Professor Martine Maron
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Martine Maron

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Background

Conserving biodiversity is essential for maintaining the health of the environment upon which human life and wellbeing relies. But the task will only get harder, with human pressures increasing in magnitude and ubiquity. My research tackles questions central to this challenge. A particular focus is biodiversity net gain policy, particularly the design and consequences of biodiversity offsetting, as well as the conservation and restoration of Australia’s woodlands and woodland bird assemblages. I collaborate with a broad network of individuals and organisations including government and non-government bodies to help achieve effective uptake of research findings into policy and environmental management. Sound conservation policy is essential if we are to apply ecological knowledge to reduce and ultimately halt biodiversity declines. I provide guidance on offset/no net loss/net gain policy development internationally including in Malaysia, the UK, Mozambique, and Guinea, and to intergovernmental convening bodies including IPBES, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the IUCN. I currently chair the IUCN’s Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compensation Thematic Group, am a director of BirdLife Australia and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and am a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and The Biodiversity Council. My research group is part of the Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science.

Availability

Professor Martine Maron is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Environmental Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Monash University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
  • Postgraduate Diploma, University of Southern Queensland

Research interests

  • Conservation policy

  • Community ecology

  • Woodland conservation and management

  • Threatened species

  • Spatial ecology

  • Biodiversity accounting

Research impacts

I collaborate with conservation policymakers at State, National (e.g. New Zealand, Australia, Mozambique) and international (IUCN, UN, IPBES) levels to achieve policy change and benefits for biodiversity. Example impacts include:

  • Science input to the drafting process of goals and targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity post-2020 Global Biodiversity Strategy (Diaz et al. 2020)
  • Led writing of the first international policy on biodiversity offsetting for the IUCN
  • Development of the Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality, adopted by 129 countries to date, to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  • Designed several widely-used tools to implement best-practice application of the mitigation hierarchy, including Australia’s Environmental Offsets Assessment Guide and Reef Trust Financial Contributions Offsets Calculator, New Zealand’s offset accounting model, and Mozambique’s new Impact Mitigation decree
  • Participated in the Consultative Group and Technical Group advising the EPBC Act review drafting proposed new National Environmental Standards for Australia for the Samuel Review
  • Achieved listing of a Key Threatening Process under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act: “Aggressive exclusion of birds from potential woodland and forest habitat by over-abundant noisy miners (Manorina melanocephala)” and authored the Threat Abatement Advice for this KTP
  • Developed a definition, condition scoring approach, and nomination for “Temperate and Subtropical Woodland Bird Community” for listing as a threatened under the EPBC Act (currently under consideration)

Search Professor Martine Maron’s works on UQ eSpace

220 works between 2004 and 2024
All (220) Journal Article (197) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (4) Book (1) Other Outputs (15)

1 - 20 of 220 works

2024

Journal Article

Poor compliance and exemptions facilitate ongoing deforestation

Thomas, Hannah, Ward, Michelle S., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Taylor, Martin F. J. and Maron, Martine (2024). Poor compliance and exemptions facilitate ongoing deforestation. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14354

Poor compliance and exemptions facilitate ongoing deforestation

2024

Journal Article

Unburnt areas in subtropical woodlands contain distinct reptile communities after extensive wildfire

Emery, Jon-Paul, Doherty, Tim S., Bruton, Melissa J., Peck, Stephen and Maron, Martine (2024). Unburnt areas in subtropical woodlands contain distinct reptile communities after extensive wildfire. Austral Ecology, 49 (6) e13547. doi: 10.1111/aec.13547

Unburnt areas in subtropical woodlands contain distinct reptile communities after extensive wildfire

2024

Journal Article

Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes

Sonter, Laura J., Maron, Martine, Metaxas, Anna and Bull, Joseph W. (2024). Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39 (7), 599-602. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.004

Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes

2024

Journal Article

Conservation planning for retention, not just protection

Negret, Pablo Jose, Venegas, Ruben, Sonter, Laura J., Possingham, Hugh P. and Maron, Martine (2024). Conservation planning for retention, not just protection. Global Change Biology, 30 (3) e17211, e17211. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17211

