Our Team
Daniel Beaver
Daniel is the director of the Centre for Conservation Geography, and an adjunct research fellow at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University of Queensland.
He has over 20 years of experience in the theory and practice of systematic conservation planning both on land and in the ocean. Daniel’s primary research focus since 2004 has been planning for Australia’s marine protected area and marine sanctuary network.
Carol Booth
Carol is a science and nature writer and conservation policy adviser who has worked for the environmental NGO sector for more than 20 years, with a strong focus on nature conservation, invasive species and water issues. With doctorates in biology and environmental philosophy, Carol also has a keen research interest n the nature of motivations for nature conservation. She is proficient at both popular and technical writing and is accredited by the Institute of Professional Editors.
Anne Boothroyd
Anne has a Masters in Protected Area Governance and Management and is currently completing a PhD at the University of Tasmania. Her PhD research applies systematic conservation planning (SCP) approaches to investigate marine protected area (MPA) planning in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. Anne has previously worked with the Centre for Conservation Geography to provide technical support & advice for Southern Oceans MPA planning processes. Her current work with the Centre focusses on planning for Australia’s marine protected area network.
Lucinda Douglass
Lucinda Douglass is a senior conservation scientist at the Centre for Conservation Geography and an honorary fellow at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland. She has 20 years experience researching and advocating for effective biodiversity conservation. Her focus for the past decade has been marine protected area planning in the Southern Ocean and conservation research in outback Australia. She brings to the team GIS expertise, spatial planning, knowledge of Southern Ocean biogeography and ecology and experience within CCAMLR planning processes.
Publications by our staff
BOOTHROYD, A., ADAMS, V., ALEXANDER, K., HILL, N., 2024. Priority areas for marine protection in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas, Antarctica. Mar. Policy 167, 106232. [view online]
BOOTHROYD, A., ADAMS, V., ALEXANDER, K., HILL, N., 2023. Benefits and risks of incremental protected area planning in the Southern Ocean. Nat. Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01077-w [view online]
DOUGLASS, L. L., POSSINGHAM, H. P., CARWARDINE, J., KLEIN, C. J., ROXBURGH, S.H, RUSSELL-SMITH, J. & WILSON, K. A. 2011. The effect of carbon credits on savanna land management and priorities for biodiversity conservation. PLoS ONE. 6(9): e23843. doi:23810.21371/journal.pone.0023843 [view online]
DOUGLASS, L. L., TURNER, J., GRANTHAM, H. S., KAISER, S., CONSTABLE, A., NICOLL, R., RAYMOND, B., POST, A., BRANDT, A. & BEAVER, D. A hierarchal classification of benthic biodiversity and assessment of protected areas in the Southern Ocean. PLoS ONE. 9(7): e100551. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100551 [view online]
CCG, 2011. Critical gaps in the Marine Sanctuary Network proposed by the Federal Government for Australia’s south-west. Sydney: Centre for Conservation Geography.
DOUGLASS, L. L., BEAVER, D., TURNER, J. & NICOLL, R. 2011. An identification of areas within the high seas of the Southern Ocean that would contribute to a representative system of marine protected areas. Sydney: Centre for Conservation Geography.
BEAVER, D., DOUGLASS, L. L. & LLEWELLYN, G. 2010. Performance Analysis of the Commonwealth Network of Marine Protected Areas for the South-east Planning Region. Ultimo: WWF-Australia.
BEAVER, D. & LLEWELLYN, G. 2009. Designing a comprehensive, adequate and representative (CAR) network of marine protected areas for Australia’s Commonwealth Waters: Progress report – February 2009. Ultimo, New South Wales: WWF-Australia.
DOUGLASS, L., L. 2008. Conservation priority setting: Fire, grazing and the influence of a carbon market. Thesis. University of Queensland.
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