Books
Dovers, S., Hussey, K. & S. Clement. (2024) Environment and sustainability: a policy handbook (3rd Edition). Alexandria: Federation Press.
Clement, S. (2021) Governing the Anthropocene: novel Ecosystems, transformation, and environmental policy. London: Palgrave Macmilllan.
Journal Articles
Cannon, P & Clement S (2025). Why Do we Burn? Examining arguments about the use of prescribed burning to manage wildfire risk. People and Nature, accepted.
Mell, I, Meerow, S, Clement, S, Matsler, M, and Pavao-Zuckerman, M. (2025). Editorial: Green infrastructure: Evolution and current state. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 111, 128751. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128751
Xu, Q, Qu, B, Zhao, P, Clement, S, Shi, Y, Jordan, K P, Li, L and Chen, Y. (2025). Temporal species stability underpins the link between biodiversity and human health. Environmental Research, p.121728. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121728
Palmer, A, Riley, M, Clement, S, Evans, K, Brockett, B and Opara, V (2025). In and out of place: diverse experiences and perceived exclusion in UK greenspace settings. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 8(2), 742-769, doi: 10.1177/25148486251316124
Duggan, J, Cvitanovic, C, van Putten, I, and Clement, S (2025). A heuristic for integrating Sense of Place into ocean governance. Ocean and Society, forthcoming
Duggan, J, Clement, S, Cvitanovic, C, and van Putten, I. (2024). Incorporating sense of place into the management of social-ecological systems: The researchers’ perspectives. PLoS One, 19(9), e0308726, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308726
Duggan, J, Clement, S, Cvitanovic, C, and van Putten, I. (2024). Incorporating sense of place into the management of marine protected areas: A case study from New South Wales, Australia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 258, 107417, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107417
Alberto, R P, Teano, J A, Paz-Alberto, A M, Tangonan, M A B, Villamar, H J E, Clement, S, and Montagnes, D J S. (2024). Impacts of climate change on mangrove subsistence fisheries: A global review. Marine Life Science Technology, 6(4), 610-633, doi: 10.1007/s42995-024-00231-3
Clement, S, Garmestani, A, Beckwith, J A, and Cannon, P J. (2024). To burn or not to burn: Governance of wildfires in Australia. Ecology and Society, 29(1), 8, doi: 10.5751/ES-14801-290108
Croeser, T, Clement, S, Fernandez, M, Garrard, G E, Mell, I C, and Bekessy, S A. (2024). Action research for transformative change. Sustainability Science, 19, 665-670, doi: 10.5751/ES-14801-290108
Clement, S, Jozaei, J, Mitchell, M, Allen, C R, and Garmestani, A S. (2024). How resilience is framed matters for governance of coastal social-ecological systems. Environmental Policy & Governance, 34(1), 65-76, doi: 10.1002/eet.2056
Clement, S, Standish, R J, and Kennedy, P L. (2023). Expert preferences on options for biodiversity conservation under climate change. Global Environmental Change, 83, 102759, doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102759
Mell, I C, Clement, S, and O’Sullivan, F. (2023). Mainstreaming nature-based solutions in city planning: Examining scale, focus, and visibility as drivers of intervention success in Liverpool, UK. Land, 12(7), 1371, doi: 10.3390/land12071371
Palmer, A K, Riley, M, Brockett, B F T, Evans, K L, Jones, L, and Clement, S. (2023). Towards an understanding of quality and inclusivity in human-environment experiences. Geography Compass, 17(10), e12723, doi: 10.1111/gec3.12723
Chen, Y, Zhao, P, Xu, Q, Qu, B, Li, D, Clement, S, and Li, L. (2023). Relating biodiversity with health disparities of human population: An ecological study across the United States. One Health, 16, 100548, doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100548
Clement, S. (2022). Knowledge governance for the Anthropocene: Pluralism, populism, and decision-making. Global Policy Studies, 13(3), 11-23, doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.13148
Mell, I C, Clement, S, and O’Sullivan, F. (2022). Engineering Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) – examining the barriers to effective intervention. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Engineering Sustainability, 175(5), 236-247, doi: 10.1680/jensu.21.00033
Mell, I C, Clement, S, Staples, J, Nolan, P, Olver, C, and O’Sullivan, F. (2022). Urban nature-based solutions – policy, practice and overcoming barriers to investment. Town and Country Planning, Sept-Oct 2022, 334-342, https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3166602
Hunter, R, Rodgers, S E, Hilton, J, Clarke, M, Garcia, L, Ward Thompson, C, Geary, R, Green, M A, O’Neill, C, Longo, A, Lovell, R, Nurse, A, Wheeler, B W, Clement, S, and Jepson, R. (2022). GroundsWell: Community-engaged and data-informed systems transformation of urban green and blue space for population health – a new initiative. Wellcome Open Research, 7, 237, doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18175.1
Croeser, T, Garrard, G E, Thomas, F M, Tran, T D, Mell, I C, Clement, S, Sánchez, R, and Bekessy, S. (2021). Diagnosing delivery capabilities on a large international nature-based solutions project. Nature Urban Sustainability, 1, 32, doi: 10.1038/s42949-021-00036-8
Wyborn, C, Montana, J, Kalas, N, Clement, S, Davila, F, Knowles, N, Wood, S, and Ryan, M. (2021). An agenda for research and action towards diverse and just futures for life on Earth. Conservation Biology, 35(4), 1086-1097, doi: 10.1111/cobi.13671
Clement, S, Guerrero Gonzalez, A, and Wyborn, C. (2020). Understanding effectiveness in its broader context: Methodologies for evaluating collaborative conservation governance. Society & Natural Resources, 33(4), 462-483, doi: 10.1080/08941920.2018.1556761
O’Sullivan, F, Mell, I C, and Clement, S. (2020). Novel solutions or rebranded approaches: Evaluating the use of nature-based solutions (NBS) in Europe. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2(53), doi: 10.3389/frsc.2020.572527
