Seminars
The CBCS seminars are held weekly on Tuesdays at 11am in the Goddard Building (Building 8), Room 501.
Morning tea is held before each seminar at 10:30am in the Level 5 tearoom in the Goddard Building.
Photo by Romina Castagnino Vera.
2021
DATE | SPEAKER | TALK TITLE |
12 January | Tatsuya Amano, CBCS | translatE project: Our aims and progress so far in overcoming language barriers in conservation science |
19 January | Ana Benitez Lopez, Estación Biológica de Doñana | Defaunation and trophic cascading in the Anthropocene: Ecological erosion in the tropics |
26 January | NO SEMINAR | Australia Day/Survival Day public holiday |
2 February | Katie Ann Peterson, University of Maryland |
Using ensemble modelling for conservation decisions |
9 February | Listening session | Hosted by CBCS Director Dr Daniel Dunn |
16 February | Simon Griffith, Macquarie University | Speciation in finches and conservation |
23 February | Chris Roelfsema, UQ |
Advancing our capabilities to map and monitor coral reefs: Global information with local detail |
2 March | Alexa Fredston, Rutgers University | Understanding, predicting, and managing marine species on the move |
9 March | Ben James and Madonna Duffy, University of Queensland Press |
Taking research to readers: Pathways to book publication |
16 March | Rich Fuller, CBCS | Conserving migratory species |
23 March | Cathy Robinson, CSIRO | Empowering Indigenous-led AI and digital technology to care for Country |
30 March | Hugh Possingham, CBCS | Why monitor? |
6 April | TBC |
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13 April | TBC | TBC |
20 April | TBC | TBC |
27 April | TBC | TBC |
4 May | TBC | |
11 May | TBC | TBC |
18 May | TBC |
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25 May | TBC | TBC |
1 June | TBC | TBC |
8 June | TBC | TBC |
15 June | TBC | TBC |
22 June | TBC | TBC |
29 June | TBC | TBC |
6 July | TBC | TBC |
13 July | TBC | TBC |
20 July | TBC | TBC |
27 July | TBC | TBC |
3 August | TBC |
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10 August | TBC | TBC |
17 August | TBC | TBC |
24 August | TBC | TBC |
31 August | TBC | TBC |
7 September | TBC | TBC |
14 September | TBC | TBC |
21 September | TBC | TBC |
28 September | TBC | TBC |
5 October | TBC | TBC |
12 October | TBC | TBC |
19 October | TBC | TBC |
26 October | TBC | TBC |
2 November | TBC | TBC |
9 November | TBC | TBC |
16 November | TBC | TBC |
23 November | TBC | TBC |
30 November | TBC | TBC |
7 December | TBC |
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14 December | TBC | TBC |
2020
DATE | SPEAKER | TALK TITLE |
14 January | Luis Sánchez, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil | Evidence of no net loss of biodiversity in mining projects: Is it possible to find a common ground? |
21 January | Jeremy de Valck, Central Queensland University | How to estimate the economic value of biodiversity in the Great Barrier Reef? A close look on a complex challenge |
28 January | Rochelle Steven, CBCS | Citizen science for threatened species: Experiential tips for building relationships in challenging socio-political settings |
4 February | Pedro Fidelman, Centre for Policy Futures, UQ |
Biodiversity and conservation science and policy scholarship: Exploring opportunities for collaboration |
11 February | David Watson, Charles Sturt University | Mistletoes: New insights into their ecology, evolution and ecosystem-wide impacts |
18 February | Earl Saxon, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Convenor) | Anthropocene refugia: Habitat persistence and species dispersal sources in 2040 |
25 February | Daniel Dunn, CBCS | Conserving the "other" half of our planet |
3 March | Micha Jackson, CBCS | Finding rest for the weary: Conserving shorebirds in human-dominated landscapes |
10 March | Patrick Crist, PlanIt Forward/University of Idaho |
Applying an integrated land-sea planning framework for addressing the current and accelerating coastal crisis |
17 March | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR |
24 March | Host Hugh Possingham, CBCS | Zoom listening session |
31 March | Matthew Luskin, CBCS | Ecological cascades in Asian rainforests: Opportunities to collaborate |
7 April | Pablo Negret Torres, CBCS |
Ecology and conservation of tropical forest ecosystems |
14 April | Host Hugh Possingham, CBCS | Prioritisation puzzle |
21 April | Elisa Bayraktarov, CBCS | A Threatened Mammal Index for Australia |
28 April | Justine Shaw, CBCS | Island restoration and monitoring: Ecosystem responses to eradication |
5 May | Karlina Indraswari, QUT | It's in the news: Characterising Indonesia's wild bird trade network from media-reported seizure incidents |
12 May | Justine Bell-James, CBCS/TC Beirne School of Law | Queensland's Human Rights Act: A new frontier for Australian climate change litigation? |
19 May | Peter Baxter, CBCS |
A national database of threatened species on Australian islands |
26 May | Noam Levin, CBCS | World Heritage in danger: Big data and remote sensing can help protect sites in conflict zones |
2 June | Leanne Fernandes, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority policy and planning: Focus upon the draft Intervention Policy |
9 June | Nathalie Butt, CBCS | Using species traits to understand vulnerability |
16 June | Holly Jones, Northern Illinois University | Potential for restoring Earth's damaged ecosystems |
23 June | Catherine Lovelock, UQ | Linking-up blue carbon and restoration of coastal wetlands |
30 June | Daniel Harris, UQ | How will the capacity of coral reefs to protect the coast change under rising sea levels? |
