Prof Simon Willcock
Professor in Environmental Geography

Affiliations
Links
- https://www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/staff/simon-willcock/en
Staff profile - https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Z3he0gEAAAAJ&hl=en
Google Scholar Profile - https://twitter.com/Simon_Willcock
Twitter profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-willcock-b24019ab/
LinkedIn profile - https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/simon-willcock/#
Mendeley profile - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Willcock2
ResearchGate profile
Contact info
Room: G18, Thoday Building
Email: s.willcock@bangor.ac.uk
Tel No: +44 (0) 1248 382 288
Twitter: @Simon_Willcock
Profiles:
Projects:
My projects focus on the interaction between people and nature, often using innovative methods (e.g. smartphones, and machine learning).
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Implementation and opportunity costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania
Fisher, B., Lewis, S. L., Burgess, N. D., Malimbwi, R. E., Munishi, P. K., Swetnam, R. D., Turner, R. K., Willcock, S. & Balmford, A., 2011, In: Nature Climate Change. 1, 3, p. 161-164 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania
Fisher, B., Turner, R. K., Burgess, N. D., Swetnam, R. D., Green, J., Green, R. E., Kajembe, G., Kulindwa, K., Lewis, S. L., Marchant, R., Marshall, A. R., Madoffe, S., Munishi, P. K. T., Morse-Jones, S., Mwakalila, S., Paavola, J., Naidoo, R., Ricketts, T., Rouget, M., Willcock, S., White, S. & Balmford, A., 1 Oct 2011, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 35, 5, p. 595-611 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The flows of nature to people, and of people to nature: applying movement concepts to ecosystem services
Dolan, R., Bullock, J., Jones, J. P. G., Athanasiadis, I., Martinez-Lopez, J. & Willcock, S., 29 May 2021, In: Land. 10, 6, 15 p., 576.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping to explore the challenges and opportunities for reconciling artisanal gem mining and biodiversity conservation
Devenish, K., Goodenough, K., Jones, J. P. G., Rakoto Ratsimba, H. & Willcock, S., Sept 2023, In: Extractive Industries and Society. 15, 28 p., 101311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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No evidence of increased forest loss from a mining rush in Madagascar’s eastern rainforests
Devenish, K., Willcock, S., Goodenough, K., Heriniaina, R., Rakotonarivo, S. & Jones, J. P. G., 6 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 46 p., 489.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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One hundred priority questions for the development of sustainable food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Devenish, A. J., Schmitter, P., Jellason, N. P., Esmail, N., Abdi, N. M., Barron, J., Chapman, A. S. A., Chausson, A. M., Chibesa, M., Reading, U., Dugan, E., Edwards, G. I., Egeru, A., Gebrehiwot, T., Griffiths, G. H., Haile, A., Hunga, H. G., Igbine, L., Jarju, O. M., Keya, F., Khalifa, M., Ledoux, W. A., Lejissa, L. T., Loupa, P., Lwanga, J., Mapedza, E. D., Marchant, R., McLoud, T., Mukuyu, P., Musah, L. M., Mwanza, M., Mwitwa, J., Neina, D., London, U., Njogo, S., Robinson, E. J. Z., Singini, W., Umar, B. B., Wesonga, F., Willcock, S., Yang, J. & Tobias, J. A., 7 Oct 2023, In: Land. 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On track to achieve No Net Loss of forest at Madagascar’s biggest mine
