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Category Archives: blog
Presentation to the Environmental Protection Authority
I’ll be presenting the findings of my PhD research to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in early December 2016. The EPA has statutory obligations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 to conduct environmental impact assessments, initiate measures to protect the … Continue reading
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PHinisheD
I’m pleased to announce that the University of Western Australia has accepted my thesis as satisfying the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. You can now call me Dr. 🙂 My thesis is now available online at http://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/files/10146368/THESIS_DOCTOR_OF … Continue reading
PhD completion seminar – March 14 2016
It is with great pleasure that I invite all interested people to attend my PhD completion seminar on Monday 14th March. Continue reading
Art and inspiration, Bungalbin
I was recently invited to contribute to the Wilderness Society’s exhibition of art inspired by the Great Western Woodlands, as part of an event held to celebrate the incredible but threatened Helena-Aurora Range, and gather support for its protection. To … Continue reading
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Protecting the Helena Aurora Range: art, inspiration, and action
On the 19th of February the Wilderness Society teamed up with the Wildflower Society of Western Australia, Helena and Aurora Range Advocates, Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council, Perth Bushwalkers, Gondwana Link, the Conservation Council of Western Australia and others … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity conservation, Helena Aurora Range, mining, Western Australia, Wilderness Society
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My research in simple English
I’ve taken the challenge of describing my research in the 1000 most-used words in the English language. Here goes… I am asking: what does mining do to the land and living things in the Great Woods, far away from the city? First, … Continue reading
Enigmatic ecological impacts: what to do with what’s under our noses
an illustrated overview of our paper just published, entitled ‘Under the radar: mitigating enigmatic ecological impacts’. Continue reading
Paper published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution
The paper Under the radar: mitigating enigmatic ecological impacts, by myself, Hugh Possingham, Suzanne Prober and Richard Hobbs has just been published online by the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution (DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.003): http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1PvCkcZ3WPxey (this link will provide you with free access to … Continue reading
Mining the landscape: presentation at Ecological Society of Australia Conference
On the 29th of September I’ll be presenting a talk at the Ecological Society of Australia’s annual conference in Alice Springs. The talk is entitled Mining the landscape: a spatial analysis of enigmatic impacts. My presentation forms part of the open … Continue reading
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Systems thinking: a cautionary tale by Borneo Futures
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