7 July | Julia van Velden, Griffith University | Bushmeat hunting in Malawi: A multi-faceted approach to find solutions to complex social-ecological problems |
14 July | Anastazia Banaszak, UNAM, Mexico | Upscaling coral restoration in a changing climate: Lessons from Mexico |
21 July | Megan Saunders, CSIRO | Restoring our coasts |
28 July | Dave Poulton, CBCS | Biodiversity offsetting in Canada: Two programs and a possibility |
4 August | Amelia Wenger, CBCS |
Can sustainable logging activities protect downstream ecosystem services? |
11 August | Christine Beveridge, Mark Cooper and Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, UQ, and Ian Wright, Macquarie University | Overview of ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture |
18 August | Bradley Moggridge, Uni of Canberra & TSR Hub | Indigenous Research Methodologies in science |
25 August | Sarah Bekessy, UM | Nature-based opportunities for resilient cities |
1 September | Sean Maxwell, CBCS | Area-based conservation in the 21st century |
8 September | Jutta Beher, UM | Using decision-science in conservation planning |
15 September | Oded Berger-Tal, Ben Gurion University, Israel | The rules of attraction: The necessary role of animal cognition in explaining conservation failures and successes |
22 September | Daniel Beaver, Conservation Geography | Private sector science advocacy: The Centre for Conservation Geography experience |
29 September | Hernan Caceres Escobar, CBCS/IUCN | Bottom-up conservation: Engaging with the local community to develop better conservation actions |
6 October | NO SEMINAR | Get-together in the Great Court 10:30am, BYO coffee |
13 October | Eric Ash, Oxford University | Environmental factors, human presence and prey interact to explain patterns of tiger presence in Eastern Thailand |
20 October | Helen Bostock Lyman, UQ | Review of deep sea corals from New Zealand |
27 October | Robyn Gulliver, UQ | The characteristics and outcomes of Australian environmental advocacy |
3 November | Ross Thompson, University of Canberra | Sustainability, certainty and reconciliation: Key challenges for water management in inland Australia |
10 November | Kaitlyn Gaynor, NCEAS, University of California, Santa Barbara | Sharing space on a crowded planet: Temporal responses of large mammals to human disturbance |
17 November | Steve Wilson, CBCS | Factors shaping the conservation of the Critically Endangered Javan Rhinoceros |
24 November | Eduardo Gallo Caijao, CBCS/University of Washington | The governance and politics of migratory species conservation |
1 December | Chris Gordon, Aarhus University, Denmark |
Megafauna restoration, trophic rewilding and conservation management |
8 December | Chris Jolly, The University of Melbourne |
The consequences of island arks for endangered species and recipient communities
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15 December | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR |
2019
DATE | SPEAKER | TALK TITLE |
23 July | Paul Dennis, UQ | Microorganisms and the management of ecosystems |
30 July | Richard Cottrell, University of Tasmania | Bridging the land-sea divide for food security and sustainability |
6 August | Sophus zu Ermgassen, University of Kent | We need to talk about offsets: No Net Loss and the global infrastructure |
13 August | Jeremy Simmonds, UQ | A crash course through the EPBC Act referral and approvals process |
20 August | Dibesh Karmacharya, Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal | Novel approaches to the conservation and management of the Bengal tiger in Nepal |
27 August | Paula Prist, Universidade de São Paulo | Forest conservation, human health and politics in Brazil |
3 September | Jaana Dielenberg, UQ | Getting media coverage for your research |
10 September | Tim Seelig, DES | Making policy for the environment: Lifting the bonnet on policy processes and the role of research |
17 September | Duan Biggs, Griffith University | Navigating conservation's cultural divides on iconic wildlife in a fast-changing, uncertain world |
24 September | Angela Salim, UQ | Cane toad challenge |
1 October | Kaline de Mello, Universidade de São Paulo | The challenge of environmental policies implementation: The case of the Forest Code in Brazil |
8 October | Jacqueline Beggs, University of Auckland | Challenges for New Zealand conservation: From social wasps to kākāpo |
15 October | Martin Stringer, Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation | The world’s energy crisis, its solutions, and their consequences |
22 October | James Allan, UQ | How much of Earth's terrestrial area must be conserved to safeguard biodiversity? |
29 October | Andrew Baker, QUT | What are the best detection methods for conserving threatened antechinuses? |
5 November | Paul Dennis, UQ | Microorganisms and the management of ecosystems |
12 November | April Reside, UQ | Bringing ecology into Australia’s environmental law reform |
19 November | Alison Johnston, Cornell/eBird | Big data analytics for avian ecology and conservation |
26 November | Ian Tibbetts, UQ | Respecting Traditional Owners in Solomon Islands and Moreton Bay |
3 December | Michael Noad, UQ | The songs of humpback whales, and why they matter for conservation |
10 December | Leah Burns, Griffith University | Tourism and conservation in Iceland: Boom and doom? |
17 December | Selina Ward, UQ | The problematic early period of coral lives: Battles for successful recruitment |
24 December | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR |