David A Coomes

Biographic Data

ID5847000
NAMEDavid A Coomes
GIVEN NAMESDavid A
FAMILY NAMECoomes
SIGNATURECOOMES D A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cambridge
ORCID0000-0002-8261-2582
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Strengthening the integrity of Redd+ credits

    Open AccessE‐Ping Rau, Jeremy Holland et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2025

    The financing of tropical forest conservation projects through the sale of carbon credits remains a key opportunity to curb forest loss. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)+ projects generate carbon credits by reducing forest loss within the project area compared with a counterfactual area that faces similar pressures (known as ‘additionality’). Several methods are available for constructing counterfactuals, but co…

  • Realizing the social value of impermanent carbon credits

    Open AccessAndrew Balmford, Srinivasan Keshav et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2023

  • Enhancing the ecological value of oil palm agriculture through set-asides

    Open AccessJake Emmerson Bicknell, J R O’Hanley et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2023Cited by: 1References: 2

    Agricultural expansion is the primary driver of ecological degradation across the tropics. Set-asides—uncultivated parts of agricultural landscapes, often on steep slopes and alongside rivers—may alleviate environmental impacts but can reduce the area cultivated. Here we model an approach to configuring set-asides aimed at optimizing ecological outcomes (biodiversity, above-ground carbon storage and nutrient cycling) without reducing net cultivat…

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Open AccessWannes Hubau, Su Lin Lewis et al.ARTICLENature2020

  • Characterizing and Evaluating Integrated Landscape Initiatives

    Open AccessRachel Carmenta, David A Coomes et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020

  • Densities of Bornean orang‐utans ( Pongo pygmaeus morio ) in heavily degraded forest and oil palm plantations in Sabah, Borneo

    Open AccessDave J I Seaman, Henry Bernard et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Primatology2019

    The conversion of forest to agriculture continues to contribute to the loss and fragmentation of remaining orang‐utan habitat. There are still few published estimates of orang‐utan densities in these heavily modified agricultural areas to inform range‐wide population assessments and conservation strategies. In addition, little is known about what landscape features promote orang‐utan habitat use. Using indirect nest count methods, we implemented …

  • Changes in leaf functional traits of rainforest canopy trees associated with an El Niño event in Borneo

    Open AccessMatheus Henrique Nunes, Sabine Both et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019

    El Niño events generate periods of relatively low precipitation, low cloud cover and high temperature over the rainforests of Southeast Asia, but their impact on tree physiology remains poorly understood. Here we use remote sensing and functional trait approaches—commonly used to understand plant acclimation to environmental fluctuations—to evaluate rainforest responses to an El Niño event at a site in northern Borneo. Spaceborne measurements (i.…

  • Biodiversity Conservation

    Open AccessMichael Rands, Michael R W Rands et al.ARTICLEScience2010

    Biodiversity Convention In October 2010, the Convention on Biological Diversity will meet to assess the current condition of global biodiversity and to propose and agree on priorities for its future conservation. In this context, Rands et al. (p. 1298 ; see the News Focus section ; see the cover) review recent patterns of biodiversity conservation, highlighting successes, as well as current and future threats. They argue that biodiversity should …