Jamie Carr

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

Governance of biodiversity change

jamie.carr@york.ac.uk 

Biography

My PhD (University of Leeds) considered how achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals can affect forests. Before this, I worked for the International Union for Conservation of Nature, leading their work on climate change impacts on species. My BSc. and MSc., both in ecology and conservation, were gained at Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East Anglia, respectively. Much of my career has had a strong focus on species conservation, but this has increasingly broadened to include matters of sustainable development and conservation policy. My position with LCAB allows me to further my own multi-disciplinary interests alongside a diverse team of researchers, who provide novel perspectives and approaches to addressing the major issues facing the world.

Research

I am interested in all aspects of environmental conservation, but my recent work has focused on how progress towards achieving the sustainable development agenda can provide enabling conditions for conserving and restoring the world’s forests. My work at LCAB is a continuation of this line of enquiry, and will seek to identify the policy and governance processes that are most conducive to achieving both biodiversity and climate change targets simultaneously, typically through the conservation of high-biodiversity, high-carbon ecosystems such as forests and wetlands.

Publication Highlights

Bowgen, K.M., Kettel, E.F., Butchart, S.H.M., Carr, J.A., Foden, W.B., Magin, G., Morecroft, M.D., Smith, R.K., Stein, B.A., Sutherland, W.J. and Thaxter, C.B. (2022). Conservation interventions can benefit species impacted by climate change. Biological Conservation, 269, p.109524.

Goettsch, B., Urquiza‐Haas, T., Koleff, P., Acevedo Gasman, F., Aguilar‐Meléndez, A., Alavez, V., Alejandre‐Iturbide, G., Aragón Cuevas, F., Azurdia Pérez, C., Carr, J.A. and Castellanos‐Morales, G. (2021). Extinction risk of Mesoamerican crop wild relatives. Plants, People, Planet, 3(6), pp.775-795.

Carr, J.A., Petrokofsky, G., Spracklen, D.V., Lewis, S.L., Roe, D., Trull, N., Vidal, A., Wicander, S., Worthington-Hill, J. and Sallu, S.M. (2021). Anticipated impacts of achieving SDG targets on forests – a review. Forest Policy and Economics, 126, p.102423.

Lee, A.T.K., Carr, J.A., Ahmad, B., Arbainsyah, Ferisa, A., Handoko, Y., Harsono, R., Graham, L.L.B., Kabangnga, L., Kurniawan, N.P, Keßler, P.J.A., Kuncoro, P., Prayunita, D., Priadiati, A., Purwanto, E., Russon, A.E., Sheil, D., Sylva, N., Wahyudi, A. and Foden, W.B. (2019). Reforesting for the climate of tomorrow: Recommendations for strengthening orangutan conservation and climate change resilience in Kutai National Park, Indonesia. Reforesting for the climate of tomorrow: recommendations for strengthening orangutan conservation and climate change resilience in Kutai National Park, Indonesia. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. viii + 70pp.

Foden, W.B., Young, B.E., Akçakaya, H.R., Garcia, R.A., Hoffmann, A.A., Stein, B.A., Thomas, C.D., Wheatley, C.J., Bickford, D., Carr, J.A., Hole, D.G., Martin, T.G, Pacifici, M., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Platts, P.J., Visconti, P., Watson, J.E.M., and Huntley, B. (2019). Climate change vulnerability assessment of species. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change, 10(1), p.e551.

Funder

• The Leverhulme Trust