Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings
Emeritus Professor

Marc Hockings

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Background

Marc Hockings is an Emeritus Professor School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Queensland. He maintains an active research program on the management of protected areas with a particular focus on monitoring and evaluation in conservation management. He is a long-term member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) through its World Commission on Protected Areas where he leads the Specialist Group on the Green List and Management Effectiveness. He initiated and is leading the IUCN WCPA work on the Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas. He is also a member of the IUCN Species Survival and Ecosystem Management Commissions. Marc was the principal author of the IUCN’s best practice guidelines on evaluation of management effectiveness in protected areas. He is an honorary Fellow at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK. In 2008 he received the Kenton R. Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Area Sustainability for his work on management effectiveness.

Availability

Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Environmental Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University

Research impacts

Professor Hockings has lead development of research on management effectiveness evaluation of protected areas. He has developed an approach to assessment of management effectiveness (IUCN WCPA Management Effectiveness Framework) that is now widely used around the world by governments and NGOs, has been adopted by the Global Environment Facility as a required element of assessment for all GEF funded projects in protected areas and incorporated into the Convention on Biological Diversity's Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Assessments based on this methodology have been conducted in more than 18000 protected areas in 180 countries.

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158 works between 1979 and 2023
All (158) Journal Article (103) Book Chapter (15) Conference Publication (21) Book (7) Other Outputs (12)

21 - 40 of 158 works

2020

Journal Article

Editorial essay: Covid-19 and protected and conserved areas

Hockings, Marc, Dudley, Nigel, Elliott, Wendy, Ferreira, Mariana Napolitano, Mackinnon, Kathy, Pasha, M. K.S., Phillips, Adrian, Stolton, Sue, Woodley, Stephen, Appleton, Mike, Chassot, Olivier, Fitzsimons, James, Galliers, Chris, Kroner, Rachel Golden, Goodrich, John, Hopkins, Jo, Jackson, William, Jonas, Harry, Long, Barney, Mumba, Musonda, Parrish, Jeffrey, Paxton, Midori, Phua, Carol, Plowright, Raina, Rao, Madhu, Redford, Kent, Robinson, John, Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel, Sandwith, Trevor ... Yang, Angela (2020). Editorial essay: Covid-19 and protected and conserved areas. Parks, 26 (1), 7-24. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2020.PARKS-26-1MH.en

Editorial essay: Covid-19 and protected and conserved areas

2020

Book Chapter

Integrating science and local knowledge to strengthen biosphere reserve management

Hockings, Marc, Lilley, Ian, Matar, Diane A., Dudley, Nigel and Markham, Robert (2020). Integrating science and local knowledge to strengthen biosphere reserve management. UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: supporting biocultural diversity, sustainability and society. (pp. 241-253) edited by Maureen G. Reed and Martin F. Price. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429428746-19

Integrating science and local knowledge to strengthen biosphere reserve management

2019

Journal Article

Lessons learned from 18 years of implementing the management effectiveness tracking tool (Mett): A perspective from the mett developers and implementers

Stolton, Sue, Dudley, Nigel, Belokurov, Alexander, Deguignet, Marine, Burgess, Neil D., Hockings, Marc, Leverington, Fiona, Mackinnon, Kathy and Young, Llewellyn (2019). Lessons learned from 18 years of implementing the management effectiveness tracking tool (Mett): A perspective from the mett developers and implementers. Parks, 25 (2), 79-92. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2019.PARKAS-25-2SS.en

Lessons learned from 18 years of implementing the management effectiveness tracking tool (Mett): A perspective from the mett developers and implementers

2019

Journal Article

The IUCN green list of protected and conserved areas: Setting the standard for effective area‐based conservation