Conservation planning for retention, not just protection

2024

Other Outputs

Deforestation events (≥ 20 ha) in northern Australia from 2014 to 2021, version 2

Hannah Thomas, Michelle Ward, Jeremy Simmonds, Martin Taylor and Martine Maron (2024). Deforestation events (≥ 20 ha) in northern Australia from 2014 to 2021, version 2. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/7aa790e

Deforestation events (≥ 20 ha) in northern Australia from 2014 to 2021, version 2

2023

Journal Article

Redistribution of fishery benefits among commercial and recreational fishers caused by offsetting

Ma, Deqiang, Rhodes, Jonathan, Klein, Carissa J. and Maron, Martine (2023). Redistribution of fishery benefits among commercial and recreational fishers caused by offsetting. Marine Policy, 158 105881. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105881

Redistribution of fishery benefits among commercial and recreational fishers caused by offsetting

2023

Journal Article

‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy

Maron, Martine, Quétier, Fabien, Sarmiento, Mariana, ten Kate, Kerry, Evans, Megan C., Bull, Joseph W., Jones, Julia P. G., zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Brownlie, Susie, Treweek, Jo and von Hase, Amrei (2023). ‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8 (1), 14-17. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02199-2

‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy

2023

Journal Article

How to fuel an energy transition with ecologically responsible mining

Sonter, Laura J., Maron, Martine, Bull, Joseph W., Giljum, Stefan, Luckeneder, Sebastian, Maus, Victor, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Northey, Stephen A., Sánchez, Luis E., Valenta, Rick, Visconti, Piero, Werner, Tim T. and Watson, James E. M. (2023). How to fuel an energy transition with ecologically responsible mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (35) e2307006120, 1-3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2307006120

How to fuel an energy transition with ecologically responsible mining

2023

Journal Article

Evaluating the impact of biodiversity offsetting on native vegetation

zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E., Devenish, Katie, Simmons, B. Alexander, Gordon, Ascelin, Jones, Julia P. G., Maron, Martine, Schulte to Bühne, Henrike, Sharma, Roshan, Sonter, Laura J., Strange, Niels, Ward, Michelle and Bull, Joseph W. (2023). Evaluating the impact of biodiversity offsetting on native vegetation. Global Change Biology, 29 (15), 4397-4411. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16801

Evaluating the impact of biodiversity offsetting on native vegetation

2023

Journal Article

Minimum multipliers for fishery offsets in marine habitats vary depending on the no net loss goal

Ma, Deqiang, Rhodes, Jonathan and Maron, Martine (2023). Minimum multipliers for fishery offsets in marine habitats vary depending on the no net loss goal. Biological Conservation, 284 110204, 110204. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110204

Minimum multipliers for fishery offsets in marine habitats vary depending on the no net loss goal

2023

Journal Article

A review of condition metrics used in biodiversity offsetting

Borges-Matos, Clarice, Maron, Martine and Metzger, Jean Paul (2023). A review of condition metrics used in biodiversity offsetting. Environmental Management, 72 (4), 727-740. doi: 10.1007/s00267-023-01858-1

A review of condition metrics used in biodiversity offsetting

2023

Journal Article

Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes

Rhodes, Jonathan R., Liu, Yan, Wahyudi, Agung, Maron, Martine, Iftekhar, Md Sayed and Brisbane, Shantala (2023). Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes. People and Nature. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10494

Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes

2023

Journal Article

Using empirical data analysis and expert opinion to identify farmland‐associated bird species from their habitat associations

Lin, Da‐Li, Maron, Martine, Amano, Tatsuya, Chang, An‐Yu and Fuller, Richard A. (2023). Using empirical data analysis and expert opinion to identify farmland‐associated bird species from their habitat associations. Ibis, 165 (3), 974-985. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13179

Using empirical data analysis and expert opinion to identify farmland‐associated bird species from their habitat associations

2023

Journal Article

Establishing effective conservation management strategies for a poorly known endangered species: a case study using Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)

