We are currently faced with unprecedented environmental challenges, including biodiversity loss and climate change, which negatively impact human wellbeing. In response, nations have come together to commit to global policies and participate in environmental markets aimed at addressing these issues. However, translating broadscale policies and frameworks to the local level comes with a range of often unexpected challenges. These can include a mismatch between expected and realised outcomes, agricultural displacement (land use practices are moved out of their original location to somewhere else), and unequal costs and benefits to people. I use spatial information on biodiversity, ecosystem services (the benefits people derive from nature – such as carbon sequestration), and human activities to develop innovative tools and metrics to better inform decision makers on the outcomes of broadscale environmental policies and markets. My research directly contributes to improving global biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation outcomes.
Experience
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2022–presentPostdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
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2024–presentResearch fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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2017–2022PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
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2020–2021Research fellow, International Institute of Sustainability Australia
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2017–2020Research Assistant, The University of Queensland/Wildlife Conservation Society
Education
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2016The University of Queensland, Honours (Class 1)
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2013The University of Queensland, Bachelor of Science, Ecology and Zoology majors
Publications
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2022Global rarity of intact coastal regions, Conservation Biology
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2021The potential for applying “Nonviolent Communication” in conservation science, Conservation Science and Practice
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2021Multinational Coordination Required for Conservation of at least 90% of Marine Species, Global Change Biology
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2021Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change, Global Change Biology
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2021How to halve the carbon and biodiversity impacts of biofuel-driven land-use change in Brazil, Biological Conservation
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2020Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems, One Earth
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2020Set a global target for ecosystems, Nature
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2020Australia faces environmental crisis, Science
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2020A robust goal is needed for species in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Conservation Letters
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2020Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development, Environmental Research Letters
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2020Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land, Nature communications
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2020Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat, Nature Ecology & Evolution
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2019Three global conditions for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: An implementation framework, National Science Review
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2018Absence of evidence for the conservation outcomes of systematic conservation planning around the globe: a systematic map, Environmental Evidence
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2018The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems, Nature ecology & evolution
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2018The threats endangering Australia's at-risk fauna, Biological Conservation
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2017Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire‐dependent ecosystem, Journal of Applied Ecology
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