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Philippe Le Billon
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Latest papers
Casting light on the workings of illegal fishing markets.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026 · first author
Environmental Bridgebuilding: Connecting People Through Nature Conservation. The Example of the Barn Owl.
Ecology and evolution · 2026
Fish crimes in the global oceans.
Science advances · 2022 · senior author
Latest funding
- $199,850
Fishy crimes: Partnering to improve small-scale fishers livelihoods
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $1,864,095
The hidden costs of supply chains: a global investigation
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
- $625,538
The hidden costs of supply chains: a global investigation
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
Casting light on the workings of illegal fishing markets.
Le Billon P, Ladefoged Z, Sumaila UR
Environmental Bridgebuilding: Connecting People Through Nature Conservation. The Example of the Barn Owl.
Mohr C, Le Billon P, Leshem Y, Bontzorlos V, Roulin A
Fish crimes in the global oceans.
Belhabib D, Le Billon P
Ocean sustainability for all requires deeper behavioural research.
Belhabib D, Le Billon P, Bennett NJ
WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies.
Sumaila UR, Skerritt DJ, Schuhbauer A, Villasante S, Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Sinan H, Burnside D, Abdallah PR, Abe K, Addo KA, Adelsheim J, Adewumi IJ, Adeyemo OK, Adger N, Adotey J, Advani S, Afrin Z, Aheto D, Akintola SL, Akpalu W, Alam L, Alava JJ, Allison EH, Amon DJ, Anderies JM, Anderson CM, Andrews E, Angelini R, Anna Z, Antweiler W, Arizi EK, Armitage D, Arthur RI, Asare N, Asche F, Asiedu B, Asuquo F, Badmus L, Bailey M, Ban N, Barbier EB, Barley S, Barnes C, Barrett S, Basurto X, Belhabib D, Bennett E, Bennett NJ, Benzaken D, Blasiak R, Bohorquez JJ, Bordehore C, Bornarel V, Boyd DR, Breitburg D, Brooks C, Brotz L, Campbell D, Cannon S, Cao L, Cardenas Campo JC, Carpenter S, Carpenter G, Carson RT, Carvalho AR, Castrejón M, Caveen AJ, Chabi MN, Chan KMA, Chapin FS, Charles T, Cheung W, Christensen V, Chuku EO, Church T, Clark C, Clarke TM, Cojocaru AL, Copeland B, Crawford B, Crépin AS, Crowder LB, Cury P, Cutting AN, Daily GC, Da-Rocha JM, Das A, de la Puente S, de Zeeuw A, Deikumah SKS, Deith M, Dewitte B, Doubleday N, Duarte CM, Dulvy NK, Eddy T, Efford M, Ehrlich PR, Elsler LG, Fakoya KA, Falaye AE, Fanzo J, Fitzsimmons C, Flaaten O, Florko KRN, Aviles MF, Folke C, Forrest A, Freeman P, Freire KMF, Froese R, Frölicher TL, Gallagher A, Garcon V, Gasalla MA, Gephart JA, Gibbons M, Gillespie K, Giron-Nava A, Gjerde K, Glaser S, Golden C, Gordon L, Govan H, Gryba R, Halpern BS, Hanich Q, Hara M, Harley CDG, Harper S, Harte M, Helm R, Hendrix C, Hicks CC, Hood L, Hoover C, Hopewell K, Horta E Costa BB, Houghton JDR, Iitembu JA, Isaacs M, Isahaku S, Ishimura G, Islam M, Issifu I, Jackson J, Jacquet J, Jensen OP, Ramon JJ, Jin X, Jonah A, Jouffray JB, Juniper SK, Jusoh S, Kadagi I, Kaeriyama M, Kaiser MJ, Kaiser BA, Kakujaha-Matundu O, Karuaihe ST, Karumba M, Kemmerly JD, Khan AS, Kimani P, Kleisner K, Knowlton N, Kotowicz D, Kurien J, Kwong LE, Lade S, Laffoley D, Lam ME, Lam VWL, Lange GM, Latif MT, Le Billon P, Le Brenne V, Le Manach F, Levin SA, Levin L, Limburg KE, List J, Lombard AT, Lopes PFM, Lotze HK, Mallory TG, Mangar RS, Marszalec D, Mattah P, Mayorga J, McAusland C, McCauley DJ, McLean J, McMullen K, Meere F, Mejaes A, Melnychuk M, Mendo J, Micheli F, Millage K, Miller D, Mohamed KS, Mohammed E, Mokhtar M, Morgan L, Muawanah U, Munro GR, Murray G, Mustafa S, Nayak P, Newell D, Nguyen T, Noack F, Nor AM, Nunoo FKE, Obura D, Okey T, Okyere I, Onyango P, Oostdijk M, Orlov P, Österblom H, Owens D, Owens T, Oyinlola M, Pacoureau N, Pakhomov E, Abrantes JP, Pascual U, Paulmier A, Pauly D, Pèlèbè ROE, Peñalosa D, Pennino MG, Peterson G, Pham TTT, Pinkerton E, Polasky S, Polunin NVC, Prah E, Ramírez J, Relano V, Reygondeau G, Robadue D, Roberts C, Rogers A, Roumbedakis K, Sala E, Scheffer M, Segerson K, Seijo JC, Seto KC, Shogren JF, Silver JJ, Singh G, Soszynski A, Splichalova DV, Spring M, Stage J, Stephenson F, Stewart BD, Sultan R, Suttle C, Tagliabue A, Tall A, Talloni-Álvarez N, Tavoni A, Taylor DRF, Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Thiebot JB, Thiele T, Thilsted SH, Thumbadoo RV, Tigchelaar M, Tol RSJ, Tortell P, Troell M, Uzmanoğlu MS, van Putten I, van Santen G, Villaseñor-Derbez JC, Wabnitz CCC, Walsh M, Walsh JP, Wambiji N, Weber EU, Westley F, Williams S, Wisz MS, Worm B, Xiao L, Yagi N, Yamazaki S, Yang H, Zeller D
Tax havens are the tip of the iceberg.