Leseberg, Nicholas P., Kutt, Alex, Evans, Megan C., Nou, Tida, Spillias, Scott, Stone, Zoe, Walsh, Jessica C., Murphy, Stephen A., Bamford, Mike, Burbidge, Allan H., Crossing, Kate, Davis, Robert A., Garnett, Stephen T., Kavanagh, Rodney P., Murphy, Robert, Read, John, Reid, Julian, van Leeuwen, Stephen, Watson, Alexander W. T., Watson, James E. M. and Maron, Martine (2023). Establishing effective conservation management strategies for a poorly known endangered species: a case study using Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). Biodiversity and Conservation, 32 (8-9), 2869-2891. doi: 10.1007/s10531-023-02633-8

Establishing effective conservation management strategies for a poorly known endangered species: a case study using Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)

2023

Journal Article

Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Suarez‐Castro, Andres Felipe, Reside, April E., Watson, James E.M., Allan, James R., Atkinson, Scott C., Borrelli, Pasquale, Dudley, Nigel, Edwards, Stephen, Fuller, Richard A., Game, Edward T., Linke, Simon, Maxwell, Sean L., Panagos, Panos, Puydarrieux, Philippe, Quétier, Fabien, Runting, Rebecca K., Santini, Talitha, Sonter, Laura J. and Maron, Martine (2023). Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity. Conservation Biology, 37 (3) e14040, 1-16. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14040

Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity

2023

Journal Article

Effectiveness of conservation interventions for Australian woodland birds: a systematic review

Walsh, Jessica C., Gibson, Michelle R., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Mayfield, Helen J., Bracey, Clare, Melton, Courtney B., Reside, April E. and Maron, Martine (2023). Effectiveness of conservation interventions for Australian woodland birds: a systematic review. Biological Conservation, 282 110030, 110030. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110030

Effectiveness of conservation interventions for Australian woodland birds: a systematic review

2023

Other Outputs

South East Queensland Koala Offset Analysis

Rhodes, Jonathan R, Liu, Yan, Wahyudi, Agung, Maron, Martine, Iftekhar, Md Sayed and Brisbane, Shantala (2023). South East Queensland Koala Offset Analysis. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/1c1164e

South East Queensland Koala Offset Analysis

2023

Journal Article

Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

Dielenberg, Jaana, Bekessy, Sarah, Cumming, Graeme S., Dean, Angela J., Fitzsimons, James A., Garnett, Stephen, Goolmeer, Teagan, Hughes, Lesley, Kingsford, Richard T., Legge, Sarah, Lindenmayer, David B., Lovelock, Catherine E., Lowry, Rachel, Maron, Martine, Marsh, Jessica, McDonald, Jan, Mitchell, Nicola J., Moggridge, Bradley J., Morgain, Rachel, O'Connor, Patrick J., Pascoe, Jack, Pecl, Gretta T., Possingham, Hugh P., Ritchie, Euan G., Smith, Liam D. G., Spindler, Rebecca, Thompson, Ross M., Trezise, James, Umbers, Kate ... Wintle, Brendan A. (2023). Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council. Ecological Management and Restoration, 24 (2-3), 69-74. doi: 10.1111/emr.12594

Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

2023

Journal Article

Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure

Narain, Divya, Sonter, Laura J., Lechner, Alex Mark, Watson, James E.M., Simmonds, Jeremy S. and Maron, Martine (2023). Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure. Conservation Biology, 37 (4) e14095, 1-13. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14095

Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure

2023

Journal Article

Remote and local threats are associated with population change in Taiwanese migratory waterbirds

Lin, Da-Li, Tsai, Chih-Yi, Pursner, Scott, Chao, Jung, Lyu, Allen, Amano, Tatsuya, Maron, Martine, Lin, Ruey-Shing, Lin, Kun-Hai, Chiang, Kung-Kuo, Lin, Yung-Lun, Lu, Li-Chung, Chang, An-Yu, Chen, Wan-Jyun and Fuller, Richard A. (2023). Remote and local threats are associated with population change in Taiwanese migratory waterbirds. Global Ecology and Conservation, 42 e02402, e02402. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02402

Remote and local threats are associated with population change in Taiwanese migratory waterbirds