Clement, S, and Fischer, T B. (2020). Editorial for special issue on green infrastructure and urban green space planning. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 38(6), 447–448, doi: 10.1080/14615517.2020.1847473
Mell, I C, and Clement, S. (2020). Progressing green infrastructure planning: Understanding its scalar, temporal, geo-spatial and disciplinary evolution. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 38(6), 449-463, doi: 10.1080/14615517.2019.1617517
Jozaei, J, Clement, S, and Mitchell, M. (2019). Using resilience thinking to improve governance responses to complexity and uncertainty in coastal areas. Journal of Environmental Management, 253, 109662, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109662
Mell, I C, and Clement, S. (2019). Rethinking urban nature: The rise and value of nature-based solutions (NBS) in Europe. Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning, 6, 31, doi: 10.7275/0n91-xq04
Clement, S, and Standish, R. (2018). Novel ecosystems: Governance and conservation in the age of the Anthropocene. Journal of Environmental Management, 208, 36-45, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.12.013
Fischer, T B, Fawcett, P, Nowacki, J, Clement, S, Hayes, S, and Jha-Thakur, U. (2018). Consideration of urban green space in impact assessments for health. Impact Assessment & Project Appraisal, 36, 22-44, doi: 10.1080/14615517.2017.1364021
Tully, M P, Bozentko, K, Clement, S, Hunn, A, Hassan, L, Norris, R, Oswald, M, and Peek, N. (2018). Investigating the extent to which patients should control access to patient records for research: A deliberative process using citizens’ juries. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(3), doi: 10.2196/jmir.7763
Clement, S, Moore, S A, Lockwood, M, and Mitchell, M. (2017). Fit-for-purpose institutions? An evaluation of biodiversity conservation in an agricultural landscape. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 19(2), 135-155, doi: 10.1080/1523908X.2016.1162708
Mitchell, M, Moore, S A, Clement, S, Lockwood, M, Anderson, G, Gaynor, S M, Norman, B, and Lefroy, E C. (2017). Biodiversity on the brink: Evaluating a transdisciplinary research collaboration. Journal for Nature Conservation, 40, 1-11, doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2017.08.002
Clement, S, Moore, S A, Lockwood, M, and Morrison, T. (2016). A diagnostic framework for biodiversity institutions. Pacific Conservation Biology, 21(4), 277-290, doi: 10.1071/PC15032
Clement, S, Moore, S A, and Lockwood, M. (2016). Letting the managers manage: Analyzing capacity to conserve biodiversity in a cross-border protected area network. Ecology and Society, 21(3), 39, doi: 10.5751/ES-08171-210339
Mitchell, M, Lockwood, M, Moore, S A, Clement, S, Gilfedder, L, and Anderson, G. (2016). Using scenario planning to assess governance reforms for enhancing biodiversity outcomes. Land Use Policy, 50, 559–572, doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.10.020
Mitchell, M, Lockwood, M, Moore, S A, and Clement, S. (2016). Building systems-based scenario narratives for novel biodiversity futures in an agricultural landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning, 145, 45-56, doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.09.003
Clement, S, Moore, S A, and Lockwood, M. (2015). Authority, responsibility and process in Australian biodiversity policy. Environment and Planning Law Journal, 32(2), 93-114
Clement, S, Moore, S A, and Lockwood, M. (2015). Using insights from pragmatism to develop reforms that strengthen institutional competence for conserving biodiversity. Policy Sciences, 48(4), 463-489, doi: 10.1007/s11077-015-9222-0
Mitchell, M, Lockwood, M, Moore, S A, and Clement, S. (2015). Scenario analysis for biodiversity conservation: A social-ecological system approach in the Australian Alps. Journal of Environmental Management, 150, 69-80, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.11.013
Mitchell, M, Lockwood, M, Moore, S A, and Clement, S. (2014). Incorporating governance influences into social-ecological system models: A case study involving biodiversity conservation. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58(11), 1903-1922, doi: 10.1080/09640568.2014.967387
Lockwood, M, Mitchell, M, Moore, S A, and Clement, S. (2014). Biodiversity governance and social-ecological system dynamics: Transformation in the Australian Alps. Ecology and Society, 19(2), 13, doi: 10.5751/ES-06393-190213
Chapters
Clement, S and Mell, I C (2023). ‘Nature, Democracy, and Sustainable Urban Transformations’ in: Sustainability Transformations, Social Transitions and Environmental Accountabilities. Edmondson, B (ed). Palgrave MacMillan, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-18268-6_4
Mell, I C, Clement, S, O’Sullivan, F, Staples, J, Derbyshire, C, Nolan, P, Olver, C, and Shackel, S (2023). ‘Learning from experience: reflections on the delivery of Nature-Based Solutions as part of a multi-partner collaborative project’ in: Sustainable Urban Transitions: Research, Policy, and Practice. Allam, Z (ed). Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-2695-4_23
Clement, S (2021). ‘Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Biodiversity’ in: Nature-Based Solutions for More Sustainable Cities – A Framework Approach for Planning and Evaluation. Croci, E, and Lucchitta, B (eds). Emerald Publishing, doi: 10.1108/978-1-80043-636-720211004
Clement, S (2020). ‘Culture, conservation, and the Anthropocene’ in: Seeds of Change: Provocations for a New Research Agenda. Wyborn, C, Kalas, N, and Rust, N (eds). Luc Hoffman Institute, doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22170.59848/3
Dr Sarah Clement Associate Professor Australian National University 
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