Devenish, K., Desbureaux, S., Willcock, S. & Jones, J. P. G., Jun 2022, In: Nature Sustainability . 5, 6, p. 498-508 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
Cuni-Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M. J. P., Platts, P. J., Lewis, S. L., Marchant, R., Imani, G., Hubau, W., Abiem, I., Adhikari, H., Albrecht, T., Altman, J., Amani, C., Aneseyee, A. B., Avitabile, V., Banin, L., Batumike, R., Bauters, M., Beeckman, H., Begne, S. K., Bennett, A. C., Bitariho, R., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., Brauning, A., Bulonvu, F., Burgess, N. D., Calders, K., Chapman, C., Chapman, H., Comiskey, J., de Haulleville, T., Decuyper, M., De Vries, B., Dolezal, J., Droissart, V., Ewango, C., Feyera, S., Gebrekristos, A., Gereau, R., Gilpin, M., Hakizimana, D., Hall, J., Hamilton, A., Hardy, O., Hart, T., Heiskanen, J., Hemp, A., Herold, M., Hiltner, U., Horak, D., Kamdem, M.-N., Kayijamahe, C., Kenfack, D., Kinyanjui, M. J., Klein, J., Lisingo, J., Lovett, J., Lung, M., Makana, J.-R., Malhi, Y., Marshall, A., Martin, E. H., Mitchard, E. T. A., Morel, A., Mukendi, J. T., Muller, T., Nchu, F., Nyirambangutse, B., Okello, J., Peh, K. S. H., Pellikka, P., Phillips, O. L., Plumptre, A., Qie, L., Rovero, F., Sainge, M. N., Schmitt, C. B., Sedlacek, O., Ngute, A. S. K., Sheil, D., Sheleme, D., Simegn, T. Y., Simo-Droissart, M., Sonké, B., Soromessa, T., Sunderland, T., Svoboda, M., Taedoumg, H., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Thomas, S. C., Timberlake, J., Tuagben, D., Umunay, P., Uzabaho, E., Verbeeck, H., Vleminckx, J., Wallin, G., Wheeler, C., Willcock, S., Woods, J. T. & Zibera, E., 25 Aug 2021, In: Nature. 596, 7873, p. 536-542 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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He says, she says: ecosystem services and gender among indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon
Cruz-Garcia, G. S., Cubillos, M. V., Torres-Vitolas, C., Harvey, C. A., Shackleton, C. M., Schreckenberg, K., Willcock, S., Navarrete-Frías, C. & Sachet, E., Jun 2019, In: Ecosystem Services. 37, 100921.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tree demographics and soil charcoal evidence of fire disturbances in an inaccessible forest atop the Mount Lico inselberg, Mozambique
Courtney Mustaphi, C., Platts, P. J., Willcock, S., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Matimele, H., Osgood, H., Muiruri, V., Gehrels, M., Bayliss, J. & Marchant, R., Jan 2025, In: Plants, People, Planet. 7, 1, p. 229-244 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regime shifts occur disproportionately faster in larger ecosystems
Cooper, G., Willcock, S. & Dearing, J., 10 Mar 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, p. 1175 1175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using a multi-lens framework for landscape decisions
Cole, B., Bradley, A., Willcock, S., Gardener, E., Allinson, E., Touza, J., Hagen-Zanker, A., Calo, A., Petrovskii, S., Yu, J. & Whelan, M., Aug 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 4, p. 1050-1071 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Making landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions.
