Vanessa Marie Adams Curriculum Vitae
Vanessa Marie Adams Curriculum Vitae
Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania Email: [email protected] https://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/cose-ted/vanessa-adams https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=vDkBUc0AAAAJ&hl=en
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Excellent publication record for an early to mid-career researcher: 73 journal publications (25 as lead author, 48 as co-author), 1 book chapter as co-author, 7 peer- reviewed conference proceedings (4 as lead author) (h-index 26 (Google scholar)) • Evidence of impact of research: up-take of research by end-users (NGOs and government agencies) • Exceptional funding track record: ~$3 Million AUD received to date • Selected for prestigious international research fellowships: Fulbright Fellow (2004), Australian American Association Sir Keith Murdoch Fellow (2009) • Recognized leader, Past President of Society for Conservation Biology Oceania, Treasurer of Australian Fulbright Alumni Association, Board Member Tasmanian Land Conservancy • Strong quantitative skills: statistical training as actuary, spatial statistics training for PhD, Matlab programming • Supervisory experience: I currently am a primary supervisor to 4 PhD students, co- supervisor to a further 6 PhD students, and primary supervisor to 1 master student. In addition, over the last five years I have supervised 1 honours, 8 master, and 2 PhD students to completion. • Successful collaborative research with government agencies and NGOs SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
Socio-economic aspects of conservation • economic valuation techniques for conservation decision making • business concepts and financial tracking for efficient and transparent conservation funding allocation • designing market mechanisms such as offsets and payments for ecosystem services Conservation decision theory • evidence-based conservation, impact evaluation • optimization approaches for conservation decisions Ecological modeling • modeling and managing dynamic threats • mapping and prioritizing ecosystem services
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DEGREES
Ph.D. 2008- James Economics and Incorporating economic costs into 2011 Cook Conservation (ARC systematic conservation planning University Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) B.S. 2000- Washington Biology (Summa Cum Population viability modeling and (Hons) 2004 and Lee laude) population monitoring in a University threatened wetland herb B.A. 2000- Washington Mathematics (Summa 2004 and Lee Cum laude) University
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2018- Senior lecturer Discipline, Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania 2017- Lecturer Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University 2018 2014- Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral fellow on Prof Hugh Possingham’s ARC 2017 Laureate Fellowship Restore or protect: could habitat restoration ever be a better investment than habitat protection for biodiversity? University of Queensland 2011- Postdoctoral Fellow Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, 2014 Charles Darwin University, Supervisor Prof Michael Douglas 2004- Fulbright Fellow University of Queensland, Spatial Ecology Lab, 2005 Supervisor Prof Hugh Possingham
AWARDS & HONOURS
2014 Territory NRM Research Award - CDU NERP Invasive Plant Research Group 2013 Vice-chancellor’s award for exceptional performance in research, Early career researcher 2012 Participant in the Young Leadership Dialogue (part of the American Australian Leadership Dialogue, http://www.aald.org) 2010 2010 ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Virginia Chadwick Award for best student publication in 2010 2010 Recipient of best paper presented at the annual Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts excellence in research student conference, James Cook University 2009 American Australian Association Sir Keith Murdoch Fellow 2004 Fulbright Fellow 2004 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, an honor reserved for top 10 percent of graduating class
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2004 Elected to Pi Mu Epsilon, a mathematics honors fraternity 2000 Elected to Phi Eta Sigma, an academic honors fraternity
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
2008– Administrative officer, AIMS@JCU (a joint academic venture between the 2011 Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU). Responsibilities include basic administrative duties, financial budgeting and administration, web design (http://aims.jcu.edu.au/) and popular science writing editor for AIMS@JCU e-research. 2005- Actuarial Analyst, Mercer HR. Responsibilities included actuarial computations 2008 and client consultation. Passed actuarial exams including Exam P – Probability Statistics, Exam FM – Financial Mathematics, Exam M –Actuarial Mathematics, Exam C – Mathematical models, Courses in: Macro-Economics, Micro-Economics, Corporate Finance, Statistics: Regression and Time Series.
COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS Academic working groups 2017 Hosted workshop “Measuring research impact: impact evaluation of CEED’s research investments” supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Applied Environmental Decisions (CEED) (June 2017). 2016 Invited member of workshop “Social equity and restoration” supported by Hugh Possingham’s ARC Laureate Fellowship (January 2016) 2015- IPBES Young Fellow on the IPBES Assessment on Land Degradation and 2016 Restoration, Chapter 7 (September 2015 – January 2017) 2015 Hosted workshop “Strategies and impacts of different approaches to conservation messaging” supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Applied Environmental Decisions (CEED) (September 2015). 2015 Invited member of workshop “Standardising the accounting of protected area management costs” supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Applied Environmental Decisions (CEED) (August 2015). 2015 Invited member of workshop “Spatial Conservation Planning meeting” hosted by Hugh Possingham, Imperial College, Silwood Park (August 2015). 2013 Hosted workshop “From plans to outcomes: towards an implementation strategy for conservation planning” supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and held in Baltimore following ICCB 2013 related conference symposium. 2013 Invited member of workshop “Integrated tools and processes for assessing conservation opportunity” supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Applied Environmental Decisions (CEED). 2012 Invited member of workshop “Spatial Modelling of Environmental Change and Conservation” supported by Prof. William Laurence and James Cook University. Workshop included land use change modeler and IDRISI Selva training by Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius. 2012 Invited member of a Australian Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (ACEAS) working group “Ecosystem Services and Livelihood Opportunities” 2011 Invited member of a Australian Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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(ACEAS) working group “Integrated Catchment to Coast Planning” 2008 Invited member of a National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) working group meeting on Exploring Compensatory Mitigation and Markets as Mechanisms for Resolving Fisheries Bycatch: Biodiversity Conservation Conflicts held November 2008 (a full listing is available under Past Projects at http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu) 2005 Invited member of a National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) working group meeting on Ecosystem-Based Management Working Group held February 2005 (a full listing is available under Past Projects at http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu) 2005 Invited member of an international workshop, “Conservation planning and spatial dynamics”, hosted by Prof Possingham, University of Queensland.
Advisory committees 2015 IPBES Young Fellow on the Assessment on land-degradation and rehabilitation 2014 Invited member of Kimberley to Cape Northern Australian Futures Roundtable and pathways topic “Spatial Development and Conservation Planning” facilitator 2013 Gamba Grass National Research Workshop Member 2009 Queensland Department of Environment, Resources and Management (DERM) Protected areas for the future scientific advisory group (invited member to represent Bob Pressey)
Conference organizing committees 2017 Co-chair of local organizing committee for the AFAA inaugural Fulbright Alumni Conference, 17-18 November 2017, Melbourne, Victoria Australia 2016 Co-chair of local organizing committee for the Oceania section meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, 5-8 July 2016, Brisbane, Queensland Australia 2012 Member of local organizing committee for the Oceania section meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, 21-23 September 2012, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia 2010 Student committee member for the International Marine Conservation Congress 2011, 14-18 May 2011, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
TEACHING & TRAINING Supervision PhD students 2020-: Primary Supervisor – Anne Boothroyd, University of Tasmania PhD Student
2020-: Co-Supervisor – Rowan Alden, University of Tasmania PhD Student
2020- : Co-Supervisor – Nina Rogers, University of Tasmania PhD student
2020- : Primary Supervisor – Malcolm Johnson, University of Tasmania PhD student
2020- : Primary Supervisor – Dimuthu Jayakody, University of Tasmania PhD student
2020- : Primary Supervisor - Natasha Stoudmann, University of Tasmania PhD student
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2019- : Co-Supervisor: Carley Fuller, University of Tasmania PhD Student
2018- : Primary supervisor: Adelina Latanovic, University of Tasmania PhD Student
2017- : Co-supervisor: Victoria Graham, Macquarie University PhD Student
2017- : Co-supervisor: Kaylan Carlson, James Cook University PhD Student
2016- : Co-supervisor: Stephen Kearney, University of Queensland PhD Student
2016-2020: Co-supervisor: Stephanie Hernandez, James Cook University PhD Student (completed)
2015-2018: Co-supervisor: Kerrie Fraser, University of Queensland PhD Student (completed)
Master and Honours Students 2020: Primary Supervisor – Lykke Otzen, University of Tasmania Master by coursework
2020: Primary Supervisor – Thorsteinn Cameron, University of Tasmania Master by coursework
2020: Primary Supervisor – Febrianto (Ipeb) Utama, University of Tasmania Master by coursework
2019: Primary Supervisor: Ashlea Ostwald, University of Tasmania Honours
2019: Primary Supervisor: Dimuthu Jayakody, University of Tasmania Masters by coursework
2019: Primary Supervisor: Noelle Nemeth, University of Tasmania Masters by coursework
2019: Primary Supervisor: Xinying Wang, University of Tasmania Masters by coursework
2015: Co-supervisor: Stephanie Trotter, James Cook University Masters by coursework “Modelling potential outcomes for Queensland’s regional ecosystems under former and current renderings of the Vegetation Management Act, 1999”
2014-2015: Primary supervisor: Tomoko Okazaki, Charles Darwin University Masters of Tropical Environmental Management “Sensitivity analysis of three parameters in modelling the distribution of invasive grass species”
2013: Co-supervisor: Karen Devitt, Dalhoussie University Masters Internship at Charles Darwin University. “Australia’s protected area network fails to adequately protect the world’s most threatened marine fishes”
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2010-2011: Co-supervisor: Casper van de Geer, James Cook University Masters by coursework “Accounting for opportunity costs and other social factors in the Moreton Bay marine zoning plan”
Lecturing 2018 (ongoing): University of Tasmania, KGA531 Protected Area Management Plans, KGA532 Reserve System Design, KGA517, Protected area governance and management
2018: University of Tasmania, KGA320 Our Changing Climate
2017: Lecturer Macquarie University Regional and Global Conservation BIOL787 and BIOL887 (Semester 2)
2016: Lecturer for University of Queensland course BIOL3000 (prac) (Semester 2)
2016: Lecturer for University of Queensland course Natural Resource Mathematics (MATH2070) (Semester 2)
2015: Guest Lecture for University of Queensland Master’s course Conservation Concerns: An Industry Perspective (CONS7027).