Hockings, Marc, Hardcastle, James, Woodley, Stephen, Sandwith, Trevor, Wilson, Joanne, Bammert, Marnie, Valenzuela, Sandra, Chataigner, Béatrice, Lefebvre, Thierry, Leverington, Fiona, Lopoukhine, Nikita, Mackinnon, Kathy and Londoño, Julia Miranda (2019). The IUCN green list of protected and conserved areas: Setting the standard for effective area‐based conservation. Parks, 25 (2), 57-66. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2019.PARKAS-25-2MH.en

The IUCN green list of protected and conserved areas: Setting the standard for effective area‐based conservation

2019

Journal Article

A bold successor to Aichi Target 11

Woodley, Stephen, Baillie, Jonathan E.M., Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Kingston, Naomi, Laffoley, Dan, Locke, Harvey, Lubchenco, Jane, MacKinnon, Kathy, Meliane, Imen, Sala, Enric and Spalding, Mark (2019). A bold successor to Aichi Target 11. Science, 365 (6454), 649-650. doi: 10.1126/science.aay2131

A bold successor to Aichi Target 11

2019

Journal Article

Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity

Coad, Lauren, Watson, James E. M., Geldmann, Jonas, Burgess, Neil D., Leverington, Fiona, Hockings, Marc, Knights, Kathryn and Di Marco, Moreno (2019). Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17 (5) fee.2042, 259-264. doi: 10.1002/fee.2042

Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity

2019

Journal Article

The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies

Roux, Dirk J., Kingsford, Richard T., Cook, Carly N., Carruthers, Jane, Dickson, Katrina and Hockings, Marc (2019). The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies. Conservation Biology, 33 (6) cobi.13324, 1266-1274. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13324

The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies

2018

Journal Article

Editorial essay: other effective area-based conservation measures: from Aichi Target 11 to the post-2020 biodiversity framework

Jonas, Harry D., MacKinnon, Kathy, Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Jessen, Sabine, Dan Laffoley,, MacKinnon, David, Matallana-Tobón, Clara L., Sandwith, Trevor, Waithaka, John and Woodley, Stephen (2018). Editorial essay: other effective area-based conservation measures: from Aichi Target 11 to the post-2020 biodiversity framework. Parks: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, 24 (Special issue), 9-16. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2018.PARKS-24-SIHDJ.en

Editorial essay: other effective area-based conservation measures: from Aichi Target 11 to the post-2020 biodiversity framework

2018

Journal Article

Priorities for protected area research

Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Stolton, Sue, Amend, Thora, Badola, Ruchi, Bianco, Mariasole, Chettri, Nakul, Cook, Carly, Day, Jon C., Dearden, Phil, Edwards, Mary, Ferraro, Paul, Foden, Wendy, Gambino, Roberto, Gaston, Kevin J., Hayward, Natalie, Hickey, Valerie, Irving, Jason, Jeffries, Bruce, Karapetyan, Areg, Kettunen, Marianne, Laestadius, Lars, Laffoley, Dan, Lham, Dechen, Lichtenstein, Gabriela, Makombo, John, Marshall, Nina, McGeoch, Melodie, Nguyen, Dao ... Zhang, Yan (2018). Priorities for protected area research. Parks, 24 (1), 35-50. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2018.PARKS-24-1ND.en

Priorities for protected area research

2018

Journal Article

An assessment of threats to terrestrial protected areas

Schulze, Katharina, Knights, Kathryn, Coad, Lauren, Geldmann, Jonas, Leverington, Fiona, Eassom, April, Marr, Melitta, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Hockings, Marc and Burgess, Neil D. (2018). An assessment of threats to terrestrial protected areas. Conservation Letters, 11 (3) e12435, e12435. doi: 10.1111/conl.12435

An assessment of threats to terrestrial protected areas

2018

Journal Article

A social-ecological approach to land-use conflict to inform regional and conservation planning and management

Karimi, Azadeh and Hockings, Marc (2018). A social-ecological approach to land-use conflict to inform regional and conservation planning and management. Landscape Ecology, 33 (5), 691-710. doi: 10.1007/s10980-018-0636-x

