Overview
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
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.
Works
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2008
Journal Article
Managing the impacts of SCUBA divers on Thailand's coral reefs
Worachananant, S., Carter, R. W., Hockings, M. T. and Reopanichkul, P. (2008). Managing the impacts of SCUBA divers on Thailand's coral reefs. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 16 (6), 645-663. doi: 10.1080/09669580802159677
2008
Conference Publication
Decision mapping as a tool for integrating evaluation information into decision making
Jacobson, Chris L., Hockings, Marc and Carter, Bi (2008). Decision mapping as a tool for integrating evaluation information into decision making. 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management: Linking Culture and Nature, Burlington, Vermont, USA, June 10 – 14 2008.
2008
Book Chapter
The functions and processes of protected area management
Lockwood, M., Worboys, G., Zeller, D., Marsh, J., Hockings, M. T., Leverington, F. J., Stolton, S. and Dudley, N. (2008). The functions and processes of protected area management. The world's protected areas: Status, values and prospects in the 21st century. (pp. 120-145) edited by Stuart Chape, Mark Spalding and Martin Jenkins. Berkeley, CA.,U.S.: University of California Press.
2008
Book
Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas: a global study. Overview of approaches and methodologies: Supplementary report no.1
Leverington, Fiona, Hockings, Marc, Pavese, Helena, Costa, Katia Lemos and Courreau, José (2008). Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas: a global study. Overview of approaches and methodologies: Supplementary report no.1. Gatton, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Gatton; TNC, WWF, IUCN-WCPA.
2008
Journal Article
Post-hurricane Katrina: building frameworks for incorporating social-ecological resilience
Herron, A. H., Neil, D. T. and Hockings, M. T. (2008). Post-hurricane Katrina: building frameworks for incorporating social-ecological resilience. Development.
2008
Book
Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas: a global study
Leverington, Fiona, Hockings, Marc and Costa, Katia Lemos (2008). Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas: a global study. Gatton, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Gatton; TNC, WWF, IUCN-WCPA.
2008
Journal Article
The status of protected area evaluation in Australia and implications for its future
Jacobson, C., Carter, R. W. and Hockings, M. T. (2008). The status of protected area evaluation in Australia and implications for its future. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 15 (4), 202-210. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2008.9725204
2007
Journal Article
Global study of protected areas management effectiveness: The Brazilian perspective
Pavese, H. B., Leverington, F. J. and Hockings, M. T. (2007). Global study of protected areas management effectiveness: The Brazilian perspective. Natureza & Conservacao: The Brazilian Journal of Nature Conservation, 5 (1), 152-162.
2007
Conference Publication
Australian protected area system: Directions and issues.
Leverington, F., Figgis, P., Hockings, M., Sattler, P. S. and Worboys, G. (2007). Australian protected area system: Directions and issues.. V Congresso Brasileiro de Unidades de Conservação, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, 17-21 June 2007. Curitiba, PR: Fundação O Boticário de Proteção à Natureza.
2007
Other Outputs
Tracking progress in managing protected areas around the world : An analysis of two applications of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool developed by WWF and the World Bank
Dudley, Nigel, Belokurov, Alexander, Higgins-Zogib, Liza, Hockings, Marc, Stolton, Sue and Burgess, Neil (2007). Tracking progress in managing protected areas around the world : An analysis of two applications of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool developed by WWF and the World Bank. Gland, Switzerland: WWF International.
2007
Journal Article
Impacts of the 2004 Tsunami on Surin Marine National Park, Thailand
Worachananant, S., Carter, R. W. and Hockings, M. T. (2007). Impacts of the 2004 Tsunami on Surin Marine National Park, Thailand. Coastal management, 35 (2-3), 399-412. doi: 10.1080/08920750601169667
2007
Conference Publication
Managing a protected area within it's wider landscape: tools for assessment and enhancement
Lacerda, Leonardo, Hockings, Marcus, Ripley, Steven and Numa de Oliveira, Luiz Roberto (2007). Managing a protected area within it's wider landscape: tools for assessment and enhancement. Second World Heritage Forest Meeting, Nancy, France, 9 - 11 March 2005. Paris, France: UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
2007
Conference Publication
Kaziranga National Park and World Heritage site, India: Taking the long view
Mathur, Vinod, Verma, Ashok, Dudley, Nigel, Stolton, Sue, Hockings, Marcus and James, Robyn (2007). Kaziranga National Park and World Heritage site, India: Taking the long view. Second World Heritage Forest Meeting, Nancy, France, 9 - 11 March 2005. Paris, France: UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
2006
Conference Publication
Managing tourism in Surin Marine National Park, Thailand
Worachananant, Suchai, Carter, R.W. and Hockings, Marc (2006). Managing tourism in Surin Marine National Park, Thailand. The East Asian Seas Congress 2006, Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, 12-16 December, 2006.
