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.

Search Professor Marc Hockings’s works on UQ eSpace

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

61 - 80 of 158 works

2015

Book Chapter

Protected area management effectiveness

Hockings, Marc, Leverington, Fiona and Cook, Carly (2015). Protected area management effectiveness. Protected area governance and management. (pp. 889-928) edited by Graeme L. Worboys, Michael Lockwood, Ashish Kothari, Sue Feary and Ian Pulsford. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press.

Protected area management effectiveness

2014

Journal Article

Community and park manager's perceptions of protected area management: a southeast Queensland study

Tanner-McAllister, S. L., Rhodes, J. R. and Hockings, M. (2014). Community and park manager's perceptions of protected area management: a southeast Queensland study. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 21 (3), 320-336. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2014.932720

Community and park manager's perceptions of protected area management: a southeast Queensland study

2014

Journal Article

Measuring the accuracy of management effectiveness evaluations of protected areas

Cook, Carly N., Carter, R.W. (Bill) and Hockings, Marc (2014). Measuring the accuracy of management effectiveness evaluations of protected areas. Journal of Environmental Management, 139, 164-171. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.023

Measuring the accuracy of management effectiveness evaluations of protected areas

2014

Other Outputs

Fish habitat connectivity case study: Lower Fitzroy River basin. Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Holmes, Glen, McGrath, Chris, Larsen, Josh, Hockings, Marc and Moss, Patrick T. (2014). Fish habitat connectivity case study: Lower Fitzroy River basin. Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Townsville, QLD, Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Fish habitat connectivity case study: Lower Fitzroy River basin. Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

2014

Journal Article

Implementing value chain analysis to investigate drivers and sustainability of Cape Town's informal economy of wild-harvested traditional medicine

Petersen. L. M., Moll, E. J., Hockings, M. T. and Collins, R. J. (2014). Implementing value chain analysis to investigate drivers and sustainability of Cape Town's informal economy of wild-harvested traditional medicine. Local Environment, 20 (9), 1040-1061. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2014.887667

Implementing value chain analysis to investigate drivers and sustainability of Cape Town's informal economy of wild-harvested traditional medicine

2014

Journal Article

The Promise of Sydney: an editorial essay

Sandwith, Trevor, Enkerlin, Ernesto, MacKinnon, Kathy, Allen, Diana, Andrade, Ange;a, Badman, Tim, Brooks, Tom, Bueno, Paula, Campbell, Kathryn, Ervin, Jamison, Laffoley, Dan, Hay-Edie, Terence, Hockings, Marc, Johansson, Stig, Keenleyside, Karen, Langhammer, Penny, Mueller, Eduard, Smith, Tanya, Vierros, Marjo, Welling, Leigh, Woodley, Stephen and Dudley, Nigel (2014). The Promise of Sydney: an editorial essay. Parks: The International Journal for Protected Area Managers, 20 (1), 7-18. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2014.PARKS-20-1.TS.en

The Promise of Sydney: an editorial essay

2014

Other Outputs

Evaluating the management effectiveness of Thailand's marine and coastal protected areas

Hockings, Marc, Shadie, Peter, Vincent, Geoff and Suksawang, Songtam (2014). Evaluating the management effectiveness of Thailand's marine and coastal protected areas. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Evaluating the management effectiveness of Thailand's marine and coastal protected areas

2014

Journal Article

A preliminary assessment of protected area management within the WWF ‘Coastal East Africa’ priority place, Eastern Africa

Knights, Kathryn, Cuadros, Ivon, Zamora, Camilo, Coad, Lauren, Leverington, Fiona, O'Connor, Brian, Goncalves de Lima, Marcelo, Kingston, Naomi, Danks, Fiona, Hockings, Marc, Malugu, Isaac, Scheren, Peter, Ngoye, Elizabeth, Stephenson, P .J. and Burgess, Neil D. (2014). A preliminary assessment of protected area management within the WWF ‘Coastal East Africa’ priority place, Eastern Africa. Parks: The International Journal for Protected Area Managers, 20 (2), 77-88. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2014.PARKS-20-2.KK.en

A preliminary assessment of protected area management within the WWF ‘Coastal East Africa’ priority place, Eastern Africa

2014

Journal Article

Bush doctors and wild medicine: the scale of trade in Cape Town's informal economy of wild harvested medicine and traditional healing

Petersen, Leif M., Charman, Andrew J. E., Moll, Eugene J., Collins, Ray J. and Hockings, Marc T. (2014). Bush doctors and wild medicine: the scale of trade in Cape Town's informal economy of wild harvested medicine and traditional healing. Society and Natural Resources, 27 (3), 315-336. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2013.861558

Bush doctors and wild medicine: the scale of trade in Cape Town's informal economy of wild harvested medicine and traditional healing

2014

Journal Article

Publishing for the protected area community: A vision for PARKS from its Editorial Board

