Philip John Platts

Former affiliations

Research Fellow, Environment and Geography
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biology
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environment and Geography
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environment and Geography
Marie Curie Early Stage Res, Environment and Geography
Research Assistant, Health Sciences
PhD, Environment and Geography

Employment History

Research Associate	University of York (Biology)
Research Associate	University of Cambridge (Zoology)

Biography

Phil works on conservation science projects, mainly in Africa. He has published widely on species distributions, climate change ecology, ecosystem services and protected area effectiveness. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Climate Change Specialist Group, and he co-leads the Global LAI (Leaf Area Index) Project.

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48 Article
2 Meeting abstract
1 Chapter
1 Letter
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High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
Cuni Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M., 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. & 82 others, Bitariho, R., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., Bräuning, A., Bulonvu, F., Burgess, N. D., Calders, K., Chapman, C., Chapman, H., Comiskey, J., de Haulleville, T., Decuyper, M., DeVries, B., Dolezal, J., Droissart, V., Ewango, C., Feyera, S., Gebrekristos, A., Gereau, R. E., 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. K. E., 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, p. 536-542 7 p.
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Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas
Loveridge, R., Sallu, S. M., Pfeifer, M., Oldekop, J. A., Mgaya, M., da Silva, D., Latham, J., Platts, P. J. & Marshall, A., 24 Dec 2021, In: Conservation Letters. 14, 6, 9 p., e12831.
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Habitat availability explains variation in climate-driven range shifts across multiple taxonomic groups
Platts, P. J., Mason, S. C., Palmer, G., Hill, J. K., Oliver, T. H., Powney, G. D., Fox, R. & Thomas, C., 21 Oct 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 10 p., 15039.
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SEAMA: Improving outcomes for people and biodiversity in the South-East Africa Montane Archipelago
Platts, P. J. (Principal investigator), Thorn, J. P. R. (Co-investigator), Marchant, R. (Co-investigator) & Cuna-Sanchez, A. (Co-investigator)
Project: Research project (funded) › Internal pump-priming
Building resilience to climate shocks: improving the energy infrastructure for economic development and wellbeing in Mozambique
Thorn, J. P. R. (Co-investigator), Kirshner, J. D. (Principal investigator), Jew, E. (Principal investigator) & Platts, P. J. (Principal investigator)
Project: Research project (funded) › Internal pump-priming
New sites new discoveries in northern Mozambique
Platts, P. J. (Principal investigator), Bayliss, J. (Principal investigator) & Muianga, V. (Co-investigator)
3/11/19 → 12/11/19
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

2 Media (Press)
2 Educational (e.g. school)
1 Learned society
1 Working group

IUCN Species Survival Commission (External organisation)
Platts, P. J. (Member)
2015 → …
Activity: Membership › Working group
Hempland Primary School
Platts, P. J. (Visitor)
20 Jan 2020
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Educational (e.g. school)
‘A crisis situation’: Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique
Platts, P. J. (Interviewee)
5 Dec 2019
Activity: Other › Media (Press)

Data from: Diversity and composition of tropical butterflies along an Afromontane agricultural gradient in the Jimma Highlands, Ethiopia
Norfolk, O. (Creator), Asale, A. (Creator), Temesgen, T. (Creator), Denu, D. (Creator), Platts, P. J. (Creator), Marchant, R. (Creator) & Yewhalaw, D. (Creator), Zenodo, 27 Sept 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nc95n, https://zenodo.org/record/5006531
Dataset
Code and data for 'Human modification of land cover alters net primary productivity, species richness and their relationship' manuscript
Deng, S. (Creator), Beale, C. M. (Creator), Platts, P. (Creator) & Thomas, C. (Creator), Zenodo, 1 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10245343, https://zenodo.org10245343
Dataset
A practice-led assessment of landscape restoration potential in a biodiversity hotspot
Wills, A. (Creator), Marshall, A. (Creator), Shirima, D. (Creator), Villemaire-Côté, O. (Creator), Platts, P. (Creator), Knight, S. (Creator), Loveridge, R. (Creator), Seki, H. (Creator), Waite, C. (Creator), Munishi, P. (Creator), Lyatuu, H. (Creator), Bernal, B. (Creator) & Pfeifer, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 16 Oct 2022
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nk98sf7wr
Dataset

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Platts, P. J. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Improving outcomes for people and biodiversity in the South-East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA)
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), Platts, P. J. (Recipient) & Cuni Sanchez, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Rapid Response Learning from Cyclone Idai: Response, recovery, future risk. Mozambique
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), Kirshner, J. D. (Recipient), Jew, E. (Recipient), Marchant, R. (Recipient) & Platts, P. J. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Philip John Platts

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High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests

Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas

Habitat availability explains variation in climate-driven range shifts across multiple taxonomic groups

SEAMA: Improving outcomes for people and biodiversity in the South-East Africa Montane Archipelago

Building resilience to climate shocks: improving the energy infrastructure for economic development and wellbeing in Mozambique

New sites new discoveries in northern Mozambique

IUCN Species Survival Commission (External organisation)

Hempland Primary School

‘A crisis situation’: Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique

Data from: Diversity and composition of tropical butterflies along an Afromontane agricultural gradient in the Jimma Highlands, Ethiopia

Code and data for 'Human modification of land cover alters net primary productivity, species richness and their relationship' manuscript

A practice-led assessment of landscape restoration potential in a biodiversity hotspot

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Improving outcomes for people and biodiversity in the South-East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA)

Rapid Response Learning from Cyclone Idai: Response, recovery, future risk. Mozambique

Philip John Platts

Personal profile

Employment History

Biography

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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