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Nature Sustainability
The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological Diversity... more The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological Diversity have almost been achieved, but management effectiveness remains deficient. Personnel shortages are widely cited as major contributing factors but have not previously been quantified. Using data from 176 countries and territories, we estimate a current maximum of 555,000 terrestrial protected area personnel worldwide (one per 37 km2), including 286,000 rangers (one per 72 km2), far short of published guidance on required densities. Expansion by 2030 to 30% coverage of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures is widely agreed as a minimum for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services. We project that effective management of this expanded system will require approximately 3 million personnel (one per 13 km2), including more than 1.5 million rangers or equivalents (one per 26 km2). Parallel improvements in resourcing, working conditions and capacity are re...
The Australian journal of emergency management, 2016
Place attachment is conceptualised as the bonding people to a place that influences their percept... more Place attachment is conceptualised as the bonding people to a place that influences their perceptions of those places. This research focused on verbal and visual experiences of residents homes and surrounds to explore whether place attachment in a bushfire-prone community mediated perceptions of risk. The analysis draws from qualitative data that used a visual and mobile method called 'Photovoice', coupled with in-depth interviews, to investigate the relationship between place attachment and perceptions of bushfire risk in hazard-prone settings. Located in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales, this research established that place attachment, as mediated b longevity in place and familiarity to place, provided the context for certain perceptions and experiences of bushfire risk. The information garnered from this research can be important for more effective bushfire risk communications that are targeted and tailored to account for residents' attachments to h...
Reproduction, May 1, 1993
In 2022, over 100 people from across Australia came together to reimagine how we manage our land ... more In 2022, over 100 people from across Australia came together to reimagine how we manage our land and sea Country. The forum was designed to ensure that Indigenous voices were emphasised, providing an opportunity for everyone to listen and learn about where change is needed.
This RIRDC publication assesses the complex social, economic and environmental factors impacting ... more This RIRDC publication assesses the complex social, economic and environmental factors impacting on small-scale rural communities in the eastern edges of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area(GBMWHA. It assesses the role of agri-industries as landscape buffers to the neighbouring World Heritage Area. The research explores how local government planning might be improved to help this vulnerable but essential peri-urban farming community. In conjunction with targeted representative landholders, tools were developed to assist in enhancing the economic and environmental resilience of agri-industries involved in diverse modes of production. The report is targeted at the individuals and families undertaking a range of agribusinesses in the Hawkesbury-Nepean region, and aspects of the complex challenges faced by these farming communities. This report will also be of interest to regional and local government, environmental advocates, natural resource managers and others interested in the critical buffer zones between encroaching urban sprawls and naturally significant areas
Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI, 2021
Simple Summary Knowledge of the welfare status of wild animals is critical for informing debates ... more Simple Summary Knowledge of the welfare status of wild animals is critical for informing debates about how we interact with them. However, methodology to enable assessment of the welfare of free-roaming wild animals has been lacking. In this study, we assessed the use of remote camera traps to non-invasively identify individual free-roaming wild horses and evaluate an extensive range of welfare indicators. Camera trapping was successful in detecting and identifying horses across a range of habitats including woodlands where horses could not be directly observed. Twelve indicators of welfare were assessed with equal frequency using both still images and video, with an additional five indicators assessed on video. This is the first time such a methodology has been described for assessing a range of welfare indicators in free-roaming wild animals. The methodology described can also be adjusted and applied to other species, enabling significant advances to be made in the field of wild a...
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1991
Children & Nature Network, Nov 22, 2018
This article presents a case study of bushfire risk communication in the Blue Mountains of New So... more This article presents a case study of bushfire risk communication in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia is one of the most bushfire-prone areas in the world. A documentary film, 'Fire Stories - A Lesson in Time was locally produced to raise community awareness of the risk of fire. The film presented a devastating bushfire event for townships in the Blue Mountains in 1957. The film was released in 2013 just months before devastating fires again struck the region. The impact of viewing the film in relation to the 2013 fires was evaluated. The film was found to have contributed to community resilience in areas of fire preparedness and response. This evaluation highlights the need for alternative, community-based approaches to enhance the effectiveness of community bushfire safety endeavours.
The Grose Valley Fire Forum brought fire management agencies and interested representatives of th... more The Grose Valley Fire Forum brought fire management agencies and
interested representatives of the community together in a spirit of co-operation to consider issues critical to the management of bushfires. Driven by the high conservation values of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, the implications of the issues raised at this Forum have obvious relevance to other regions and states. Protecting people as well as the environment should not be mutually exclusive.
Protected Areas Learning & Research Collaboration: Review of capacity building needs for protected areas in Oceania, 2019
In response to community concerns about management strategies used for a fire in the Grose Valley... more In response to community concerns about management strategies used for a fire in the Grose Valley in the upper Blue Mountains in November 2006, a one-day forum was held with representative community members and fire authorities. This paper outlines how the Grose Valley Fire Forum eventuated, describes the forum process and the resultant action plan, and highlights emerging issues in relation to knowledge transfer and adaptive governance for bushfire management.
Environmental Management
Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutio... more Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutional and environmental complexity and inconsistency. Knowledge generation and its uptake into management are crucial to address these challenges. We reflect on practice at the interface between science and management of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA), which covers approximately 1 million hectares west of Sydney, Australia. Multiple government agencies and other stakeholders are involved in its management, and decision-making is confounded by numerous plans of management and competing values and goals, reflecting the different objectives and responsibilities of stakeholders. To highlight the complexities of the decision-making process for this large area, we draw on the outcomes of a recent collaborative research project and focus on fire regimes and wild-dog control as examples of how existing knowledge is integrated into management. The collaborative research project achieved the objectives of collating and synthesizing biological data for the region; however, transfer of the project’s outcomes to management has proved problematic. Reasons attributed to this include lack of clearly defined management objectives to guide research directions and uptake, and scientific information not being made more understandable and accessible. A key role of a local bridging organisation (e.g., the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute) in linking science and management is ensuring that research results with management significance can be effectively transmitted to agencies and that outcomes are explained for nonspecialists as well as more widely distributed. We conclude that improved links between science, policy, and management within an adaptive learning-by-doing framework for the GBMWHA would assist the usefulness and uptake of future research.
Environmental Management, 2011
Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutio... more Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutional and environmental complexity and inconsistency. Knowledge generation and its uptake into management are crucial to address these challenges. We reflect on practice at the interface between science and management of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA), which covers approximately 1 million hectares west of Sydney, Australia. Multiple government agencies and other stakeholders are involved in its management, and decision-making is confounded by numerous plans of management and competing values and goals, reflecting the different objectives and responsibilities of stakeholders. To highlight the complexities of the decision-making process for this large area, we draw on the outcomes of a recent collaborative research project and focus on fire regimes and wild-dog control as examples of how existing knowledge is integrated into management. The collaborative research project achieved the objectives of collating and synthesizing biological data for the region; however, transfer of the project's outcomes to management has proved problematic. Reasons attributed to this include lack of clearly defined management objectives to guide research directions and uptake, and scientific information not being made more understandable and accessible. A key role of a local bridging organisation (e.g., the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute) in linking science and management is ensuring that research results with management significance can be effectively transmitted to agencies and that outcomes are explained for nonspecialists as well as more widely distributed. We conclude that improved links between science, policy, and management within an adaptive learning-by-doing framework for the GBMWHA would assist the usefulness and uptake of future research.
Australian Zoologist, 2005
Nature Sustainability
The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological Diversity... more The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological Diversity have almost been achieved, but management effectiveness remains deficient. Personnel shortages are widely cited as major contributing factors but have not previously been quantified. Using data from 176 countries and territories, we estimate a current maximum of 555,000 terrestrial protected area personnel worldwide (one per 37 km2), including 286,000 rangers (one per 72 km2), far short of published guidance on required densities. Expansion by 2030 to 30% coverage of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures is widely agreed as a minimum for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services. We project that effective management of this expanded system will require approximately 3 million personnel (one per 13 km2), including more than 1.5 million rangers or equivalents (one per 26 km2). Parallel improvements in resourcing, working conditions and capacity are re...
The Australian journal of emergency management, 2016
Place attachment is conceptualised as the bonding people to a place that influences their percept... more Place attachment is conceptualised as the bonding people to a place that influences their perceptions of those places. This research focused on verbal and visual experiences of residents homes and surrounds to explore whether place attachment in a bushfire-prone community mediated perceptions of risk. The analysis draws from qualitative data that used a visual and mobile method called 'Photovoice', coupled with in-depth interviews, to investigate the relationship between place attachment and perceptions of bushfire risk in hazard-prone settings. Located in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales, this research established that place attachment, as mediated b longevity in place and familiarity to place, provided the context for certain perceptions and experiences of bushfire risk. The information garnered from this research can be important for more effective bushfire risk communications that are targeted and tailored to account for residents' attachments to h...
Reproduction, May 1, 1993
In 2022, over 100 people from across Australia came together to reimagine how we manage our land ... more In 2022, over 100 people from across Australia came together to reimagine how we manage our land and sea Country. The forum was designed to ensure that Indigenous voices were emphasised, providing an opportunity for everyone to listen and learn about where change is needed.
