Selected Published Works
The Three Conditions Framework
- Three Global Conditions for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: an implementation framework. Locke, H., Ellis, E. C., Venter, O., Schuster, R., Ma, K., Shen, X., … & Paulsch, A. (2019). National Science Review, 6(6), 1080-1082.
- Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat. Garibaldi, L. A., Oddi, F. J., Miguez, F. E., Bartomeus, I., Orr, M. C., Jobbágy, E. G., … & Abramson, G. (2020). Conservation Letters, e12773.
Nature, Climate & Disease
A nature-positive world: The global goal for nature. Locke, H., Rockström, J., Bakker, P., Bapna, M., Gough, M., Hilty, J., … & Zurita, P. (2021).
People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years. Ellis, E. C., Gauthier, N., Goldewijk, K. K., Bird, R. B., Boivin, N., Díaz, S., … & Watson, J. E. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(17).
- Covid-19 Response and Recovery: Nature-Based Solutions for People, Planet and Prosperity. Global Goal for Nature Group. (2020).
- A call to action: Understanding land use-induced zoonotic spillover to protect environmental, animal, and human health. Plowright, R., Reaser, J., Locke, H., Woodley, S. J., Patz, J. A., Becker, D., … & Tabor, G. M. (2020).
- Reducing land use-induced spillover risk by fostering landscape immunity: policy priorities for conservation practitioners. Reaser, J., Hunt, B. E., Ruiz-Aravena, M., Tabor, G. M., Patz, J. A., Becker, D., … & Plowright, R. (2020).
- The nature of climate change. Locke, H., & Mackey, B. (2009). International Journal of Wilderness, 15(2), 7-14.
Nature Needs Half & 30% Protection by 2030
- Nature Needs Half: a Necessary and Hopeful Agenda for Parks and Protected Areas. Locke, H. (2014). Nature New South Wales, 58(3), 7.
- The International Movement to Protect Half the World: Origins, Scientific Foundations, and Policy Implications. Locke, H. (2018). Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences.
- Area-based conservation beyond 2020: A global survey of conservation scientists. Woodley, S., Bhola, N., Maney, C., & Locke, H. (2019). Parks, 25, 19-30.
- Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications. Waldron, A., Adams, V., Allan, J., Arnell, A., Asner, G., Atkinson, S., … & Brander, L. (2020).
- An Ecoregion Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm in Bioscience. Dinerstein, E., Olson, D., Joshi, A., Vynne, C., Burgess, N. D., Wikramanayake, E., … & Hansen, M. (2017). BioScience, 67(6), 534-545.
- Strengthening the global system of protected areas post-2020: A perspective from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. MacKinnon, K., Smith, R., Dudley, N., Figgis, P., Hockings, M., Keenleyside, K., … & Wong, M. (2020). In Parks Stewardship Forum (Vol. 36, No. 2).
- Integrating Climate, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Land Use Strategies: Innovations from China. Schmidt-Traub, G., Locke, H., Gao, J., Ouyang, Z., Adams, J., Li, L., … & Zhu, C. (2020). National Science Review.
- Bolder thinking for conservation. Noss, R.F., Dobson, A., Baldwin, R., Beier, P., DellaSala, D., Francis, J., Locke, H., Nowak, K., Lopez, R.R., Reining, C., Trombulak, S., & Tabor, G. (2012). (26)1-4. Conservation Biology.
Connectivity & Yellowstone to Yukon
Can a large-landscape conservation vision contribute to achieving biodiversity targets? Hebblewhite, M., Hilty, J. A., Williams, S., Locke, H., Chester, C., Johns, D., Kehm, G., & Francis, W. L. (2021). Conservation Science and Practice, e588.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.588
- Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors. Hilty, J., Worboys, G. L., Keeley, A., Woodley, S., Lausche, B. J., Locke, H., … & Theobald, D. M. (2020). IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Waterton-Glacier: Keystone of the Yellowstone to Yukon Corridor. Locke, H. (2017). In Stanley, D. (Ed.). The Glacier Park Reader. University of Utah and Glacier Park Conservancy.
- Water without borders?: Canada, the United States, and shared waters. (pp. 193-220). Locke, H. (2013). Flathead Valley Flashpoint. In Norman, E. S., Cohen, A., & Bakker, K. (Eds.) University of Toronto Press.
- Yellowstone to Yukon: The journey of wildlife and art. Locke, H. (2012). Fulcrum Publishing.
- Transboundary cooperation to achieve wilderness protection and large landscape conservation. Locke, H. (2011). PARKScience, 28(3), 24.
National Parks
- Canada’s conservation vision: A report of the national advisory panel. Shea, T., Woodley, A., Lindsay, K., Lounds, J., Worbets, B., St Hilaire, A., & Summer, J. (2018). Ottawa, Canada.
- “Parks Canada’s International Leadership Role on National Parks (2ed),” in National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of Canada (2017). National Geographic, Washington DC.
- Parks and Protected Areas in Canada: Planning and Management (4ed). Dearden, P., Rollins, R., & Needham, M. (Eds.), Foreword by Harvey Locke, (2016). Oxford University Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- The Magnificent Nahanni, The Struggle to Protect a Wild Place. Nelson, G. (2017). Foreword by Harvey Locke. University of Regina Press.
“Bullseye”: The Context for Human Form
- Conservation Through Connections. Locke, H. (2012). In Madhavan, G., Oakley, B., Green, D., Koon, D., & Low, P. (Eds.). Practicing sustainability. (pp. 221-226). Springer Science & Business Media.
- Green Postmodernism and the Attempted Hijacking of Conservation. Locke, H. (2014). In Keeping the Wild (pp. 146-161). Island Press, Washington, DC.
- Nature Answers Man. (pp. 36-42). Locke, H. (2013).In Policy Options. Institute for Research on Public Policy. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Alberta, Culture & Nature
- Imagine this Valley: essays and Stories Celebrating the Bow Valley (pp. 187-194). Locke, H. (2016). Banff National Park. In Legault, S. (ed.)Rocky Mountain Books.
- The Last of the Buffalo, Return to the Wild. Locke, H. (2016). Summerthought Publishing. Banff, Canada.
- “The Two Albertas”. Locke, H. (2014). The Literary Review of Canada. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
China & Ecocivilization
Integrating climate, biodiversity, and sustainable land-use strategies: innovations from China. Schmidt-Traub, G., Locke, H., Gao, J., Ouyang, Z., Adams, J., Li, L., … & Wei, F. (2021). National Science Review, 8(7), nwaa139.
One-third of lands face high conflict risk between biodiversity conservation and human activities in China. Peng, Q., Yang, R., Cao, Y., Wang, F., Hou, S., Tseng, T. H., … & Locke, H. (2021). Journal of Environmental Management, 299, 113449.
- Ecological civilization: China’s effort to build a shared future for all life on earth. Wei, F., Cui, S., Liu, N., Chang, J., Ping, X., Ma, T., … & Locke, H. (2020). National Science Review.