Professor Hugh Possingham
Professor

Hugh Possingham

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Background

Hugh Possingham's research interests are in conservation research, operations research and ecology. More specifically his lab works on problems to secure the world's biological diversity: efficient nature reserve design, habitat reconstruction, optimal monitoring, optimal management of populations for conservation, cost-effective conservation actions for threatened species, pest control and population harvesting, survey methods for detecting bird decline, bird conservation ecology, environmental accounting and metapopulation dynamics. He has always been actively involved in conservation policy and advocacy - to learn how listen to "The 2023 Univ Canberra Krebs lecture on Science, Maths and Environmental Policy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2_UamShUw"

Hugh is 40% UQ in the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science to our website homepage (https://cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/); 10% Accounting for Nature and 10% co-chair of the national Biodiversity Council. He sits on c30 other boards and committees pro bono.

His research projects are in the field of decision theory in conservation biology, including co-developing Marxan MaPP - Marxan (marxansolutions.org):

  • Biodiversity offsetting
  • Biodiversity markets
  • Conservation policy at all levels of government
  • Reserve design, biodiversity management and fire regime management
  • Population viability analysis (PVA) - including the development of ALEX
  • Pollination ecology
  • Metapopulation dynamics
  • Ecological economics
  • Optimal monitoring and environmental accounts
  • Stochastic modelling
  • Biodiversity and climate change
  • Population dynamics of marine organisms
  • Marine reserve design
  • Marine population dynamics
  • Avian community ecology
  • Edge effects and fragmentation
  • Landscape ecology
  • Behavioural and population ecology of parasitoids

Availability

Professor Hugh Possingham is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Ecology Environmental Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Adelaide
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
  • Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Science
  • Australian Mathematical Society, Australian Mathematical Society

Research impacts

Some of Hugh's research impact can be lsitened to here - "The 2023 Univ Canberra Krebs lecture on Science, Maths and Environmental Policy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2_UamShUw". Some of the highlights are in his Wikipedia Page, so it muct be true :) :

"Possingham was the Queensland Chief Scientist from 2020 to 2022, where he provided high-level strategic science, research and innovation advice to the Queensland Government and acted as an ambassador for science in Queensland.[1][11]

Possingham is a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, chaired the Australian Government's committees on Biodiversity Hotspots, and on Biological Diversity,[12] the Queensland Government's Smart State Council,[13] and the Wilderness Society's Wild Country Science Council.[14]

Possingham co-authored "The Brigalow Declaration"[15] with Dr Barry Traill, used by Queensland Premier Beattie to support an end to land-clearing in Queensland. Land clearance in Queensland was removing 500,000 hectares of native vegetation each year, and was responsible for 10% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions; its cessation enabled Australia to meet its Kyoto Protocol target.[16] In 2009 he proposed devoting a proportionate fraction of gambling revenues to saving an endangered species, to be selected by a random drawing shown on television before the Melbourne Cup.[17]

From 2016 to 2020, Possingham was the Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy, a global conservation organisation with 400 scientists and 4000 staff, that has protected more than 40 million hectares of land and thousands of kilometres of rivers worldwide.[1]"

Search Professor Hugh Possingham’s works on UQ eSpace

869 works between 1986 and 2024
All (869) Journal Article (758) Book Chapter (39) Conference Publication (50) Book (4) Other Outputs (18)

41 - 60 of 869 works

2022

Journal Article

Gender and conservation science: men continue to out‐publish women at the world's largest environmental conservation non‐profit organization

James, Robyn, Ariunbaatar, Javkhlan, Bresnahan, Meaghan, Carlos‐Grotjahn, Chelsea, Fisher, Jonathan R. B., Gibbs, Bridget, Hausheer, Justine E., Nakozoete, Cynthia, Nomura, Sarah‐Kate, Possingham, Hugh and Lyons, Kristen (2022). Gender and conservation science: men continue to out‐publish women at the world's largest environmental conservation non‐profit organization. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (8) e12748. doi: 10.1111/csp2.12748

Gender and conservation science: men continue to out‐publish women at the world's largest environmental conservation non‐profit organization

2022

Journal Article

Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al

Watson, James E. M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle, Yong, Chuan J., Reside, April E., Possingham, Hugh P., Rogers, Andrew and Carwardine, Josie (2022). Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al. Conservation Biology, 36 (4) e13961, e13961. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13961

Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al

2022

Journal Article

The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity

Allan, James R., Possingham, Hugh P., Atkinson, Scott C., Waldron, Anthony, Di Marco, Moreno, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Adams, Vanessa M., Kissling, W. Daniel, Worsdell, Thomas, Sandbrook, Chris, Gibbon, Gwili, Kumar, Kundan, Mehta, Piyush, Maron, Martine, Williams, Brooke A., Jones, Kendall R., Wintle, Brendan A., Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science, 376 (6597), 1094-1101. doi: 10.1126/science.abl9127

The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity

2022

Journal Article

Efficient small-scale marine reserve design requires high-resolution biodiversity and stakeholder data

Rowell, Devin A., Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Fuller, Richard A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Hereu, Bernat (2022). Efficient small-scale marine reserve design requires high-resolution biodiversity and stakeholder data. Ocean and Coastal Management, 223 106152, 106152. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106152

Efficient small-scale marine reserve design requires high-resolution biodiversity and stakeholder data

2022

Journal Article

Effectiveness of 20 years of conservation investments in protecting orangutans

Santika, Truly, Sherman, Julie, Voigt, Maria, Ancrenaz, Marc, Wich, Serge A., Wilson, Kerrie A., Possingham, Hugh, Massingham, Emily, Seaman, Dave J.I., Ashbury, Alison M., Azvi, Taufiq S., Banes, Graham L., Barrow, Elizabeth J., Burslem, David F.R.P., Delgado, Robert A., Erman, Andi, Fredriksson, Gabriella, Goossens, Benoit, Houghton, Max, Indrawan, Tito P., Jaya, Ricko L., Kanamori, Tomoko, Knott, Cheryl D., Leiman, Ashley, Liswanto, Darmawan, Mach, Martin, Marshall, Andrew J., Martin, Julien G.A., Midora, Lelyana ... Meijaard, Erik (2022). Effectiveness of 20 years of conservation investments in protecting orangutans. Current Biology, 32 (8), 1754-1763. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.051

Effectiveness of 20 years of conservation investments in protecting orangutans

2022

Journal Article

Spatial zoning to conserve fish species with complex life cycles in estuaries

Duarte de Paula Costa, Micheli, Magris, Rafael A., Muelbert, José Henrique, Vieira, João Paes, Castello, Jorge Pablo, Copertino, Margareth S. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2022). Spatial zoning to conserve fish species with complex life cycles in estuaries. Ocean and Coastal Management, 221 106115, 106115. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106115

Spatial zoning to conserve fish species with complex life cycles in estuaries

2022

Journal Article

Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas

Brito-Morales, Isaac, Schoeman, David S., Everett, Jason D., Klein, Carissa J., Dunn, Daniel C., García Molinos, Jorge, Burrows, Michael T., Buenafe, Kristine Camille V., Dominguez, Rosa Mar, Possingham, Hugh P. and Richardson, Anthony J. (2022). Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas. Nature Climate Change, 12 (4), 402-407. doi: 10.1038/s41558-022-01323-7

Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas

2022

Journal Article

Importance of equitable cost sharing in the Convention on Biological Diversity's protected area agenda

Stark, Keila, Adams, Vanessa, Brown, Christopher J., Chauvenet, Alienor, Davis, Katrina, Game, Edward T., Halpern, Benjamin S., Lynham, John, Mappin, Bonnie, Selkoe, Kim, Watson, James E.M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Klein, Carissa J. (2022). Importance of equitable cost sharing in the Convention on Biological Diversity's protected area agenda. Conservation Biology, 36 (2) cobi.13812, e13812. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13812

Importance of equitable cost sharing in the Convention on Biological Diversity's protected area agenda

2022

Journal Article

From climate change to pandemics: decision science can help scientists have impact

Baker, Christopher M., Campbell, Patricia T., Chades, Iadine, Dean, Angela J., Hester, Susan M., Holden, Matthew H., McCaw, James M., McVernon, Jodie, Moss, Robert, Shearer, Freya M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2022). From climate change to pandemics: decision science can help scientists have impact. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 792749. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.792749

From climate change to pandemics: decision science can help scientists have impact

2022

Journal Article

The impacts of land use change on flood protection services among multiple beneficiaries

Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar, Wells, Jessie A., Sonter, Laura J., Possingham, Hugh P. and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2022). The impacts of land use change on flood protection services among multiple beneficiaries. Science of the Total Environment, 806 (Pt 2) 150577, 150577. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150577

The impacts of land use change on flood protection services among multiple beneficiaries