This RIRDC publication assesses the complex social, economic and environmental factors impacting ... more This RIRDC publication assesses the complex social, economic and environmental factors impacting on small-scale rural communities in the eastern edges of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area(GBMWHA. It assesses the role of agri-industries as landscape buffers to the neighbouring World Heritage Area. The research explores how local government planning might be improved to help this vulnerable but essential peri-urban farming community. In conjunction with targeted representative landholders, tools were developed to assist in enhancing the economic and environmental resilience of agri-industries involved in diverse modes of production. The report is targeted at the individuals and families undertaking a range of agribusinesses in the Hawkesbury-Nepean region, and aspects of the complex challenges faced by these farming communities. This report will also be of interest to regional and local government, environmental advocates, natural resource managers and others interested in the critical buffer zones between encroaching urban sprawls and naturally significant areas
Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI, 2021
Simple Summary Knowledge of the welfare status of wild animals is critical for informing debates ... more Simple Summary Knowledge of the welfare status of wild animals is critical for informing debates about how we interact with them. However, methodology to enable assessment of the welfare of free-roaming wild animals has been lacking. In this study, we assessed the use of remote camera traps to non-invasively identify individual free-roaming wild horses and evaluate an extensive range of welfare indicators. Camera trapping was successful in detecting and identifying horses across a range of habitats including woodlands where horses could not be directly observed. Twelve indicators of welfare were assessed with equal frequency using both still images and video, with an additional five indicators assessed on video. This is the first time such a methodology has been described for assessing a range of welfare indicators in free-roaming wild animals. The methodology described can also be adjusted and applied to other species, enabling significant advances to be made in the field of wild a...
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1991
Children & Nature Network, Nov 22, 2018
This article presents a case study of bushfire risk communication in the Blue Mountains of New So... more This article presents a case study of bushfire risk communication in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia is one of the most bushfire-prone areas in the world. A documentary film, 'Fire Stories - A Lesson in Time was locally produced to raise community awareness of the risk of fire. The film presented a devastating bushfire event for townships in the Blue Mountains in 1957. The film was released in 2013 just months before devastating fires again struck the region. The impact of viewing the film in relation to the 2013 fires was evaluated. The film was found to have contributed to community resilience in areas of fire preparedness and response. This evaluation highlights the need for alternative, community-based approaches to enhance the effectiveness of community bushfire safety endeavours.
The Grose Valley Fire Forum brought fire management agencies and interested representatives of th... more The Grose Valley Fire Forum brought fire management agencies and
interested representatives of the community together in a spirit of co-operation to consider issues critical to the management of bushfires. Driven by the high conservation values of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, the implications of the issues raised at this Forum have obvious relevance to other regions and states. Protecting people as well as the environment should not be mutually exclusive.
Protected Areas Learning & Research Collaboration: Review of capacity building needs for protected areas in Oceania, 2019
In response to community concerns about management strategies used for a fire in the Grose Valley... more In response to community concerns about management strategies used for a fire in the Grose Valley in the upper Blue Mountains in November 2006, a one-day forum was held with representative community members and fire authorities. This paper outlines how the Grose Valley Fire Forum eventuated, describes the forum process and the resultant action plan, and highlights emerging issues in relation to knowledge transfer and adaptive governance for bushfire management.
Environmental Management
Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutio... more Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutional and environmental complexity and inconsistency. Knowledge generation and its uptake into management are crucial to address these challenges. We reflect on practice at the interface between science and management of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA), which covers approximately 1 million hectares west of Sydney, Australia. Multiple government agencies and other stakeholders are involved in its management, and decision-making is confounded by numerous plans of management and competing values and goals, reflecting the different objectives and responsibilities of stakeholders. To highlight the complexities of the decision-making process for this large area, we draw on the outcomes of a recent collaborative research project and focus on fire regimes and wild-dog control as examples of how existing knowledge is integrated into management. The collaborative research project achieved the objectives of collating and synthesizing biological data for the region; however, transfer of the project’s outcomes to management has proved problematic. Reasons attributed to this include lack of clearly defined management objectives to guide research directions and uptake, and scientific information not being made more understandable and accessible. A key role of a local bridging organisation (e.g., the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute) in linking science and management is ensuring that research results with management significance can be effectively transmitted to agencies and that outcomes are explained for nonspecialists as well as more widely distributed. We conclude that improved links between science, policy, and management within an adaptive learning-by-doing framework for the GBMWHA would assist the usefulness and uptake of future research.
Environmental Management, 2011
Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutio... more Effective management of large protected conservation areas is challenged by political, institutional and environmental complexity and inconsistency. Knowledge generation and its uptake into management are crucial to address these challenges. We reflect on practice at the interface between science and management of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA), which covers approximately 1 million hectares west of Sydney, Australia. Multiple government agencies and other stakeholders are involved in its management, and decision-making is confounded by numerous plans of management and competing values and goals, reflecting the different objectives and responsibilities of stakeholders. To highlight the complexities of the decision-making process for this large area, we draw on the outcomes of a recent collaborative research project and focus on fire regimes and wild-dog control as examples of how existing knowledge is integrated into management. The collaborative research project achieved the objectives of collating and synthesizing biological data for the region; however, transfer of the project's outcomes to management has proved problematic. Reasons attributed to this include lack of clearly defined management objectives to guide research directions and uptake, and scientific information not being made more understandable and accessible. A key role of a local bridging organisation (e.g., the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute) in linking science and management is ensuring that research results with management significance can be effectively transmitted to agencies and that outcomes are explained for nonspecialists as well as more widely distributed. We conclude that improved links between science, policy, and management within an adaptive learning-by-doing framework for the GBMWHA would assist the usefulness and uptake of future research.
Australian Zoologist, 2005