| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | A review of methods for the assessment of prediction errors in conservation presence/absence models | Environmental Conservation | 1997 | 5,517 |
| 2 | Riverine flood plains: present state and future trends | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 1,636 |
| 3 | Kelp forest ecosystems: biodiversity, stability, resilience and future | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 1,547 |
| 4 | Present state and future of the world's mangrove forests | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 1,464 |
| 5 | Natural and human-induced disturbance of seagrasses | Environmental Conservation | 1996 | 1,076 |
| 6 | Environmental threats and environmental future of estuaries | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 946 |
| 7 | The future of seagrass meadows | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 878 |
| 8 | Threats to the running water ecosystems of the world | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 804 |
| 9 | The Concept of Sustainable Economic Development | Environmental Conservation | 1987 | 743 |
| 10 | The Mussel Watch | Environmental Conservation | 1978 | 706 |
| 11 | Our Common Future—Call for Action | Environmental Conservation | 1987 | 655 |
| 12 | Fifty years of deforestation and forest fragmentation in Madagascar | Environmental Conservation | 2007 | 563 |
| 13 | Soybean cultivation as a threat to the environment in Brazil | Environmental Conservation | 2001 | 515 |
| 14 | Applying the ecosystem services concept to poverty alleviation: the need to disaggregate human well-being | Environmental Conservation | 2011 | 486 |
| 15 | Temperate freshwater wetlands: types, status, and threats | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 466 |
| 16 | Moving beyond panaceas: a multi-tiered diagnostic approach for social-ecological analysis | Environmental Conservation | 2010 | 454 |
| 17 | Trophic cascades in benthic marine ecosystems: lessons for fisheries and protected-area management | Environmental Conservation | 2000 | 432 |
| 18 | Rocky intertidal communities: past environmental changes, present status and predictions for the next 25 years | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 372 |
| 19 | From hope to crisis and back again? A critical history of the global CBNRM narrative | Environmental Conservation | 2010 | 359 |
| 20 | Widespread Coral Mortality and the 1982–83 El Niño Warming Event | Environmental Conservation | 1984 | 352 |
| 21 | Convention on Biological Diversity | Environmental Conservation | 1993 | 339 |
| 22 | Sandy shore ecosystems and the threats facing them: some predictions for the year 2025 | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 326 |
| 23 | Saltmarshes in a time of change | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 322 |
| 24 | Tourism, Environment, and Sustainable Development | Environmental Conservation | 1991 | 306 |
| 25 | Ecology of seed and seedling growth for conservation and restoration of tropical dry forest : a review | Environmental Conservation | 2001 | 295 |
| 26 | Ecological and socioeconomic impacts of invasive alien species in island ecosystems | Environmental Conservation | 2007 | 294 |
| 27 | Present state and future prospects for groundwater ecosystems | Environmental Conservation | 2003 | 285 |
| 28 | Devolution of environment and resources governance: trends and future | Environmental Conservation | 2010 | 282 |
| 29 | Local attitudes towards conservation and tourism around Komodo National Park, Indonesia | Environmental Conservation | 2001 | 271 |
| 30 | Integrating indigenous ecological knowledge and customary sea tenure with marine and social science for conservation of bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) in the Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands | Environmental Conservation | 2004 | 268 |
| 31 | Sustainability science: a review, an analysis and some empirical lessons | Environmental Conservation | 2011 | 268 |
| 32 | Livestock depredation by large carnivores in the Indian trans-Himalaya: conflict perceptions and conservation prospects | Environmental Conservation | 1997 | 266 |
| 33 | Tourism and Environmental Conservation: Conflict, Coexistence, or Symbiosis? | Environmental Conservation | 1976 | 263 |
| 34 | The deep-sea floor ecosystem: current status and prospects of anthropogenic change by the year 2025 | Environmental Conservation | 2003 | 260 |
| 35 | Local Communities and Protected Areas: Attitudes of Rural Residents Towards Conservation and Machalilla National Park, Ecuador | Environmental Conservation | 1995 | 259 |
| 36 | Bushmeat and food security in the Congo Basin: linkages between wildlife and people's future | Environmental Conservation | 2003 | 258 |
| 37 | The nature and role of experiential knowledge for environmental conservation | Environmental Conservation | 2006 | 253 |
| 38 | Knowledge exchange: a review and research agenda for environmental management | Environmental Conservation | 2013 | 253 |
| 39 | Environmental issues in lakes and ponds: current state and perspectives | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 247 |
| 40 | Rethinking protected area categories and the new paradigm | Environmental Conservation | 2005 | 246 |
| 41 | The future of cool temperate bogs | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 242 |
| 42 | Valuing ecosystem functions: an empirical study on the storm protection function of Bhitarkanika mangrove ecosystem, India | Environmental Conservation | 2005 | 238 |
| 43 | Spillover from marine reserves and the replenishment of fished stocks | Environmental Conservation | 2009 | 237 |
| 44 | Brazil’s new president and ‘ruralists’ threaten Amazonia’s environment, traditional peoples and the global climate | Environmental Conservation | 2019 | 235 |
| 45 | Agriculture expansion and deforestation in seasonally dry forests of north-west Argentina | Environmental Conservation | 2005 | 231 |
| 46 | Environmental threats to salt lakes and the likely status of inland saline ecosystems in 2025 | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 229 |
| 47 | Rio Declaration on Environment and Development | Environmental Conservation | 1992 | 226 |
| 48 | Impacts of birdwatching on human and avian communities | Environmental Conservation | 2002 | 221 |
| 49 | Local attitudes toward community-based conservation policy and programmes in Nepal: a case study in the Makalu-Barun Conservation Area | Environmental Conservation | 1998 | 219 |
| 50 | The impact of wildlife-related benefits on the conservation attitudes of local people around the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania | Environmental Conservation | 1999 | 214 |
