Dr. Chuck Cannon, along with Drs. CAO Min, CHEN Jin, and Rhett HARRISON, were among the long list of co-authors that contributed to a global study of the status and effectiveness of protected areas in the tropics.  The lead author was Dr. William Laurance at James Cook University.  The article was entitled “Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas” and numerous news stories reported on the findings.

direct link to article: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11318.html

news stories: http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/what-if-noahs-ark-had-sunk-biodiversity-collapse.html

http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0725-hance-tropical-parks-biodiversity.html