A social-ecological approach to land-use conflict to inform regional and conservation planning and management

2018

Journal Article

A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

Geldmann, Jonas, Coad, Lauren, Barnes, Megan D., Craigie, Ian D., Woodley, Stephen, Balmford, Andrew, Brooks, Thomas M., Hockings, Marc, Knights, Kathryn, Mascia, Michael B., McRae, Louise and Burgess, Neil D. (2018). A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas. Conservation Letters, 11 (3) e12434, e12434. doi: 10.1111/conl.12434

A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

2018

Journal Article

A comparison of climate change impacts on park values on four Queensland World Heritage National Parks in Australia

Tanner-McAllister, Sherri L., Rhodes, Jonathan R. and Hockings, Marc (2018). A comparison of climate change impacts on park values on four Queensland World Heritage National Parks in Australia. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 25 (3), 267-284. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2018.1431158

A comparison of climate change impacts on park values on four Queensland World Heritage National Parks in Australia

2018

Journal Article

Integrated measures of indigenous land and sea management effectiveness: challenges and opportunities for improved conservation partnerships in Australia

Austin, Beau, Robinson, Catherine, Fitzsimons, James, Sandford, Marcus, Ens, Emilie, Macdonald, Jennifer, Hockings, Marc, Hinchley, David, McDonald, Fergus, Corrigan, Colleen, Kennett, Rod, Hunter-Xenie, Hmalan and Garnett, Stephen (2018). Integrated measures of indigenous land and sea management effectiveness: challenges and opportunities for improved conservation partnerships in Australia. Conservation and Society, 16 (3), 372-384. doi: 10.4103/cs.cs-16-123

Integrated measures of indigenous land and sea management effectiveness: challenges and opportunities for improved conservation partnerships in Australia

2018

Journal Article

Building Stakeholder Awareness and Engagement Strategy to Enhance Biosphere Reserve Performance and Sustainability: The Case of Kien Giang, Vietnam

Van Cuong, Chu, Dart, Peter, Dudley, Nigel and Hockings, Marc (2018). Building Stakeholder Awareness and Engagement Strategy to Enhance Biosphere Reserve Performance and Sustainability: The Case of Kien Giang, Vietnam. Environmental Management, 62 (5), 877-891. doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1094-6

Building Stakeholder Awareness and Engagement Strategy to Enhance Biosphere Reserve Performance and Sustainability: The Case of Kien Giang, Vietnam

2017

Journal Article

Managing for climate change on protected areas: an adaptive management decision making framework

Tanner-McAllister, Sherri L., Rhodes, Jonathan and Hockings, Marc (2017). Managing for climate change on protected areas: an adaptive management decision making framework. Journal of Environmental Management, 204 (Pt 1), 510-518. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.038

Managing for climate change on protected areas: an adaptive management decision making framework

2017

Journal Article

Perspectives of wild medicine harvesters from Cape Town, South Africa

Petersen, Leif, Reid, Andrew M., Moll, Eugene J. and Hockings, Marc T. (2017). Perspectives of wild medicine harvesters from Cape Town, South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 113 (9-10) 2016-0260, 8-8. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2017/20160260

Perspectives of wild medicine harvesters from Cape Town, South Africa

2017

Journal Article

An introduction to ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ under Aichi Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity: origin, interpretation and emerging ocean issues

Laffoley, Dan, Dudley, Nigel, Jonas, Harry, MacKinnon, David, MacKinnon, Kathy, Hockings, Marc and Woodley, Stephen (2017). An introduction to ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ under Aichi Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity: origin, interpretation and emerging ocean issues. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27 (S1), 130-137. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2783

An introduction to ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ under Aichi Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity: origin, interpretation and emerging ocean issues

