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I am a conservation biologist focused on (i) evaluating the effectiveness of conservation actions, (ii) monitoring ecosystem trends and (iii) understanding risks to ecosystems to inform environmental policy and management. I am based at both Monash University and Deakin University. At Deakin, I am currently leading the project to conduct IUCN Red List of Ecosystems assessments for Australian alpine ecosystems and exploring how to effectively incorporate the impacts of climate change in ecosystem risk assessments. At Monash, I am assisting in the development of a Green Status for ecosystems to monitor conservation successes and developing rapid evidence review methods to evaluate the effectiveness of management actions to inform the conservation of threatened ecosystems.
In 2020, I completed my PhD at Deakin University supervised by Prof. Emily Nicholson and Dr. Lucie Bland, in the Conservation Science Lab. My thesis explored how change in ecosystems is measured from local-scale ecosystem studies through to global-level biodiversity monitoring. I developed biodiversity indicators to improve our understanding of the status of ecosystems and to support ecosystem conservation and management worldwide. These ecosystem indicators capture changes in risk to ecosystems and the spatial distribution and health of ecosystems and are being considered as global policy indicators for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
My master's research at the University of Melbourne aimed to increase our understanding of the thermal properties of nest-boxes compared to tree-hollows to improve conservation-management efforts for our native wildlife under a rapidly changing climate.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Conservation Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, Indicators of ecosystem change for biodiversity conservation, Deakin University
2016 → 2020
Award Date: 7 Oct 2020
Ecology, Master of Science, Thermal suitability of nest-boxes and tree-hollows for conservation-management of arboreal marsupials , University of Melbourne
2014 → 2015
Award Date: 11 Dec 2015
Zoology, Bachelor of Science (Zoology), University of Melbourne
2011 → 2013
Award Date: 11 Oct 2013
Research Fellow, Deakin University
2020 → …
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Rowland, Jessica (Recipient), 2020
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