Shannon Noelle Rivera

Focused on the  Intersections of Conservation 
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​​​SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

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Rivera S.N., Joanny L., Vique, I., Middleton R., Verissimo, D. (2024).  Assessing the risk of overexploitation to a tarantula species in the pet trade. Conservation Biology.  Volume 38, Issue 5: Special Issue: Beyond Charismatic Megafauna in Illegal Wildlife Trade
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14362
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​​​​Rivera, S.N., Knight, A., McCulloch S.P. (2021). Surviving the Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Reforming the ‘Disposal’ of Confiscated Live Animals under CITES. Animals. 11(2), 439. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020439

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Rivera, S. N., Fortini, L. B., Plentovich, S., & Price, M. R. (2021). Perceived Barriers to the Use of Assisted Colonization for Climate Sensitive Species in the Hawaiian Islands. Environmental Management, 1-11. ​https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01491-w

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Ayambire, R., Rytwinski, T., Taylor, J., Luizza, M., Muir, M., Cadet, C., Armitage, D., Bennett, N. J., Brooks, J., Cheng, S., Martinez, J., Nagendran, M., Öckerman, S., Rivera, S.N., et al...(2024). Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes.  Conservation Biology. Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue
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My Research:


MEDIA PUBLICATIONS

​Rivera, 2024. MENTOR-Bat Workshop in Indonesia Marks Step Forward in Evidence-Based Global Bat Conservation. USFWS Blog. | https://bit.ly/usfwsbatblog

Rivera, 2024. USFWS Division of International Conservation is 1st government program to become an Evidence Champion. ConservationEvidence Blog | https://bit.ly/coneviblog

Rivera, 2024. Doing more of what works. USFWS Blog. | www.fws.gov/story/doing-more-what-works

Rivera, S.N. 2024. Governance matters for conservation, but are we measuring its true impact? USFWS Blog. | https://bit.ly/USFWSgovernance
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Rivera, S.N. 2018. ​The Dark Side of Sun Care: Hawaiʻi makes landmark decision to ban coral-harming suncreens. Pacfiic Edge Magazine. Volume 13:3 pp. 42-43. 

Rivera, S.N. 2018. The Bright Side: Success stories from the past year of conservation in Hawaiʻi. Green Magazine Hawaiʻi Volume 10:2 pp. 32-33. Summer 2018.

Rivera, S.N. 2018. Ideas on how to tackle corruption in the international conservation community. International Fund for Animal Welfare online publication

Rivera, S.N. 2018. Playing Politics with Animals: Corruption in CITES and the International Wildlife Trade. International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) online publication 28 Feb 2018. 

Rivera, S.N. 2018. Good Things Come in Trees. Green Magazine Hawaiʻi Volume 10:1 pp. 45. 2018 Spring Issue.

Rivera, S.N. 2018. Conservation: In Layman’s Terms. Green Magazine Hawaiʻi Volume 10:1 pp. 48. 2018 Spring Issue.

Rivera, S.N. 2017. Hawai‘i, a Vacation Conservation Destination. Ka Leo O Issue 12, Volume 112. pp.8. 

Rivera, S.N. 2017. 10 Things you Should Know about the Society for Conservation Biology and its Hawai‘i Chapter. Ka Leo O Issue 12, Volume 112. pp.9.



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"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand;
and 
we will understand only what we are taught
." ​-Baba Dioum
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