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    New metrics to track fauna community condition in Australia
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Ecologically responsible mining to fuel a green energy transition
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2024
    Acoustic observatory: A network to monitor biodiversity across Australia (ARC LIEF project administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    The effectiveness and evaluation of a species response to management approach
    New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Understanding Drivers and Identifying Solutions to Koala Habitat Loss and Degradation
    NSW Koala Research Plan
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Connecting bird community condition metrics to spatial BioCondition
    Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Environmental indicators for tracking environmental condition and trend in Queensland
    Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Developing indices and process models for estimating offset benefits to species
    New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    NatureNet Fellow - SEES - Embedding conservation of biodiversity and cultural values in strategic planning for northern Australia (Decision Making)
    The Nature Conservancy NatureNet Science Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    The ecology and conservation biogeography of the buff-breasted button-quail
    Birds Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    The effects of fire, landform and land use on small vertebrates in central Queensland
    Bush Heritage Australia
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Review and Provision of Recommendations for the Koala Offsets Policy
    Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Estimating trajectories of 20 mammals, 20 birds and 30 plants under the Threatened Species Strategy (NESP Threatened Species Project)
    Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Improved Offsets for Koala Conservation
    Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    The effectiveness of approaches to urban flying-fox roost management (NESP Emerging Priorities project)
    National Environmental Science Program
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    SNAPP Compensatory Conservation Working Group
    The Nature Conservancy
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Developing response to management models for priority SoS species
    New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    3.12 Development of an offset financial contribution calculator for Reef Trust. NESP - Tropical Water Quality Hub (administered by Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Ltd)
    Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2023
    Improving the potential of biodiversity offsetting to reconcile development and conservation: will good environmental outcomes counterbalance the bad?
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2021
    NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub
    National Environmental Science Program
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Review of the proposed approach for a new Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Achieving Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Service Delivery: the Role of Landscape Structure
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2021
    Developing an evidence-based approach to restoration of subtropical forests following tenure change
    Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Early warning signs of extinctions in fragmented landscapes
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Biodiversity declines and landscape change: unveiling the processes behiind the patterns
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    Restoration of Fragmented Brigalow Landscapes for Conservation: Evaluating Alternative Futures in a Changing Climate
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Martine Maron is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Ecological and conservation impacts of noisy miner Manorina melanocephala control in subtropical woodlands

    This exciting project aims to develop a greater understanding of the effects of noisy miners Manorina melaocephala on the health of subtropical woodland ecosystems, and test an experimental approach to reducing negative impacts. The fieldwork will be based in the woodland landscapes around the UQ Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre in south-east Queensland, about 1.5 hours from the St Lucia campus. You would be joining the vibrant Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University of Queensland.

    We are seeking students with experience in Australian bird and/or plant identification and survey methods, and an enthusiasm for field-based work. Field expenses are funded, but the successful applicant would need to apply for PhD candidature and scholarship through The University of Queensland: Doctor of Philosophy - Study - The University of Queensland (uq.edu.au). At this stage, we are only able to accept applications from domestic students.

    To express your interest in this position, please contact Professor Martine Maron m.maron@uq.edu.au with a CV and cover email.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Integrating conservation with production in Queensland grazing landscapes

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Trophic release, ecological cascades, and zoonotic disease risk of a terrestrial predator and mesopredator guild adapted to anthropogenic disturbances in Namibia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Matthew Luskin

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Influence of the Prospect of Biodiversity Offsetting on Development Impact Permitting

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Brian Head

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Conserving Koalas on Private Land under Climate Change

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Improving biodiversity offset policy for application in intact tropical landscapes

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Making businesses work for biodiversity: Decision-support tools for integrating biodiversity conservation into the finance sector

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ecology and conservation of the Buff-breasted Button-quail (Turnix olivii)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor James Watson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Autecology of an endangered Australian passerine: CarpentarianGrasswren (Amytornis dorotheae)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor James Watson

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Martine Maron directly for media enquiries about:

  • Bird ecology
  • Birds - conservation
  • Conservation - birds
  • Conservation biology
  • Conservation policy
  • Habitat offsets
  • Landscape ecology
  • Restoration ecology

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