Francesca Anne Ridley

Francesca Anne Ridley
Newcastle University | NCL · School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy

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Introduction
I was recently awarded my PhD from Newcastle University and started working on freshwater STAR when on placement with IUCN in autumn 2022. I am now expanding that work as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate working on the technical advancement of the Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric.
Education
September 2019 - September 2023
Newcastle University
Field of study
  • Conservation science and policy

Publications

Publications (4)
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Threat mapping is a necessary tool for identifying and abating direct threats to species in the ongoing extinction crisis. There are known gaps in the threat mapping literature for particular threats and geographic locations, and it remains unclear if the distribution of research effort is appropriately targeted relative to conservation need. We ai...
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Background Human activities are driving accelerating rates of species extinctions that continue to threaten nature’s contribution to people. Yet, the full scope of where and how human activities threaten wild species worldwide remains unclear. Furthermore, the large diversity of approaches and terminology surrounding threats and threat mapping pres...
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Background: The rate of anthropogenic biodiversity loss far exceeds the background rate of species extinctions. Global targets for biodiversity acknowledge this, nevertheless progress towards targets has been poor. There is now a reasonable understanding of what human pressures threaten the survival of species. However, information on where these t...
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Over-exploitation is a major threat to species and reported wildlife trade has quadrupled over the last four decades. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) therefore remains an important mechanism in tackling species declines. Appropriate listing of species on CITES Appendices avoids both unwarr...

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