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Dr Jacob Phelps

Senior Lecturer in Tropical Environmental Change and Policy

  1. 2010
  2. Published

    Does REDD+ threaten to recentralize forest governance?

    Phelps, J. W., Webb, E. L. & Agrawal, A., 16/04/2010, In: Science. 328, 5976, p. 312-313 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Boosting CITES

    Phelps, J. W., Webb, E. L., Bickford, D. P., Nijman, V. & Sodhi, N., 24/12/2010, In: Science. 330, 6012, p. 1752-1753 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 2013
  5. Published

    Agricultural intensification escalates future conservation costs

    Phelps, J. W., Carrasco, L. R., Webb, E. L., Koh, L. P. & Pascual, U., 7/05/2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 19, p. 7601-7606 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. 2014
  7. Published

    A framework for assessing supply-side wildlife conservation

    Phelps, J., Carrasco, L. R. & Webb, E. L., 2014, In: Conservation Biology. 28, 1, p. 244-257 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Social Equity Matters in Payments for Ecosystem Services

    Pascual, U., Phelps, J. W., Garmendia, E., Brown, K., Corbera, E., Martin, A., Gomez-Baggethun, E. & Muradian, R., 1/11/2014, In: Bioscience. 64, 11, p. 1027-1036 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2015
  10. Published

    Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in the face of external biophysical stressors

    Friess, D. A., Phelps, J., Garmendia, E. & Gómez-Baggethun, E., 2015, In: Global Environmental Change. 30, p. 31-42 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    “Invisible” wildlife trades: Southeast Asia’s undocumented illegal trade in wild ornamental plants

    Phelps, J. W. & Webb, E. L., 1/06/2015, In: Biological Conservation. 186, p. 296-305 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Trans-Pacific Partnership: Add conservation to US trade agreement

    Phelps, J., 22/07/2015, In: Nature. 523, 410, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  13. Published

    Environmental liability: A missing use for ecosystem services valuation

    Phelps, J., Adaire Jones, C., Pendergrass, J. A. & Gomez-Baggethun, E., 29/09/2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 39, 1 p., E5379.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  14. 2016
  15. Published

    Tools and terms for understanding illegal wildlife trade

    Phelps, J. W., Biggs, D. & Webb, E. L., 1/11/2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14, 9, p. 479-489 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Dimensi manusia pada kebakaran lahan gambut: Menentukan perspektif pemangku kepentingan dalam berbagai skala

    Carmenta, R., Zabala, A. & Phelps, J., 1/12/2016, In: Lestari. 1, 1, p. 74-89 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  17. 2017
  18. Published

    Denial of long‐term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Phelps, J. W. & Pangala, S. R., 03/2017, In: Global Change Biology. 23, 3, p. 977-982 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetter

  19. Published

    Institutionalizing environmental valuation into policy: lessons from 7 Indonesian agencies

    Phelps, J., Dermawan, A. & Garmendia, E., 03/2017, In: Global Environmental Change. 43, p. 15-25 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    From poachers to protectors: engaging local communities in solutions to illegal wildlife trade

    Cooney, R., Roe, D., Dublin, H., Phelps, J. W., Wilkie, D., Keane, A., Travers, H., Skinner, D., Challender, D. W. S. & Allan, J. R., 05/2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 3, p. 367-374 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Off-stage ecosystem service burdens: a blind spot for global sustainability

    Phelps, J. W., 21/06/2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 7, 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Perceptions across scales of governance and the Indonesian peatland fires

    Carmenta, R., Zabala, A., Daeli, W. & Phelps, J., 09/2017, In: Global Environmental Change. 46, p. 50-59 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Political transition and emergent forest‐conservation issues in Myanmar

    Prescott, G. W. & Phelps, J., 1/12/2017, In: Conservation Biology. 31, 6, p. 1257-1270 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Breaking the deadlock on ivory

    Biggs, D. & Phelps, J. W., 15/12/2017, In: Science. 358, 6369, p. 1378-1381 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 2018
  26. Published

    Evidence to Action: Research to Address Illegal Wildlife Trade

    Milner-Gulland, E. J., Cugniere, L., Hinsley, A., Phelps, J., Rolfe, M. T. S. & Verissimo, D., 4/09/2018, SocArxiv, 8 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  27. 2019
  28. Published

    Liability for Environmental Harm as a Response to the Anthropocene

    Phelps, J., Adaire Jones, C. & Pendergrass, J. A., 2019, Charting Environmental Law Futures in the Anthropocene. Lim, M. (ed.). Springer, p. 171-180 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  29. Published

    The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance

    Morrison, T. H., Adger, W. N., Brown, K., Lemos, M. C., Huitema, D., Phelps, J., Evans, L., Cohen, P., Song, A. M., Turner, R., Quinn, T. & Hughes, T. P., 1/07/2019, In: Global Environmental Change. 57, 8 p., 101934.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Illegal wildlife trade and the persistence of plant blindness

    Margulies, J. D., Bullough, L-A., Hinsley, A., Ingram, D. J., Cowell, C., Goettsch, B., Klitgard, B. B., Lavorgna, A., Sinovas, P. & Phelps, J. W., 30/07/2019, In: Plants, People, Planet. 1, 3, p. 173-182 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 2020
  32. Published

    Characterising policy responses to complex socio-ecological problems: 60 fire management interventions in Indonesian peatlands

    Jefferson, U., Carmenta, R., Daeli, W. & Phelps, J., 31/01/2020, In: Global Environmental Change. 60, 10 p., 102027.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Conservation enforcement: Insights from people incarcerated for wildlife crimes in Nepal