2015: Guest Mentor and marker for University of Queensland Master’s course Conservation Decision-Making (CONS7021)
2015: Student Conference on Conservation Science Australia. Improving conservation practice with social science insights Workshop (invited presenter on economics in conservation)
2014: Decision support tools for protected area managers. World Parks Congress, Sydney, Workshop (invited presenter on mental models)
2014: Society for Conservation Biology Oceania Meeting, Suva, Fiji, co-hosted workshop on Conservation Planning
2014: Invited guest lecture for Charles Darwin University School of Environment Tropical Forests and Savannas Course (ENV509).
2011: Invited guest lecture for James Cook University School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Modelling Natural Systems Course (SC1102).
PUBLICATIONS Journal publications Butt, N., Chauvenet, A.L.M., Adams, V.M., Beger, M. & Gallagher R.V. et al. 2020, Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change, Conservation Biology, doi:10.1111/cobi.13643
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Chauvenet, A.L.M., Watson, J.E.M., Adams, V.M., Di Marco, M., Venter, O., Davis, K.J., Mappin, B., Klein, C.J., Kuempel, C.D., Possingham, H.P., 2020. To Achieve Big Wins for Terrestrial Conservation, Prioritize Protection of Ecoregions Closest to Meeting Targets. One Earth 2, 479-486.
Johnson, P. J., Adams, V. M., Armstrong, D. P., Baker, S. E., Biggs, D., Boitani, L., Cotterill, A., Dale, E., O’Donnell, H., Douglas, D. J. T. et al., 2019, Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species, Animals 9, 1115.
Kuempel, C.D., Chauvenet, A.L.M., Possingham, H.P., Adams, V.M. 2020 Evidence-based guidelines for prioritizing investments to meet international conservation objectives. One Earth.
Gallagher, R.V., et al. 2020. Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life. Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Maina, J.M., Gamoyo, M., Adams, V.M., D’agata, S., Bosire, J., Francis, J., Waruinge, D.. 2020. Aligning Marine Spatial Conservation Priorities with Functional Connectivity Across Maritime Jurisdictions. Conservation Science and Practice.
Adams, V.M., Barnes, M., Pressey, R.L. 2019. Shortfalls in conservation evidence: moving from ecological effects of interventions to policy evaluation. One Earth.
Fraser, K.A., Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L., Pandolfi, J.M., Impact evaluation and conservation outcomes in marine protected areas: A case study of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Biological Conservation.
Adams, V.M., O’Donnell, J., Burley, A., Lawson, J., Auld, T., Brazill Boast, J., Laws, C.A., Gallagher, R.V., Planning for success: why conservation programs need a strategic program for recovering species. Conservation Science and Practice.
Moon, K., Adams, V.M., Cooke, B.. Drawing on personal research experiences in support of a broader engagement with social science. People and Nature.
Kidd, L.R., Garrard, G.E., Bekessy, S.A., Mills, M., Camilleri, A.R., Fidler, F., Fielding, K.S., Gordon, A., Gregg, E.A., Kusmanoff, A.M., Louis, W., Moon, K., Robinson, J.A., Selinske, M.J., Shanahan, D., Adams, V.M., 2019. Messaging matters: A systematic review of the conservation messaging literature. Biological Conservation 236, 92-99.
Mappin, B, Chauvenet, A.L.M., Adams, V.M., Di Marco, M., Beyer, H.L., Venter, O., Halpern, B.S., Possingham, H.P.P, Watson, J.E.M. 2019. Restoration priorities to achieve the global protected area target. Conservation Letters
Adams, V.M., Iacona, G., Possingham, H.P. 2019. Weighing the benefits of expanding protected areas versus managing existing ones. Nature Sustainability
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Moon, K., Guerrero, A., Adams, V.M., Biggs, D., Blackman, D., Craven, L., Dickinson, H., Ross, H. 2019. Mental models for conservation research and practice. Conservation Letters DOI: 10.1111/conl.12642, e12642.
Karimi, A., Adams, V.M. 2019. Planning for the future: Combining spatially-explicit public preferences with tenure policies to support land-use planning. Land Use Policy 82, 497-508.