2006
Other Outputs
Development of cooperative management arrangements in the Great Barrier Reef: An adaptive management approach
Robinson, C. J., Ross, H. and Hockings, M. T. (2006). Development of cooperative management arrangements in the Great Barrier Reef: An adaptive management approach. CRC Reef Research Centre technical report, no. 55 Townsville, Qld, Australia: CRC Reef Research Centre.
2006
Book Chapter
Evaluating management effectiveness
Hockings, Marc, Leverington, Fiona and James, Robyn (2006). Evaluating management effectiveness. Managing protected areas: A global guide. (pp. 635-655) edited by Michael Lockwood, Graeme L. Worboys and Ashish Kothari. London, U.K.: Earthscan.
2006
Conference Publication
Status of Management Effectiveness Evaluation and the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas
Hockings, M T and Leverington, F J (2006). Status of Management Effectiveness Evaluation and the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Jeju Island, Korea, 24-27 October 2006. Seoul, South Korea:
2006
Book
Evaluating effectiveness a framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
Hockings, Marcus, Stolton, Sue, Leverington, Fiona, Dudley, Nigel and Courrau, Jose (2006). Evaluating effectiveness a framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas. 2 ed. Gland, Switzerland; Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resoruces.
2006
Conference Publication
Recovery and Management in Surin Marine National Park, Thailand
Worachananant, Suchai, Carter, Bill and Hockings, Marc (2006). Recovery and Management in Surin Marine National Park, Thailand. Post-Disaster Assessment and Monitoring of Changes in the Coastal, Ocean and Human Systems in the Indian Ocean and Asian Waters, Phuket, Thailand, 20-23 February, 2006.
2005
Conference Publication
Workshop Stream 5 Evaluating Management Effectiveness
Hockings, M. T. (2005). Workshop Stream 5 Evaluating Management Effectiveness. Vth World Parks Congress: Benefits beyond boundaries, Durban, South Africa, 8-17 September 2003. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN The World Conservation Union.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Decision Modelling in the management of Australian Marine Protected Areas
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Biophysical and social measures of conservation effectiveness: Using the lens of Indigenous and local land and sea management in protected areas as an evidence base
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Spatially Explicit Approach to Operationalising Social-Ecological Systems to Inform Land-Use Planning; Case study: Baffle Basin, Australia
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Factors influencing the management effectiveness of the biosphere reserve model: The case of Vietnam
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Peter Dart
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Protected area management under climate change: A framework for decision making.
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Participatory Wetland Conservation in Yok Don National Park, Vietnam
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Making the most of machine learning and freely available datasets: A deforestation case study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marcus Gallagher
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Protected area effectiveness: evaluation of biological outcomes in protected areas
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Cape Town's informal economy of wild harvested resources and traditional medicine
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Protecting naturally restricted species in a fragmented landscape.- A case study from the Brigalow Belt South bioregion, Queensland, Australia.
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Analysis of protected area management effectiveness evaluation data and its application for increasing understanding of management
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Constraints and Enabling Factors for Effective Conservation in Vietnam: Cat Ba Island Case Study.
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Validating management effectiveness evaluations of protected areas in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating the Management of Threatened Species in Australia: The Recovery Planning Strategy
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation framework for collaborative management of protected areas: a cross-cultural case study in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
MANAGEMENT APPROACHES IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: THE CASE OF SURIN MARINE NATIONAL PARK, THAILAND
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
What Constitutes Success in pacific Island Comunity Conserved Areas?
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
EVALUATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Bob Beeton
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
THE IMPACT OF GOVERNANCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES IN AUSTRALIAN NATURAL RESOURCE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Neil Sipe
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation in conservation decision making
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham
Media
Enquiries
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- 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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