Senior Lecturer @MonashUni | Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental Finance | Oceans | Previous @nusingapore @imperialcollege
Melbourne, Australia
Joined November 2018
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Our new paper in @NatureComms shows net mangrove carbon loss to be far lower than previously thought - due to restoration success, natural expansion, and remnant carbon. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
@DanRRichards @LahiruWijedasa #mangroves #bluecarbon #climatechange #deforestation
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Fantastic maternity cover lecturship in conservation science and practice @BangorUni. If you have conservations in your network please share. It's a GREAT place to live and work.
jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.ph…
Fully-funded PhD opportunity on #MarineConservation and #BlueEconomy at @MonashUni in Melbourne, with fieldwork in Asia-Pacific - deadline July 1st: careers.pageuppeople.com/513…
Fully-funded PhD Scholarship in Marine Conservation Finance at Monash University. Deadline: March 27th. Apply via: careers.pageuppeople.com/513…
While big questions remain around the ongoing policy negotiations, it has been a rewarding week at our @MonashUni Pavilion at #COP28UAE. Thanks to all colleagues, speakers, and visitors for making it a success! @Monash_Arts #MonashCOP28
Our #Fintech for #Forests contribution to a @OneEarth_CP Voices piece on ‘Catalysing the transformation to sustainable finance’, with @feliciahmliu
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Congratulations to Toya Hirokawa who has published his #MES Masters thesis! 🎣🐠
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@Monash_Arts @Monash_Science
#tuna #mackerel #fisheries
#sustainableseafood
#marineconservation
Delighted to have received a #DECRA #DE24 for my project ‘Sustainable #Business Models for #Marine #Conservation’. Thanks to all that have supported me at @MonashUni and beyond. And to my five wonderful assessors, do feel free to get in touch - it would be nice to connect. 🐠🦐🐙
New article in @ConversationEDU on my research about the reluctance of big wholesalers and fish markets to use traceability technologies to enhance the #sustainability of #seafood supply chains.
theconversation.com/wild-cau…
#blockchain #fish #fishing
#Blockchain will only cause transformative change in supply chains if all actors see value in using it. New article on ‘innovation resistance’ to #digital #technology in #seafood #supplychains. 🐟🔗🦐
My new paper critiques attempts to develop #ecotourism operations at sites with low ecotourism potential. It highlights the disempowerment and mismanagement that can ensue when revenues are small. #tourism #mangroves #management
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Our new paper in Global Environmental Change shows how institutional change can enable Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in countries that do not have PES laws: authors.elsevier.com/a/1cW7j…
#Institutions #Conservation #EcosystemServices
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Just uploaded, fascinating study by @SofiaAtSea exploring human costs of enforcement & compliance with #MPAs from perspective of both #rangers & rule-breakers; both sides bear a range of physical, material, psychological & social costs iccs.org.uk/sites/www.iccs.o…
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New paper led by @RSmallscale just out in @PaN_BES! Our analysis explores seasonal shifts in gleaning behaviour in Timor-Leste in relation to food security and ecosystem services. #fisheries #ecosystemservices besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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NEW paper- the current global framing of mangroves as #BlueCarbon is largely neglecting coastal dwellers' interests and rights in mangroves, risking their livelihoods and resource tenure!
Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2…
with Wolfram Dressler, @paula_satizabal @MichaelFabinyi
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What's the right natural (space) mix for your outdoor exercise routine? Be it for walking, jogging, or team-sports, find out "the one", or "the power couple" of green/blue spaces that could raise their take-up and frequency: doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.…. From yours truly.
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Thrilled to announce that our paper on using #StructuredDecisionMaking to integrate #Indigenous #values into #conservation #decisions is out now in @ConBiology! @ZSLScience @UCLCBER @docgovtnz @London_NERC_DTP @hihinews & @can_essay 1/ conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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New article in @nature: '#EcosystemRestoration can help mitigate #ClimateChange at low costs'
'Conserving ecosystems & restoring 30% of converted land could mitigate 71±4% of extinction debt & sequester 465±59 gigatonnes CO2—49% of CO2 since Indus. Rev.'
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Want to unleash the awesome power of #citizenscientists and #artificialintelligence in your next research project? We discuss the pros, cons and complementarities in a new paper led by @evacmcclure in @Patterns_CP
doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.202…
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Yet another major report (this time from @WorldBank) on integrating international #finance with #biodiversity #restoration. This is really becoming mainstream now. With a handy diagram. pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/916…
