crisis, questions are arising regarding the success, or lack thereof, of biodiversity offset schemes, where biodiversity losses from human development are compensated by producing equitable gains elsewhere. The overarching goal of offsetting is to deliver no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity. Assessing whether offsetting does indeed deliver NNL is, however, challenging because of a lack of clear and reliable i…

  • A home for all within planetary boundaries

    Open AccessSophus zu Ermgassen, Sophus O S E zu Ermgassen et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2022Cited by: 5References: 10

    Secure housing is core to the Sustainable Development Goals and a fundamental human right. However, potential conflicts between housing and sustainability objectives remain under-researched. We explore the impact of current English government housing policy, and alternative housing strategies, on national carbon and biodiversity goals. Using material flow and land use change/biodiversity models, we estimate from 2022 to 2050 under current policy …

  • Four steps for the Earth

    Open AccessE J Milner-Gulland, Prue Addison et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2021

  • Incorporating local nature-based cultural values into biodiversity No Net Loss strategies

    Open AccessVictoria F Griffiths, Joseph W Bull et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2020Cited by: 5References: 10

  • The Role of “No Net Loss” Policies in Conserving Biodiversity Threatened by the Global Infrastructure Boom

    Open AccessSophus zu Ermgassen, Pratiwi Utamiputri et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2019

  • Net Gain

    Open AccessJulia P G Jones, Joseph W Bull et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2019

    Economic development projects are increasingly applying the mitigation hierarchy to achieve No Net Loss, or even a Net Gain, of biodiversity. Because people value biodiversity and ecosystem services, this can affect the wellbeing of local people, however these types of social impacts from development receive limited consideration. We present ethical, practical and regulatory reasons why development projects applying the mitigation hierarchy shoul…

  • Major dams and the challenge of achieving “No Net Loss” of biodiversity in the tropics

    Open AccessIsabel L Jones, Joseph W BullARTICLESustainable Development2019References: 2

    Dam construction is booming across tropical regions critical for global biodiversity and ecosystem service provision. The principle of “No Net Loss” (NNL)—under which biodiversity impacts of development projects are quantified and fully mitigated—is being increasingly applied to large infrastructure development worldwide, including dams. We discuss the impacts of major tropical dams and associated implementation of NNL policies and outline three …

  • The global extent of biodiversity offset implementation under no net loss policies

    Open AccessJoseph W Bull, Niels StrangeARTICLENature Sustainability2018Cited by: 11References: 3

  • The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy

    Open AccessMonika Maron, Susie Brownlie et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2018Cited by: 17References: 3

  • Counterintuitive Proposals for Trans-boundary Ecological Compensation Under ‘No Net Loss’ Biodiversity Policy

    Open AccessJoseph W Bull, Anna Lou Abatayo et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2017

  • Taming a Wicked Problem

    Monika Maron, Martine Maron et al.ARTICLEBioScience2016

    The rising popularity of biodiversity offsetting as a tool for balancing biodiversity losses from development with equivalent gains elsewhere has sparked debate on many fronts. The fundamental questions are the following: Is offsetting good, bad, or at least better than the status quo for biodiversity conservation outcomes, and what do we need to know to decide? We present a concise synthesis of the most contentious issues related to biodiversity…

  • Creating a frame of reference for conservation interventions

    Open AccessJoseph W Bull, Navinder J Singh et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2015Cited by: 2References: 23