2022

Journal Article

The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems

Mappin, Bonnie, Ward, Adrian, Hughes, Lesley, Watson, James E. M., Cosier, Peter and Possingham, Hugh P. (2022). The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59 (2), 408-419. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14008

The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems

2022

Journal Article

An objective-based prioritization approach to support trophic complexity through ecological restoration species mixes

Ladouceur, Emma, McGowan, Jennifer, Huber, Patrick, Possingham, Hugh, Scridel, Davide, van Klink, Roel, Poschlod, Peter, Cornelissen, Johannes Hans C., Bonomi, Costantino and Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja (2022). An objective-based prioritization approach to support trophic complexity through ecological restoration species mixes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59 (2), 394-407. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13943

An objective-based prioritization approach to support trophic complexity through ecological restoration species mixes

2022

Journal Article

An introduction to decision science for conservation

Hemming, Victoria, Camaclang, Abbey E., Adams, Megan S., Burgman, Mark, Carbeck, Katherine, Carwardine, Josie, Chadès, Iadine, Chalifour, Lia, Converse, Sarah J., Davidson, Lindsay N. K., Garrard, Georgia E., Finn, Riley, Fleri, Jesse R., Huard, Jacqueline, Mayfield, Helen J., Madden, Eve McDonald, Naujokaitis‐Lewis, Ilona, Possingham, Hugh P., Rumpff, Libby, Runge, Michael C., Stewart, Daniel, Tulloch, Vivitskaia J. D., Walshe, Terry and Martin, Tara G. (2022). An introduction to decision science for conservation. Conservation Biology, 36 (1) e13868, e13868. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13868

An introduction to decision science for conservation

2022

Journal Article

Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds

Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P., Garnett, Stephen T., Maron, Martine, Rhodes, Jonathan R., MacColl, Chris, Seaton, Richard, Jackett, Nigel, Reside, April E., Webster, Patrick and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2022). Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (2) 024032, 024032. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4f8b

Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds

2022

Journal Article

Aligning ecological compensation policies with the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to achieve real net gain in biodiversity

Simmonds, Jeremy S., Hase, Amrei, Quétier, Fabien, Brownlie, Susie, Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P., Souquet, Mathieu, zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E., ten Kate, Kerry, Costa, Hugo M. and Sonter, Laura J. (2022). Aligning ecological compensation policies with the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to achieve real net gain in biodiversity. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (3) e12634. doi: 10.1111/csp2.12634

Aligning ecological compensation policies with the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to achieve real net gain in biodiversity

2022

Journal Article

Predicting the optimal amount of time to spend learning before designating protected habitat for threatened species

Camaclang, Abbey E., Chadès, Iadine, Martin, Tara G. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2022). Predicting the optimal amount of time to spend learning before designating protected habitat for threatened species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13 (3), 722-733. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13770

Predicting the optimal amount of time to spend learning before designating protected habitat for threatened species

2022

Journal Article

Trade-offs between efficiency, equality and equity in restoration for flood protection

Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar, Vogl, Adrian L, Sonter, Laura J, Possingham, Hugh P and Rhodes, Jonathan R (2022). Trade-offs between efficiency, equality and equity in restoration for flood protection. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (1) 014001, 014001. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3797

Trade-offs between efficiency, equality and equity in restoration for flood protection

2021

Journal Article

Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets

Jetz, Walter, McGowan, Jennifer, Rinnan, D. Scott, Possingham, Hugh P., Visconti, Piero, O’Donnell, Brian and Londoño-Murcia, Maria Cecilia (2021). Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (2), 123-126. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01620-y

Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets

2021

Journal Article

Author Correction: Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (5978), 10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3)

Grantham, H. S., Duncan, A., Evans, T. D., Jones, K. R., Beyer, H. L., Schuster, R., Walston, J., Ray, J. C., Robinson, J. G., Callow, M., Clements, T., Costa, H. M., DeGemmis, A., Elsen, P. R., Ervin, J., Franco, P., Goldman, E., Goetz, S., Hansen, A., Hofsvang, E., Jantz, P., Jupiter, S., Kang, A., Langhammer, P., Laurance, W. F., Lieberman, S., Linkie, M., Malhi, Y., Maxwell, S. ... Watson, J. E.M. (2021). Author Correction: Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (5978), 10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3). Nature Communications, 12 (1) 592, 592. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-20999-7

Author Correction: Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (5978), 10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3)