Amend, Thora, Brooks, Tom, Choudhury, B. C., Coad, Lauren, Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Kormos, Cyril, Lopoukhine, Nikita (Nik), Lotter, Wayne, MacKinnon, Kathy, Newing, Helen, Redford, Kent H., Stolton, Sue and Verschuuren, Bas (2014). Publishing for the protected area community: A vision for PARKS from its Editorial Board. Parks: The International Journal for Protected Area Managers, 20 (2), 7-12. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2014.PARKS-20-2.TA.en

Publishing for the protected area community: A vision for PARKS from its Editorial Board

2014

Other Outputs

Independent assessment of management effectiveness for the Great Barrier Reef: outlook report 2014

Hockings, Marc, Leverington, Andrea, Trinder, Colin and Polglaze, John (2014). Independent assessment of management effectiveness for the Great Barrier Reef: outlook report 2014. Townsville, QLD, Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Independent assessment of management effectiveness for the Great Barrier Reef: outlook report 2014

2014

Journal Article

How accurate is the local ecological knowledge of protected area practitioners?

Cook, Carly N., Wardell-Johnson, Grant, Carter, R. W. and Hockings, Marc (2014). How accurate is the local ecological knowledge of protected area practitioners?. Ecology and Society, 19 (2) 32. doi: 10.5751/ES-06341-190232

How accurate is the local ecological knowledge of protected area practitioners?

2013

Journal Article

Australian protected areas and adaptive management: Contributions by visitor planning frameworks and management effectiveness assessments

Moore, S. A. and Hockings, M. (2013). Australian protected areas and adaptive management: Contributions by visitor planning frameworks and management effectiveness assessments. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 20 (4), 270-284. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2013.833487

Australian protected areas and adaptive management: Contributions by visitor planning frameworks and management effectiveness assessments

2013

Journal Article

A draft code of practice for research and monitoring in protected areas

Hockings, Marc, Adams, William, Brooks, Thomas M., Dudley, Nigel, Jonas, Holly, Lotter, Wayne, Mathur, Vinod, Vaisanen, Rauno and Woodley, Stephen (2013). A draft code of practice for research and monitoring in protected areas. Parks: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, 19 (2), 85-94. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2013.PARKS-19-2.MH.en

A draft code of practice for research and monitoring in protected areas

2013

Journal Article

Changes in elephant ownership and employment in the Lao PDR: implications for the elephant-based logging and tourism industries

Suter, Ingrid C., Hockings, Marc and Baxter, Greg S. (2013). Changes in elephant ownership and employment in the Lao PDR: implications for the elephant-based logging and tourism industries. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 18 (4), 279-291. doi: 10.1080/10871209.2013.788235

Changes in elephant ownership and employment in the Lao PDR: implications for the elephant-based logging and tourism industries

2013

Journal Article

Improving technical information use: what can be learnt from a manager's perspective?

Jacobson, C., Lisle, A., Carter, R. W. and Hockings, M. T. (2013). Improving technical information use: what can be learnt from a manager's perspective?. Environmental Management, 52 (1), 221-233. doi: 10.1007/s00267-013-0084-y

Improving technical information use: what can be learnt from a manager's perspective?

2013

Journal Article

Simple plantations have the potential to enhance biodiversity in degraded areas of Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Cuong, Chu Van, Lamb, David and Hockings, Marc (2013). Simple plantations have the potential to enhance biodiversity in degraded areas of Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam. Natural Areas Journal, 33 (2), 139-147. doi: 10.3375/043.033.0203

Simple plantations have the potential to enhance biodiversity in degraded areas of Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

2013

Other Outputs

Assessment of management effectiveness for the strategic assessment of the Great Barrier Reef region

Hockings, Marc, Leverington, Andrea and Gilligan, Brian (2013). Assessment of management effectiveness for the strategic assessment of the Great Barrier Reef region. UniQuest Project No: C00948 St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.

Assessment of management effectiveness for the strategic assessment of the Great Barrier Reef region

2013

Journal Article

Climate change, scenarios and marine biodiversity conservation

Haward, Marcus, Davidson, Julie, Lockwood, Michael, Hockings, Marc, Kriwoken, Lorne and Allchin, Robyn (2013). Climate change, scenarios and marine biodiversity conservation. Marine Policy, 38, 438-446. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.07.004

Climate change, scenarios and marine biodiversity conservation

2013

Journal Article

Progress towards the CBD protected area management effectiveness targets

Coad, Lauren, Leverington, Fiona, Burgess, Neil D., Cuadros, Ivon C., Geldmann, Jonas, Marthews, Toby R., Mee, Jessie, Nolte, Christoph, Stoll-Kleemann, Susanne, Vansteelant, Nanna, Zamora, Camilo, Zimsky, Mark and Hockings, Marc (2013). Progress towards the CBD protected area management effectiveness targets. Parks: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, 19 (1), 13-24. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2013.PARKS-19-1.LC.en

Progress towards the CBD protected area management effectiveness targets

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 - 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
  • 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
  • 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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