A new paper on integrating socioeconomic considerations into spatial prioritization, led by Georgina Gurney and other members of the Conservation Planning Group, is now online in Conservation Biology . In this study we evaluated two key aspects of incorporating socioeconomic factors into spatial prioritization: treatment of socioeconomic factors as costs or objectives and treatment of … Continue reading NEW PAPER: Efficient and equitable design of marine protected areas in Fiji through inclusion of stakeholder-specific objectives in conservation planning
SEMINAR: Georgina Gurney – Improving the success of conservation planning: integration of socioeconomic considerations into the design and management of marine protected areas
* Update! You can view Georgina's seminar online! Check out the end of this post. This Wednesday, Georgina Gurney will present her PhD pre-completion seminar. Title: Improving the success of conservation planning: integration of socioeconomic considerations into the design and management of marine protected areas Where: Building 19 (Kevin Stark Research Building) Room #106 (upstairs), JCU, … Continue reading SEMINAR: Georgina Gurney – Improving the success of conservation planning: integration of socioeconomic considerations into the design and management of marine protected areas
Can Pacific Islanders bank on a secure fisheries future?
I'm currently in Albany with a "team of international experts" (and a chef!) from UWA, WCS-Fiji, CalPoly, DPaW, CNRS, and Fervor, working on a meta-analysis of Periodically Harvested Closures. See the media release from UWA, below, for more on what we're getting up to! Traditional conservation measures, such as local ‘Tabus' - areas periodically closed … Continue reading Can Pacific Islanders bank on a secure fisheries future?
VISITOR: Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai (WCS)
The Conservation Planning Group often welcomes visitors from other universities, NGOs or governmental institutions to share experiences, discuss current projects and create new collaborations. This week, Dr. Sangeeta Mangubhai from the Wildlife Conservation Society (Fiji) took a few days in her busy schedule after the attending the ATBC conference in Cairns to come meet with several members … Continue reading VISITOR: Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai (WCS)
Happening now: SCBO 2014!
The conservation planning group are currently in Suva, Fiji for the Society for Conservation Biology Oceania meeting. Follow our tweets at #SCBO2014 for news from the conference! Here's Mel talking about her phd research!
NEW PAPER: Adaptive Comanagement of a Marine Protected Area Network in Fiji
Our new paper, Adaptive Comanagement of a Marine Protected Area Network in Fiji, has just been published online in Conservation Biology. I worked on this whilst a postdoc with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Fiji. I think it's a fantastic little success story of scaling up community-based conservation, and it's great to see it out. The paper is … Continue reading NEW PAPER: Adaptive Comanagement of a Marine Protected Area Network in Fiji