Publications
2026
Nogueira, D. G., de Olivera Roque, F., Borges, J. A. R., Tomas, W. M., Mills, M., Jagadish, A., Nunes, A. V., Leimgruber, P. Legh-Smith, C., Marchini, S., Chiaravalloti, R. M. (2026). What Drives Conservation Adoption? Social Science Insights from Cattle Ranchers in the Pantanal Wetland, Brazil. Conservation Letters.
Pienkowski, T., Mills, M., Clark, M., Moombe, K., Chilufya, H., Sfyridis, A., Sze, J. S., Olsson, E., Jørgensen, A. C. S. (2026). Practical and Ethical Issues in Big Data and Machine Learning Forecasts of Zambian Community Forestry Engagement. Conservation Letters.
2025
Pienkowski, T., Clark, M., Mascia, M. B., Rivera-Hechem, M. I., Gelcich, S., Cook, C. N., Watrobska, C. M., Jagadish, A., Mills, M. (2025). Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Article in The Observer
Ferguson Irlanda, C. E., Mangubhai, S., Waqa, E., Govan, H., Jagadish, A., Lester, S. E., Mills, M., Tabunakawai-Vakalalabure, M., Tawake, A., O'Garra, T. (2025). Insights on the roles of women in effective and procedurally just environmental governance from coastal fisheries management in Fiji. Conservation Biology.
Clark, M., Gallizioli, I. T., Crowe, O., Pienkowski, T., de Wet, R., Haw, A. J., & Mills, M. (2025). Community wellbeing moderates drought adaptation in South African rangelands. Journal of Environmental Management.
Pienkowski, T., Clark, M., Jagadish, A., Albert, A., Brar, M., Breedveld, T., Chinangwa, L., Gohil, D., Irumba, D., Kanaan, R., Kicheleri, R.P., Kihumuro, P., Kiwango, W.A., Mabele, M.B., Matiku, P., Mbeyale, G., Mbuvi, M.T.E., Mugisha, A., Mwango, S., Mwanyoka, I., Nyirenda, R., Oula, G., Pétursson, J.G., Rusoke, T., Turyahabwe, N., Kazungu, M., Mandoloma, L., Meshack, C., Moombe, K.B., Moyo, F., Muposhi, V.K., Ochieng, A., Sabuhoro, E., Spenceley, A., Sulle, E., Tumusiime, D.M., Wilfred, P., Brehony, P., Damtew Assef, E. & Mills., M. (2025). Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa. Conservation Biology.
Lewis-Brown, E., Beatty, H., Davis, K., Rabearisoa, A., Ramiaramanana, J., Ewers, R.M. & Mills., M. (2025) Improvements for better scaling of locally managed marine areas. Conservation Biology.
Roxburgh, E., Mills, M., Mangubhai, S., Tawake, A., Vakalalabure, M., Govan, H., Jagadish, A. & O’Garra, T. (2025) Partner support and interactions with communities show mixed effects on governance of community-based resources. Conservation Science and Practice.
Mills, M., Touchon, M.V., Denis, E., Milligan, S., Zuffetti, Y., Ahmad, Z., Husain, Z., Shrestha Sangat, S., Gelcich, S., Lendelvo, S., Pathak, B., Tawake, A., Mascia, M.B., Nandrianina Ralaimihoatra, S., Pienkowski, T., Clark, M. & Jagadish, A. (2025) Scaling out community conservation initiatives: Experts identify economic and social benefits, compatibility with needs, and external support as key. Conservation Letters.
Joglekar, A., Jagadish, A., Jardim, C.B., Cullen, L., Souza, A., Pienkowski, T., Chiaravalloti, R.M. & Mills, M. (2025) Landholder’s engagement in restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is linked with livelihood compatibility and legal compliance. International Forestry Review.
Romero-de-Diego, C., Mills, M., Witt, B. & Dean, A. (2025) How community members engage with wildlife – a psychosocial typology with implications for policy making. Wildlife Letters.
Pienkowski, T., Sterrantino, A.F., Tedesco, A., Clark, M., Brancalion, P.H.S., Jagadish, A., Mendes, A., Pugliese de Siqueira, L. & Mills, M. (2025) Spatial predictors of landowners’ engagement in the restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. People and Nature.
2024
Clark, M., Pienkowski, T., Jagadish, A., Archibald, C.L., Gelcich, S., Govan, H., Naidoo, R., Romero-de-Diego, C., Weeks, R. & Mills, M. (2024) Forecasting adoption with epidemiological models can enable adaptively scaling out conservation. One Earth.
Pienkowski, T., Jagadish, A., Battista, W., Blaise, G.C., Christie, A.P., Clark, M., Emenyu, A.P., Joglekar, A., Nielsen, K.S., Powell, T., White, T. & Mills, M. (2024) Five lessons for avoiding failure when scaling in conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Jagadish, A., Freni-Sterrantino, A., He, Y., O’Garra, T., Gecchele, L., Mangubhai S., Govan, H., Tawake, A., Tabunakawai-Vakalalabure, M., Mascia, M.B. & Mills, M. (2024) Scaling Indigenous-led natural resource management. Global Environmental Change.
2023
O’Garra, T., Mangubhai, S., Jagadish, A., Tabunakawai-Vakalalabure, M., Tawake, A., Govan, H. & Mills, M. (2023) National-level evaluation of a community-based marine management initiative. Nature Sustainability.
Mahajan, S.L., Tanner, L., Ahmadia, G., Becker, H., DeMello, N., Fidler, R., Harborne, A.R., Jagadish, A., Mills, M., Cairney, P., Cheng, S., Fariss, B., Masuda, Y.J., Pabari, M., Tengö, M., Wyborn, C. & Glew, L. (2023) Accelerating evidence-informed decision-making in conservation implementing agencies through effective monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Biological Conservation.
2022
Shennan-Farpón, Y., Mills, M., Souza, A. & Homewood, K. (2022) The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers. People & Nature.
Lewis-Brown, E., Jennings, N., Mills, M. & Ewers, R. (2022) Comparison of carbon management and emissions of universities that did and did not adopt voluntary carbon offsets. Climate Policy.
2021
Lewis-Brown, E., Beatty, H., Davis, K., Rabearisoa, A., Ramiaramanana, J., Mascia, M.B. & Mills, M. (2021) The importance of future generations and conflict management in conservation. Conservation, Science and Practice.
Article in Imperial News
2020
Mahajan, S.L., Jagadish, A., Glew, L., Ahmadia, G., Becker, H., Fidler, R.Y., Jeha, L., Mills, M., Cox, C., DeMellow, N., Harborne, A.R., Masuda, Y.J., McKinnon, M.C., Painter, M., Wilkie, D. & Mascia M.B. (2020) A theory‐based framework for understanding the establishment, persistence, and diffusion of community‐based conservation. Conservation, Science and Practice.
Romero-de-Diego, C., Dean, A., Jagadish, A., Witt, B., Mascia, M.B. & Mills, M. (2020) Drivers of adoption and spread of wildlife management initiatives in Mexico. Conservation, Science and Practice.
2019
Mills, M., Bode, M., Mascia, M.B., Weeks, R., Gelcich, S., Dudley, N., Govan, H., Archibald, C.L., Romero-de-Diego, C., Holden, M., Biggs, D., Glew, L., Naidoo, R. & Possingham, H.P. (2019) How conservation initiatives go to scale. Nature Sustainability.
2018
Mascia, M.B. & Mills, M. (2018) When conservation goes viral: The diffusion of innovative biodiversity conservation policies and practices. Conservation Letters.