Cole, B., Gardner, E., Willcock, S., Sarats, E., Bradley, A., Earnshaw, K., Fremantle, C., Bezant, J., Finan, J., Ziv, G. & Balzter, H., 20 Jan 2022, Landscape Decisions Report. p. 1-41 41 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: a case study of progress and challenges
Burgess, N. D., Bahane, B., Clairs, T., Danielsen, F., Dalsgaard, S., Funder, M., Hagelberg, N., Harrison, P., Haule, C., Kabalimu, K., Kilahama, F., Kilawe, E., Lewis, S. L., Lovett, J. C., Lyatuu, G., Marshall, A. R., Meshack, C., Miles, L., Milledge, S. A. H., Munishi, P. K. T., Nashanda, E., Shirima, D., Swetnam, R. D., Willcock, S., Williams, A. & Zahabu, E., 1 Jul 2010, In: Oryx. 44, 3, p. 339-351 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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REDD herrings or REDD menace: response to Beymer-Farris and Bassett
Burgess, N. D., Mwakalila, S., Munishi, P. K. T., Pfeifer, M., Willcock, S., Shirima, D., Hamidu, S., Bulenga, G. B., Rubens, J., Machano, H. & Marchant, R., 1 Oct 2013, In: Global Environmental Change. 23, 5, p. 1349-1354 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transparent and feasible uncertainty assessment adds value to applied ecosystem services modeling
Bryant, B. P., Borsuk, M. E., Oleson, K. L. L., Schulp, C. J. E. & Willcock, S., Oct 2018, In: Ecosystem Services. 33, Part B, p. 103-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deforestation since Independence: A quantitative assessment of four decades of land cover change in Malawi
Bone, R. A., Parks, K., Hudson, M., Tsirinzeni, M. & Willcock, S., 1 Dec 2016, In: Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science. p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The discovery, biodiversity and conservation of Mabu forest--the largest medium-altitude rainforest in southern Africa
Bayliss, J., Timberlake, J., Branch, W., Bruessow, C., Collins, S., Congdon, C., Curran, M., Sousa, C. D., Dowsett, R., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Fishpool, L., Harris, T., Herrmann, E., Georgiadis, S., Kopp, M., Liggitt, B., Monadjem, A., Patel, H., Ribeiro, D., Spottiswoode, C., Taylor, P., Willcock, S. & Smith, P., 1 Feb 2014, In: Oryx. 48, 2, p. 177-185 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Yeast forms dominate fungal diversity in the deep oceans
Bass, D., Howe, A., Brown, N., Barton, H., Demidova, M., Michelle, H., Li, L., Sanders, H., Watkinson, S. C., Willcock, S. & Richards, T. A., 1 Dec 2007, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274, 1629, p. 3069-3077 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interoperability for ecosystem service assessments: Why, how, who, and for whom?
Bagstad, K., Balbi, S., Adamo, G., Athanasiadis, I. N., Affinito, F., Willcock, S., Magrach, A., Hayashi, K., Harmackova, Z. V., Niamir, A., Smets, B., Buchhorn, M., Drakou, E. G., Alfieri, A., Edens, B., Morales, L. G., Vardi, A., Sanz, M.-J. & Villa, F., 1 Apr 2025, In: Ecosystem Services. 101705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understory vegetation in oil palm plantations benefits soil biodiversity and decomposition rates
Ashton-Butt, A., Aryawan, A. A. K., Hood, A. S. C., Naim, M., Purnomo, D., Suhardi, Wahyuningsih, R., Willcock, S., Poppy, G. M., Caliman, J.-P., Turner, E. C., Foster, W. A., Peh, K. S.-H. & Snaddon, J. L., 14 Dec 2018, In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 1, 10, 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Replanting of first‐cycle oil palm results in a second wave of biodiversity loss
Ashton-Butt, A., Willcock, S., Purnomo, D., Suhardi, Aryawan, A. A. K., Wahyuningsih, R., Naim, M., Poppy, G. M., Caliman, J.-P., Peh, K.S.-H. & Snaddon, J. L., Jun 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 11, p. 6433-6443 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps
Araza, A., de Bruin, S., Herold, M., Quegan, S., Labriere, N., Veiga, P. R., Avitabile, V., Santoro, M., Mitchard, E. T. A., Ryan, C. M., Phillips, O. L., Willcock, S., Verbeeck, H., Carreiras, J., Hein, L., Schelhaas, M.-J., Pascagaza, A. M. P., da Concecao Bispo, P., Laurin, G. V., Vieilledent, G., Slik, F., Wijaya, A., Lewis, S. L., Morel, A., Liang, J., Sukhdeo, H., Schepaschenko, D., Cavlovic, J., Gilani, H. & Lucas, R., Apr 2022, In: Remote Sensing of the Environment. 272, 44 p., 112917.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing and mapping cultural ecosystem services at community level in the Colombian Amazon
Angarita-Baez, J. A., Perez-Minana, E., Beltran Vargas, J. E., Ruiz Agudelo, C. A., Perez Ortiz, A., Palacios, E. & Willcock, S., Jul 2017, In: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 13, 1, p. 280-296Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review