Belhabib D, Le Billon P
Euros vs. yuan: comparing European and Chinese fishing access in West Africa.
Belhabib D, Sumaila UR, Lam VW, Zeller D, Le Billon P, Abou Kane E, Pauly D
Aid in the midst of plenty: oil wealth, misery and advocacy in Angola.
Le Billon P
Fishy crimes: Partnering to improve small-scale fishers livelihoods
Principal investigators: Le Billon, Philippe A.
Keywords: fisheries; political ecology; seafood; supply chain; criminalization; fraud; corruption
The hidden costs of supply chains: a global investigation
Keywords: journalism; international reporting; investigative reporting; broadcast media; global supply chains; corruption; forced labour; environmental impact; consumerism; corporate social responsibility; global environmental governance; ethical trade
The hidden costs of supply chains: a global investigation
Keywords: journalism; international reporting; investigative reporting; broadcast media; global supply chains; corruption; forced labour; environmental impact; consumerism; corporate social responsibility; global environmental governance; ethical trade
Resource-related violence in hydrocarbon frontierlands: assessing risks and forms of protection for local communities and civil society organizations
Principal investigators: Le Billon, Philippe A.
Keywords: violence; resource governance; local communities; conflicts
Expertise, labour and mobility in Nepal's post-conflict, post-disaster reconstruction: construction, law and finance as domains of social transformation
Principal investigators: Shneiderman, Sara B.
Keywords: Nepal; post-conflict; post-disaster; state transformation; construction; finance; law; anthropology; geography; multidisciplinary collaboration
SeaSCAPE: indigenous storytelling studio
Principal investigators: Thomas, Robina A.
Keywords: energy; indigenous peoples; community engagement; natural resources; storytelling
Scales, jurisdictions, and struggles over hydrocarbon development in North America
Principal investigators: Le Billon, Philippe A.
Keywords: resources; governance; territoriality; oil; infrastructure; jurisdiction; scale; Aboriginal peoples; social responsibility; hydrocarbons; climate change; environmental movement; pipelines
The hidden costs of global supply chains: a global investigation
Keywords: journalism; international reporting; broadcast media; investigative reporting; global supply chains; consumerism; global environmental governance; corporate social responsibility; ethical trade
ENERGY - Volatile commodities: a review of conflicts and security issues related to extractive sectors
Principal investigators: Le Billon, Philippe A.
Extracting good governance: extractive resource sectors and the rescaling of governance
Principal investigators: Le Billon, Philippe A.
Keywords: resource geography; resource governance; extractive sectors; political geography; ecology; re-scaling
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- William Cheung and Boris Worm: 7 shared papers
- Daniel Pauly and William Cheung: 3 shared papers
- Philippe Le Billon and Daniel Pauly: 2 shared papers
- Daniel Pauly and Boris Worm: 2 shared papers
- Boris Worm and Villy Christensen: 2 shared papers
- Kristen Hopewell and Philippe Le Billon: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Curtis Suttle: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Brian Copeland: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Natalie Ban: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Tony Charles: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and William Cheung: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Elena Bennett: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Philippe Tortell: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Evgeny Pakhomov: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Villy Christensen: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Tyler Eddy: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Carol McAusland: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Derek Armitage: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Megan Bailey: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Werner Antweiler: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Frederik Noack: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Gerald Singh: 1 shared paper
- Kristen Hopewell and Evan Andrews: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Curtis Suttle: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Brian Copeland: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Natalie Ban: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Tony Charles: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and William Cheung: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Elena Bennett: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Philippe Tortell: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Evgeny Pakhomov: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Boris Worm: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Villy Christensen: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Tyler Eddy: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Carol McAusland: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Derek Armitage: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Megan Bailey: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Werner Antweiler: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Frederik Noack: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Gerald Singh: 1 shared paper
- Philippe Le Billon and Evan Andrews: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Brian Copeland: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Natalie Ban: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Tony Charles: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Elena Bennett: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Philippe Tortell: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Evgeny Pakhomov: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Tyler Eddy: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Carol McAusland: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Derek Armitage: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Megan Bailey: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Werner Antweiler: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Frederik Noack: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Gerald Singh: 1 shared paper
- Curtis Suttle and Evan Andrews: 1 shared paper
- School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
- Department of Zoology at UBC
- Biology
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Geography
- Environmental Management
- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Daniel Pauly
Department of Zoology at UBC
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Philippe Tortell
Earth Ocean & Atmsopheric Science
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Elena Bennett
Geography
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Gerald Singh
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Curtis Suttle
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Evgeny Pakhomov
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Villy Christensen
Oceans and Fisheries, Institute for the
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Brian Copeland
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Tyler Eddy
School of Fisheries
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Boris Worm
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Natalie Ban
School of Environmental Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Derek Armitage
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Werner Antweiler
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Frederik Noack
Natural Resources, Environment, Energy
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Megan Bailey
Urban and regional planning
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Tony Charles
Professor, School of the Environment & Sobey School of Business
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Carol McAusland
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Evan Andrews
Environmental Management
1 shared papers, latest 2021
William Cheung
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Kristen Hopewell
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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