About CAB Direct Environment

The CAB Direct Environment section is a thematic information resource for readers looking for research and evidence on environmental change, management and policy. It brings together material across climate change and adaptation, biodiversity and conservation, pollution and environmental quality, land use, sustainable agriculture, water resources, ecosystem resilience, sustainability, and environmental policy. The section is organised to help readers identify relevant topics, understand the scope of published material and move from an overview to the underlying evidence. For general information about the wider CAB Direct project, see /about/.

What the Environment section covers

Coverage spans environmental systems, pressures, responses and practical decision-making. Core themes include climate change and adaptation; biodiversity, conservation and ecosystem resilience; pollution and environmental quality; land use and sustainable agriculture; water resources and sustainability; and the evidence used in environmental policy. These themes may overlap because environmental questions often connect ecological processes, resource management and policy choices.

CAB Direct has historical roots in CABI scientific and bibliographic information services. CAB Direct was launched by CABI in 2003 as its own platform for CAB Abstracts. On this site, the Environment section uses a topic-based structure to help readers locate and understand research relevant to environmental questions.

How information is checked and explained

The Environment section identifies contributors by role and subject coverage and connects readers to the site-wide pages that explain editorial practice. Current editorial procedures are set out at /editorial-policy/, while the approach to assessing evidence is available at /how-we-rate-evidence/. Information about corrections is available at /corrections/, and contributor profiles can be found at /authors/.

This overview does not set a separate review interval or article-level review requirement. Readers should use the linked editorial policy and evidence pages for the current rules that apply to publication, review and correction.

The team

The Environment section is supported by authors, reviewers and editors whose profiles cover environmental science, climate science, geography, ecology, climate policy and environmental policy. The table below lists the five contributors for this section and their stated roles and start dates.

Coverage and expertise

Maya Ellison covers climate change, biodiversity, conservation, pollution, land use, sustainable agriculture, water resources and evidence-based environmental policy. Daniel Brooks covers climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, conservation, pollution, sustainable land use and environmental policy. Dr James Mitchell and Dr Olivia Bennett cover climate change, sustainability, biodiversity, conservation and environmental policy. Sophie Anderson covers climate change, conservation, ecosystem resilience, sustainability, climate adaptation, biodiversity and sustainable land use.

The supplied credentials include MSc-level training in environmental or climate science for Maya Ellison, Daniel Brooks and Sophie Anderson, and PhD-level training in environmental or climate science for Dr James Mitchell and Dr Olivia Bennett. Their listed affiliations are CAB Direct, Northfield Climate Evidence Lab, Northbridge Institute for Environmental Research, Greenhaven Climate Research Institute and Northbridge Environmental Research Centre.

Project background

CAB Direct began as a CABI platform for scientific and bibliographic information and was launched in 2003 as CABI's own platform for CAB Abstracts. The Environment section described here is focused on organising environmental topics and helping readers navigate research and evidence.

Contact

Editorial questions, correction requests and general enquiries about the Environment section can be directed through /contacts/. For author information, use /authors/. For editorial standards and evidence assessment, use /editorial-policy/ and /how-we-rate-evidence/.