Last week I wrote about our new paper in Journal of Applied Ecology, Using reef fish movement to inform marine reserve design. My co-authors and I really excited to see the approach we demonstrate in the paper applied elsewhere, so I was thrilled to be contacted by Jensi Sartin of Reef Check Foundation Indonesia (and JCU alumnus) who asked … Continue reading Marine reserve design infographic in Bahasa Indonesia
ARC Centre of Excellence’s Virginia Chadwick Award
Georgina Gurney recently received a Virginia Chadwick Award for her paper on how marine protected areas (MPAs) affect human wellbeing, which is published in Global Environmental Change. The Virginia Chadwick Awards are awarded each year to five ARC Centre of Excellence graduate students for the most outstanding publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Georgina’s paper examined … Continue reading ARC Centre of Excellence’s Virginia Chadwick Award
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
Sharing experiences from landscape approaches: Indonesia, Australia and PNG
Jeff Sayer and Intu Boedhihartono (JCU Cairns) organised a workshop to talk to conservation academics and practitioners about landscape approaches to conservation, using knowledge and case studies from Indonesia, northern Australia and PNG. The workshop was hosted at JCU’s Daintree Rainforest Observatory in Far North Queensland. Attendees came from universities (academics and students from JCU, … Continue reading Sharing experiences from landscape approaches: Indonesia, Australia and PNG
New Paper: Ten things to get right for marine conservation planning in the Coral Triangle
A couple of years ago, a group of us (Rebecca Weeks, Bob Pressey, Jo Wilson, Vera Horigue, Maurice Knight, Rene Acosta, Rene Abesamis, & Jamal Jompa) got together to discuss why systematic conservation planning still remains under-utilised in the Coral Triangle region, despite being widely recognised and applied as best practice elsewhere. The results of … Continue reading New Paper: Ten things to get right for marine conservation planning in the Coral Triangle
Interview on Coral Triangle scale mismatches in MEAM
The current edition of Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) features an article on mismatches between the scale of ecosystems and the scale of management, and how practitioners are addressing this challenge. Rebecca Weeks discusses the potential for marine protected area networks to address scale mismatches in the Coral Triangle / Pacific Islands regions. There are … Continue reading Interview on Coral Triangle scale mismatches in MEAM
NEW PAPER: Poverty and protected areas: An evaluation of a marine integrated conservation and development project in Indonesia
Georgina Gurney, Natalie Ban and Bob Pressey recently published a paper titled “Poverty and protected areas: An evaluation of a marine integrated conservation and development project in Indonesia” in Global Environmental Change. In this paper we assess the impacts of MPAs (that were specifically designed to achieve the dual goals of conservation and poverty alleviation) … Continue reading NEW PAPER: Poverty and protected areas: An evaluation of a marine integrated conservation and development project in Indonesia
NEW PAPER: Developing Marine Protected Area Networks in the Coral Triangle: Good Practices for Expanding the Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System
My new paper, Developing Marine Protected Area Networks in the Coral Triangle: Good Practices for Expanding the Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System is now online. The paper appears in a Special Issue of Coastal Management: "Establishing a Region-wide System of Marine Protected Areas in the Coral Triangle". All of the special issue papers have … Continue reading NEW PAPER: Developing Marine Protected Area Networks in the Coral Triangle: Good Practices for Expanding the Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System