2021

Journal Article

Prioritizing actions: spatial action maps for conservation

Tallis, Heather, Fargione, Joe, Game, Edward, McDonald, Rob, Baumgarten, Leandro, Bhagabati, Nirmal, Cortez, Rane, Griscom, Bronson, Higgins, Jonathan, Kennedy, Christina M., Kiesecker, Joe, Kroeger, Timm, Leberer, Trina, McGowan, Jennifer, Mandle, Lisa, Masuda, Yuta J., Morrison, Scott A., Palmer, Sally, Shirer, Rebecca, Shyamsundar, Priya, Wolff, Nicholas H. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2021). Prioritizing actions: spatial action maps for conservation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1505 (1), 118-141. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14651

Prioritizing actions: spatial action maps for conservation

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    Understanding marine migratory connectivity for more sustainable oceans
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    New metrics to track fauna community condition in Australia
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Developing and reviewing standardised best practice for Threatened Species Recovery teams in Queensland: applying insights from social science and participatory approaches
    Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Kelp forest recovery after an extreme warming event in Baja California
    Estate of Winifred V. Scott
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2016 - 2018
    Conserving Australia's Antarctic biodiversity in a changing climate
    Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Recovering Australia's migratory shorebirds
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Hawkesbury Shelf Marine Bioregion Assessment, Spatial Planning - Marxan - OEH-14-2016
    New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    The Luc Hoffman Institute Fellow - Pathways for Drivers of Positive Change
    WWF International
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Assimilating development objectives in conservation planning
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Spatial conservation planning in subtropical and temperate waters of New South Wales
    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2021
    Post eradication ecosystem response on Macquarie Island
    Australian Antarctic Division
    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 - 2017
    Develop region-wide bioregionalisation for the project area of MACBIO for IUCN
    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - Oceania
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Threatened species conservation and co-benefits across Australia land tenures
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Biodiversity, Poverty and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
    International Institute for Environment and Development
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Mapping Ocean Wealth: Livelihoods, Economies and Integrated Management
    The Nature Conservancy - Indo Pacific Region
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Evaluating the collateral impacts of moving species in the face of climate change: a novel network theory approach
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2021
    NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub
    National Environmental Science Program
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Benchmarking reef health for spatial conservation in Borneo
    Estate of Winifred V. Scott
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Planning for the impacts of land-uses on coral reef fisheries and livelihoods under different climate scenarios
    The Nature Conservancy
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Prioritising transportation networks to benefit industry and the environment
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - Seed Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2020
    Restore or protect: could habitat restoration ever be a better investment than habitat protection for biodiversity and ecosystem service conservation?
    ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Optimization for biodiversity, ecosystem services and production in agro-ecosystem
    CSIRO Flagships Collaboration Fund
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Climate adaptation on coral reefs
    Wildlife Conservation Society (USA)
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Coastal marine gap analysis
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2018
    Reconciling competing objectives for the design of marine reserve networks: biodiversity, food security, and local equity in benefits
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Climate Change Adaptation for Natural Resource Management in East Coast Australia
    Commonwealth Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Great Barrier Reef resilience investment plan
    World Wide Fund for Nature Australia
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2024
    Decision science for nature conservation
    Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2019
    Prioritising Adaptation Actions for Managing Invasive Animals Under Climate Change (Invasive Animals CRC Project 1.L.11)
    Invasive Animals CRC
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Borneo Futures Project
    People and Nature Consultancy International
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Optimal habitat protection and restoration for climate adaptation
    Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2016
    Postdoctoral fellowship in Terrestrial Ecology includes investigating Aliens in Antarctica - pathway analysis and novel ecosystems
    Australian Antarctic Division
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2018
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED)
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Defend or retreat? Adapting to the impacts of sea level rise as a result of rapid climate change
    ARC Super Science Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Understanding and reversing the rapid declines in Australia's shorebirds
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    NERP Environmental Decisions Hub
    CDSEWPC - National Environmental Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2014
    The role of learning in conservation management: developing adaptive approaches for the conservation of biodiversity in a changing climate
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    Increasing the effectiveness of Australian threatened bird conservation (ARC Linkage grant administered by Charles Darwin University)
    Charles Darwin University
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Optimising Ecosystem Management Project
    New Zealand Department of Conservation
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Optimising Threatened Species Project
    New Zealand Department of Conservation
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Spatial prioritization in the context of climate change and unforeseen opportunities: maximizing conservation outcomes in Gondwana Link
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Resilience of Moreton Bay to climate change: Links between nutrient inputs and plankton dynamics
