Robert T Watson

Biographic Data

ID6018093
NAMERobert T Watson
GIVEN NAMESRobert T
FAMILY NAMEWatson
SIGNATUREWATSON R T
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of East Anglia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS141
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Protecting science in multilateral environmental assessments

    Open AccessPeter Alexander, Lindsay Beevers et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2025

  • Tackling the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies by making peace with nature 50 years after the Stockholm Conference

    Open AccessIvar Baste, Ivar A Baste et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2022

    Today’s increasingly unequal and resource intensive development model degrades and surpasses Earth’s finite capacity to sustain human well-being. Society must restore this capacity and adapt to it without surrendering hard won development gains while also honoring the rightful aspirations of poorer nations and people to enjoy better living standards, according to the UNEP report “Making Peace with Nature”. This article presents findings from the …

  • Post-2020 aspirations for biodiversity

    Open AccessRobert T Watson, Kaddu Sebunya et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2021

  • Assessing nature's contributions to people

    Open AccessSandra Díaz, Sandra Dı́az et al.ARTICLEScience2018

    Recognizing culture, and diverse sources of knowledge, can improve assessments

  • The social sciences and the humanities in the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (Ipbes)

    Alice B M Vadrot, Mariam Akhtar‐Schuster et al.ARTICLEInnovation The European Journal…2018Cited by: 4References: 6

  • Valuing nature’s contributions to people

    Open AccessUnai Pascual, Patricia Balvanera et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2017Cited by: 136References: 7

    Nature is perceived and valued in starkly different and oftenconflicting ways. This paper presents the rationale for theinclusive valuation of nature's contributions to people (NCP) indecision making, as well as broad methodological steps fordoing so. While developed within the context of theIntergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), this approach is more widely applicable toinitiatives at the knowledge?policy inte…

  • Bringing Ecosystem Services into Economic Decision-Making

    Open AccessIan J Bateman, Amii R Harwood et al.ARTICLEScience2013

    Monitoring Land Use Land-use decisions are based largely on agricultural market values. However, such decisions can lead to losses of ecosystem services, such as the provision of wildlife habitat or recreational space, the magnitude of which may overwhelm any market agricultural benefits. In a research project forming part of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment, Bateman et al. (p. 45 ) estimate the value of these net losses. Policies that recogn…

  • Turning science into policy

    Open AccessRobert T WatsonARTICLEPhilosophical Transactions of the…2005

    This paper discusses key issues in the science–policy interface. It stresses the importance of linking the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to the Millennium Development Goals and to issues of immediate concern to policy-makers such as the economy, security and human health. It briefly discusses the process of decision-making and how the scientific and policy communities have successfully worked together on global environmental is…

  • Environmental Threats, Mitigation Strategies and High-mountain Areas

    Robert T Watson, Wilfried HaeberliARTICLEAMBIO2004Cited by: 1References: 10