The Conservation Planning Group

The Conservation Planning Group The Conservation Planning Group, led by Prof. Bob Pressey, works on spatial solutions to diverse res We work in marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments.

The Conservation Planning Group focuses on spatial solutions to diverse resource management problems, involving the design of conservation areas and applications of a variety of conservation actions. Our goal is to guide management that promotes the persistence and sustainable use of natural resources and that is implemented with local communities and other stakeholders. We are an international te

am of researchers with study areas spread across and around Australia, through the Coral Triangle and Oceania, and further afield in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica and East Africa. In designing and conducting our research, we place a high value on engagement with managers and policy makers, from local communities to local, state and federal governments and non-government organizations.

26/02/2023

Area-based conservation to protect 30% of the planet by 2030 should embrace a diverse toolbox (ProtectedAreas, OECMs), social justice, and robust monitoring and review processes to ensure effective and equitable outcomes.

17/11/2021

Participatory cross-cultural scenario planning helps discuss alternative pathways for the Martuwarra Fitzroy River, Kimberley, Western Australia. Participants created four scenarios and assessed potential changes in wellbeing.

13/04/2021

Evolving capabilities in environmental data collection, sharing, and processing, are enabling unprecedented use of data from a wide range of sources. Yet data freshness, an important quality dimension associated with the age of data, is a poorly reported aspect of data quality that can lead to additional uncertainty in research findings.

23/02/2021

Our recent paper (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108813) is discussed in today's edition of The Conversation, which unfortunately we cannot post here at the moment. You can search for the title if you're interested: Australia’s marine (un)protected areas: government zoning bias has left marine life in peril since 2012.

Learn more about futures thinking and discuss possible alternative narrative scenarios for Australia in 2030.
11/02/2021

Learn more about futures thinking and discuss possible alternative narrative scenarios for Australia in 2030.

Learn more about futures thinking and discuss possible alternative narrative scenarios for Australia in 2030.

A new study led by Ruby Grantham ( ) found that while (collecting organisms like , , and by hand close to sh...
05/02/2021

A new study led by Ruby Grantham ( ) found that while (collecting organisms like , , and by hand close to shore) is important for in rough weather, it's still difficult/impossible for some families at certain times of the year. The study found the ability of households to glean in rough weather was influenced by the total area and type of shallow habitat close to the community.

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

How well are we doing in marine conservation planning? Moving fast, but important gaps in geographic coverage, not enoug...
15/10/2018

How well are we doing in marine conservation planning? Moving fast, but important gaps in geographic coverage, not enough work in threatened areas, little evidence of input from stakeholders! Paper just published (http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.027), free access here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XtQT1R~e72oA

Over the last three decades, hundreds of systematic conservation planning (SCP) studies were produced, yet we have no reliable way of finding information on SCP methods, trends, and progress. In pa…

Retweeted David Ritter ():The Chair of Great Barrier Reef Foundation says “It’s absolutely not in our strategic view at ...
05/08/2018

Retweeted David Ritter ():

The Chair of Great Barrier Reef Foundation says “It’s absolutely not in our strategic view at the moment..” to lobby against new coal mines & land clearing - after being given $440 mill to save the Reef, which isn’t possible without stopping coal mining & land clearing.

“ Found it. Senate Inquiry, 30 July 2018 (p 44) https://t.co/4XA1K3Pa7W”

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