    Paudel, K., Potter, G. & Phelps, J., 1/02/2020, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 2, 2, 11 p., e137.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. 2021
  35. Published
  36. Published

    Evaluating bundles of interventions to prevent peat-fires in Indonesia

    Carmenta, R., Zabala, A., Trihadmojo, B., Gaveau, D. L. A., Salim, M. A. & Phelps, J., 28/02/2021, In: Global Environmental Change. 67, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Motivations for the use and consumption of wildlife products

    Thomas-Walters, L., Hinsley, A., Bergin, D., Burgess, G., Doughty, H., Eppel, S., MacFarlane, D., Meijer, W., Lee, T. M., Phelps, J., Smith, R. J., Wan, A. K. Y. & Verissimo, D., 30/04/2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 2, p. 483-491 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. E-pub ahead of print

    Building a global taxonomy of wildlife offences

    Pascual, M., Wingard, J., Bhatri, N., Rydannykh, A. & Phelps, J., 24/06/2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Conservation Biology. 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Disentangling ecosystem services preferences and values

    Schutter, M. S., Hicks, C. C., Phelps, J. & Belmont, C., 31/10/2021, In: World Development. 146, 11 p., 105621.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Experts and resource users split over solutions to peatland fires

    Phelps, J., Zabala, A., Daeli, W. & Carmenta, R., 31/10/2021, In: World Development. 146, 11 p., 105594.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    The blue economy as a boundary object for hegemony across scales

    Schutter, M. S., Hicks, C. C., Phelps, J. & Waterton, C., 31/10/2021, In: Marine Policy. 132, 8 p., 104673.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Environmental liability litigation could remedy biodiversity loss

    Phelps, J., Aravind, S., Cheyne, S., Dabrowski Pedrini, I., Fajrini, R., Jones, C. A., Lees, A. C., Mance, A., Nagara, G., Nugraha, T. P., Pendergrass, J., Purnamasari, U., Rodriguez, M., Saputra, R., Sharp, S. P., Sokolowki, A. & Webb, E. L., 30/11/2021, In: Conservation Letters. 14, 6, 15 p., e12821.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    The importance of conserving Mexico's tomato agrodiversity to research plant biochemistry under different climates

    Sandoval-Ceballos, M. G., Kalungwana, N. A., Griffin, J. H. C., Martínez-Guerra, G., Ramírez-Ramírez, I., Maldonado-Peralta, R., Marshall, L., Bosch, C., Cruz-Huerta, N., Gonzalez-Santos, R., León, P., Chávez-Servia, J. L., González-Hernández, V. A., Phelps, J. & Toledo-Ortiz, G., 30/11/2021, In: Plants, People, Planet. 3, 6, p. 703-709 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Building a global taxonomy of wildlife offenses

    Pascual, M., Wingard, J., Bhatri, N., Rydannykh, A. & Phelps, J., 31/12/2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 6, p. 1903-1912 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. 2022
  46. Published

    Poacher pays? Judges’ liability decisions in a mock trial about environmental harm caused by illegal wildlife trade

    Fajrini, R., Nichols, R. M. & Phelps, J., 28/02/2022, In: Biological Conservation. 266, 9 p., 109445.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A grand challenge of the Minamata Convention

    Prescott, G. W., Baird, M., Geenen, S., Nkuba, B., Phelps, J. & Webb, E. L., 18/03/2022, In: One Earth. 5, 3, p. 242-251 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Understanding Singapore's dynamic parrot trade ecosystem

    Jain, A., Aloysius, S. L. M., Lim, H., Plowden, T., Yong, D. L., Lee, J. G. & Phelps, J., 31/03/2022, In: ORYX. 56, 2, p. 184-194 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. 2023
  50. Published

    Unlocking “lock-in” and path dependency: A review across disciplines and socio-environmental contexts

    Goldstein, J. E., Neimark, B., Garvey, B. & Phelps, J., 31/01/2023, In: World Development. 161, 15 p., 106116.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Wild orchids: A framework for identifying and improving sustainable harvest

    Ticktin, T., Charitonidou, M., Douglas, J., Halley, J. M., Hernández-Apolinar, M., Liu, H., Mondragón, D., Pérez-García, E. A., Tremblay, R. L. & Phelps, J., 31/01/2023, In: Biological Conservation. 277, 14 p., 109816.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Making sense of domestic wildlife and CITES legislation: The example of Nepal's orchids

    Bashyal, R., Paudel, K., Hinsley, A. & Phelps, J., 30/04/2023, In: Biological Conservation. 280, 11 p., 109951.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Governance principles for the wildlife trade to reduce spillover and pandemic risk

    Biggs, D., Peel, A. J., Astaras, C., Braczkowski, A., Cheung, H., Choi, C-Y., Orume, R. D., Cáceres-Escobar, H., Phelps, J., Plowright, R. K., Rooyen, J., Velden, J. & McCallum, H., 31/05/2023, In: CABI One Health. 2023, 11 p., 1.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    What is 'wildlife'? Legal definitions that matter to conservation

    Tian, M., Potter, G. & Phelps, J., 30/11/2023, In: Biological Conservation. 287, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. 2024
  56. E-pub ahead of print

    Last stand: Application of a criteria-based framework to inform conservation of a critically threatened tropical lowland forest fragment

    Webb, E. L., Lalogafu’afu’a, A. I., Mekuli, O., Olo, E., Phelps, J., Taisegi, L., Taua, N., Tualaulelei, A., Vaito'a, J., Jamaludin, J. & Miles, A. C., 30/06/2024, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 51, e02871.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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