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Koala population viability and management in the Koala Coast, Queensland, Australia
    Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Strategies for managing invasive species in space: deciding whether to eradicate, contain or control
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Marine conservation planning for persistent coral reef communities: Incorporating connectivity and resilience
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Advancing cost-effectiveness of conservation action plans: White-backed Woodpecker in Sweden as an example
    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Coral reef connectivity: an empirical and theoretical synthesis
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2007
    Determining global and regional conservation priorities for biodiversity hotspots: mediterranean type ecosystems as a case study.
    ARC Linkage International
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    UQ/CSIRO Research Fellowship in Marine Ecological Modelling
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2011
    Applied Environmental Decision Analysis
    Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2011
    Theory for global biodiversity conservation
    ARC Federation Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2010
    Applied Decision Analysis for Conservation Biology
    Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Recasting an icon: towards a biosphere reserve for the D'Aguilar Range
    South East Queensland Catchments Ltd.
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Allocation of fixed resources among biodiversity hotspots and high-biodiversity wilderness areas
    Conservation International
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Integrating Multiple Conservation Values For Protection And Restoration Of Native Vegetation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2006
    Evaluating Methods of Allocating Conservation Resources Between Biodiversity Hotspots: Mediterranean Ecoregions Case Study
    The Nature Conservancy
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    A Bayesian framework for metapopulation dynamics of species in endangered communities: Integrating demographic, environmental and genetic data
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Systematic Conservation Planning Tools at SCB 2005 - Short Course
    Conservation International
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Landscape scale monitoring and adaptive management of woodland birds in the Mt Lofty Ranges
    Nature Foundation SA INC
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Integrating spatial and molecular ecology approaches to evaluate the natural regenerative ability of secondary rainforest to revegetate degraded tropical landscapes
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Landscape-scale monitoring and adaptive management of woodland birds in the Mt Lofty Ranges
    Conservation Council of South Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    A risk assessment of the effects of cyanide-bearing tailings solutions on wildlife
    Aust. Centre for Mining Environmental Research
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Conservation planning in a dynamic and uncertain world
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2008
    UQ/CSIRO - Ecological Modeller (Snr) Lecturer/ (Snr) Research Fellow Marine Ecological Modelling
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Identification and assessment of culturally significant human modified landscapes (HML's): Development in traditional lands of the Lockhart River DOGIT, Cape York
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    Optimal management of complex ecological systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2005
    Landscape-scale monitoring and adaptive management of woodland birds in the Mt Lofty Ranges
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2005
    Predicting metapopulation dynamics with multiple patch states
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    A comparison of processes for assessing relative values for biodiversity significance
    Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Quantification and integrated valuation of ecosystem services in rural landscapes
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2006
    Development of decision support models for weed containment and eradication
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2004
    Modelling the spatial and temporal dynamics of kangaroo populations for sustainable rangeland management
    ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)
    Open grant
  • 2001
    Peer Review the Common Conservation Classification System
    Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2002
    Evaluating alternative management strategies for kangaroos in the Murray-Darling Basin
    NSW Agriculture
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2003
    Conserving and restoring koala populations in fragmented landscapes
    ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)
    Open grant
  • 2001
    Risk management for ecologically sustainable development: predicting extinction and recolonisation in the Mound Springs of SA
    ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Hugh Possingham is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Assessing and planning large-scale forest restoration for ecological and social outcomes

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Angela Dean

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding marine migratory connectivity for more sustainable oceans

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Daniel Dunn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Gender, Conservation and Natural Resource Management in Solomon Islands

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Kristen Lyons

  • Doctor Philosophy

    How does land management affect recovery of brush-tailed rock-wallabies after fire and drought

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Diana Fisher

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Conserving migratory species

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Hugh Possingham directly for media enquiries about:

  • Animals - population numbers
  • Biodiversity
  • Biodiversity monitoring
  • Biology - conservation
  • Conservation biology
  • Decision theory
  • Decision theory - physical sciences
  • Ecology
  • Ecology - mathematical
  • Ecology - mathematics
  • Ecology and maths
  • Environment and pests
  • Environmental conservation
  • Environmental degradation
  • Extinct species
  • Extinction of species
  • Fisheries management
  • Marine parks
  • Marine reserve design
  • Marine reserves
  • Mathematical ecology
  • Maths and ecology
  • National park design
  • National park management
  • Nature reserve design
  • Optimisation - physical sciences
  • Pest management
  • Pests and the environment
  • Reserve design
  • Species - extinction
  • Species - population numbers
  • Theoretical ecology
  • Threatened species
  • Weed management
  • Wildlife reserves

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