A5065812087- Marine animal studies overview
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Place Attachment and Urban Studies
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Risk Perception and Management
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2017-2025
Health Sciences and Nutrition
2025
James Cook University
2003-2024
CSIRO Land and Water
2016-2022
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
2019
Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre
2018
University of Canberra
2018
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
2017
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
2003
It is well established that ecosystems bring meaning and well-being to individuals, often articulated through attachment place. Degradation threats places have been shown lead loss of well-being. Here, we suggest the interactions between ecosystem declining may involve both emotional responses associated with grief, observable impacts on mental health. We test these ideas so-called ecological grief by examining individual response well-documented publicized degradation: coral bleaching...
Significance Effective environmental policy requires public participation in management, typically achieved through engaging community defined by residential location or resource use. However, current social and change, particularly increasing connectedness, demands new approaches to community. We draw on place attachment theory redefine the context of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Using a large dataset attachment, our analysis local, national, international stakeholders identified four...
People variably respond to global change in their beliefs, behaviors, and grief (associated with losses incurred). that are less likely believe climate change, adopt pro-environmental or report ecological assumed have different psycho-cultural orientations, do not perceive changes environmental condition any impact upon themselves. We test these assumptions within the context of Great Barrier Reef (GBR), a region currently experiencing significant impacts form coral reef bleaching...
Abstract Inspiration, aspirations, attitudes, and perception of threats play a pivotal role in the way that individuals associate themselves with natural environments. These sentiments affect how people connect to places, including their behaviours, perceived responsibility, management interventions they support. World Heritage Areas hold an important place lives who visit, aspire or derive sense security well-being from existence. Yet, connection between special places is rarely quantified...
Using data collected from more than 1,000 tourists on live-aboard dive boats operating in the Cairns/Cooktown management area of Great Barrier Reef, this paper estimates regional economic impact that industry. It also uses a subset these (247 respondents) to investigate some relative ‘values’ key marine species seen trips included Coral Sea location Osprey Reef and which targeted multiple wildlife. The authors find (i) each year, are directly responsible for generating at least AU$16 million...
Minke whales comprise some of the most widely distributed species baleen whales, which are still regularly targeted by commercial whaling. Here, we review conservation status common (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and Antarctic bonaerensis) minke whale populations, against backdrop ongoing whaling operations other anthropogenic threats, including climate change, entanglement in fishing gear, ship strikes noise pollution. Although coastal populations have been studied detail, others, inhabit...
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility and potential utility decision-centric social-economic monitoring using data collected from Great Barrier Reef (Reef) region. social economic long term program (SELTMP) for a novel attempt monitor dimensions social-ecological change in globally nationally important It represents current status condition major user groups with simultaneously consider trends, interconnections, conflicts, dependencies vulnerabilities. Our approach was...
Managing human use of ecosystems in an era rapid environmental change requires understanding diverse stakeholders' behaviors and perceptions to enable effective prioritization actions mitigate multiple threats. Specifically, research examining how threat are shared or diverge among stakeholder groups these can evolve through time is increasingly important. We investigated related Australia's Great Barrier Reef explored their associations before after consecutive years mass coral bleaching....
The projected decline in reef health worldwide will have huge repercussions on millions of stakeholders depending upon coral reefs. Urgent action is needed to sustain reefs into the future. Tourism operators are recognised as stewards Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR), a World Heritage Site, and taking climate change, through their business practices by engaging guests with interpretation targeted messages. Yet little known about how tourism along GBR perceive or what actions they believe...
Goldberg, J. A., N. A. Marshall, Birtles, P. Case, M. I. Curnock, and G. Gurney. 2018. On the relationship between attitudes environmental behaviors of key Great Barrier Reef user groups. Ecology Society 23(2):19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10048-230219
The aesthetic appreciation of natural places is one the most fundamental ways in which people relate to their environment. It provides wellbeing, an opportunity for recreation and reflection, a sense place, cultural enrichment. also motivates take care conserve them current future appreciation. Aesthetically valuable support significant economic activity. However, there little guidance available assist environmental managers policy-makers consider integrate values into decision-making...
At a time when ambitious environmental management initiatives are required to protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, public trust in the science that underpins policy decision-making is waning. This decline coincides with rise misinformation, threatens undermine support for, participation in, protection. Our study investigates prevalence predictors of mistrust associated protection Great Barrier Reef (GBR) its catchments. Using survey data from 1,877 residents GBR region, we identify...
Understanding how people are dependent on Large Scale Marine Protected Areas (LSMPAs) is important for understanding might be sensitive to changes that affect these seascapes. We review resource dependency conceptualized and propose it broadened include cultural values such as pride in status, scientific heritage, appreciation of aesthetics, biodiversity, lifestyle opportunities. provide an overview local residents (n = 3,181 face-to-face surveys), commercial fishers 210, telephone tourism...
The only known predictable aggregation of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) occurs in the Australian offshore waters northern Great Barrier Reef May-August each year. identification individual is required for research on whales' population characteristics and monitoring potential impacts tourism activities, including commercial swims with whales. At present, it not cost-effective researchers to manually process analyze tens thousands underwater images collated after...