2017

Journal Article

Global Review of Social Indicators used in Protected Area Management Evaluation

Corrigan, Colleen, J. Robinson, Catherine, Burgess, Neil D., Kingston, Naomi and Hockings, Marc (2017). Global Review of Social Indicators used in Protected Area Management Evaluation. Conservation Letters, 11 (2) e12397, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/conl.12397

Global Review of Social Indicators used in Protected Area Management Evaluation

2017

Journal Article

Understanding local-scale drivers of biodiversity outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

Barnes, Megan D. , Craigie, Ian D. , Dudley, Nigel and Hockings, Marc (2017). Understanding local-scale drivers of biodiversity outcomes in terrestrial protected areas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1399 (1), 42-60. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13154

Understanding local-scale drivers of biodiversity outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

Past funding

  • 2016 - 2017
    Enhancing Institutional Capacities within the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (KSDAE) of the MoEF in Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessment
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Analysis of the public protected area framework in NSW and future opportunities
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    BIOPAMA Protected Area Management Effectiveness Data Management
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    2015 State of the Environment Report
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    What could World Heritage listing deliver for Indigenous people? The Australian experience in global context.
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Assessment of Management Effectiveness by Independent Experts for the 23014 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Integrating measures of Indigenous land management effectiveness (ARC Linkage Project Administered by CDU)
    Charles Darwin University
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Analysis of Parks Victoria State of the Parks data (2010)
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Marine World Heritage site management effectiveness preliminary study
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Protected areas management effectiveness assessments in Europe: a review of data, methods and results
    Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    2010 Biodiversity Indicator Partnership Project - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Indicator
    United Nations Environment Programme ¿ World Conservation Monitoring Centre
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Enhancing our Heritage: Monitoring and managing for success in world natural heritage sites - Stage 3
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Building Capacity For Adaptive Management In Protected Areas Through Improved Systems For Monitoring And Evaluation
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Protected Area Management Effectiveness
    The Nature Conservancy
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Enhancing our Heritage: Monitoring and Managing for Success in World Natural Heritage Sites - Stage 2
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    A Global Analysis of Protected Area Management
    World Wildlife Fund, Inc
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Developing a Monitoring and Assessment Culture for Protected Areas- Linking assessment to adaptive management in management agencies
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Developing a Monitoring and Assessment Culture for Protected Areas - Linking Assessment to Adaptive Management in Management Agencies
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Conducting a survey of delegates attending the Vth World Parks Congress
    The World Conservation Union
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Preparatory activities related to the Management Effectiveness Stream workshops and related events to be convened as the World Park Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 2003
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Preparatory Workshop on Management Effectiveness for World Park Congress
    World Wildlife Fund, Inc
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    Extending the Implementation of the Enhancing our Heritage Project to all the Natural World Heritage Sites in Latin America
    United States Forest Service
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2002
    Enhancing our Heritage: Monitoring and Managing for success in World Natural Heritage Sites
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2001
    Review of Management Effectiveness Framework and Guidelines - World Bank Funded Project
    World Bank Group
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2001
    Conserving World Natural Heritage sites through effective monitoring and partnerships - project initiation phase
    United States Forest Service
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2005
    The development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
    NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2002
    The development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
    Queensland National Parks & Wildlife Service
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2005
    The development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
    Department Tourism, Sport & Racing - Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2002
    The development of A Standardised Methodology for Improving the Management of Visitors to Natural Areas
    ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2005
    The Development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
    Department of Natural Resources and Mines
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2000
    To review the Management Effectiveness (WCPA) Framework and Guideline document
    WWF International
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Management effectiveness of Protected Areas: the case of the World Natural Heritage
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2000
    Review of methodologies for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
    Equilibrium
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Travel grant for World Conservation Congress in Montreal.
    Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 1995
    Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation management
    University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings directly for media enquiries about:

  • Enviornmental conservation
  • Environmental management
  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental resource assessment
  • Marine park management
  • National park management
  • Nature reserves - effectiveness
  • Policy - environment
  • Protected areas - for wildlife

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