Moon, K., Blackman, D.A., Adams, V.M., Colvin, R.M., Davila, F., Evans, M.C., Januchowski-Hartley, S.R., Bennett, N.J., Dickinson, H., Sandbrook, C., Sherren, K., St. John, F.A.V., van Kerkhoff, L., Wyborn, C., 2019. Expanding the role of social science in conservation through an engagement with philosophy, methodology, and methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13126, 1-9.
Setterfield, S.A., Rossiter-Rachor, N., Adams, V.M., 2018. Navigating the fiery debate: the role of scientific evidence in eliciting policy and management responses for contentious plants in northern Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology. 24: 318-328.
Adams, V.M., Mills, M., Weeks, R., Segan, D.B., Pressey, R.L., Gurney, G.G., Groves, C., Davis, F., Álvarez-Romero, J.G. 2019. Implementation strategies for systematic conservation planning. Ambio 48, 139–152. [IF 3.687]
Iacona, G.D., Sutherland, W.J., Mappin, B., Adams, V.M., Armsworth, P.R., Coleshaw, T., Cook, C., Craigie, I., Dicks, L., Fitzsimons, J.A., McGowan, J., Plumptre, A., Polak, T., Pullin, A., Ringma, J., Rushworth, I., Santangeli, A., Stewart, A., Tulloch, A., Walsh, J., Possingham, H.P., 2018. Standardized reporting of the costs of management interventions for biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology 32, 979-988. [IF 4.165]
Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Mills, M., Adams, V.M., Gurney, G.G., Pressey, R.L., Weeks, R., Ban, N.C., Cheok, J., Davies, T.E., Day, J.C., Hamel, M.A., Leslie, H.M., Magris, R.A. 2018. Research advances and gaps in marine planning: towards a global database in systematic conservation planning. Biological Conservation 227, 369-382. [IF 3.762]
Biggs D., Smith R.J., Adams V.M., Brink H., Cook C.N., Cooney R., Holden M.H., Maron M., Phelps J., Possingham H.P., Redford K.H., Scholes R.J., Sutherland W.J., Underwood F.M., Milner-Gulland E.J. 2018). Response—Ivory crisis. Science 360:277-278. [IF 37.205]
Cattarino, L., Hermoso, V., Carwardine, J., Adams, V.M., Kennard, M.J., Linke, S., 2018. Information uncertainty influences conservation outcomes when prioritizing multi‐action management efforts. Journal of Applied Ecology 55, 2171–2180. [IF 5.30]
Adams, V.M., Douglas, M.M., Jackson, S., Scheepers, K., Kool, J., Setterfield, S.A.. 2018. Conserving biodiversity and Indigenous bush tucker: Practical application of the strategic foresight framework to invasive alien species management planning. Conservation Letters 2018; e12441. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12441. [IF 7.241]
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Kuempel, C.D., Adams, V.M., Possingham, H.P., Bode, M. 2018. Bigger or better: the relative benefits of protected area network expansion and enforcement. Conservation Letters. e12433. [IF 7.241]
Kearney, S., Adams, V.M., Fuller, R., Possingham, H.P., Watson, J. 2018. Estimating the benefit of well-managed protected areas for threatened species conservation. Oryx [IF 1.849]
Adams, V.M., Moon, K., Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Bodin, Ö, Spencer, M., Blackman, D. 2018. Using multiple methods to understand the nature of relationships in social networks. Society and Natural Resources [IF 1.534]
Biggs, D., Holden, M.H., Braczkowski, A., Cook, C.N., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Phelps, J., Scholes, R.J., Smith, R.J., Underwood, F.M., Adams, V.M., Allan, J., Brink, H., Cooney, R., Gao, Y., Hutton, J., Macdonald-Madden, E., Maron, M., Redford, K.H., Sutherland, W.J., Possingham, H.P., 2017. Breaking the deadlock on ivory. Science 358, 1378-1381. [IF 37.205]
Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Munguía-Vega, A., Beger, M., del Mar Mancha-Cisneros, M., Suárez- Castillo, A.N., Gurney, G.G., Pressey, R.L., Gerber, L.R., Morzaria-Luna, H.N., Reyes- Bonilla, H., Adams, V.M., Kolb, M., Graham, E.M., VanDerWal, J., Castillo-López, A., Hinojosa-Arango, G., Petatán-Ramírez, D., Moreno-Baez, M., Godínez-Reyes, C.R., Torre, J., Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13989. [IF 8.502]
Wenger, A., Adams, V.M., Iacona, G., Lohr, C., Pressey, R.L., Morris, K., Craigie, I. 2017 Comprehensive, fine-resolution estimation of management costs, and the liabilities of simplistic assumptions. Biological Invasions [IF 2.473]
Reside, A.E., Butt, N, Adams, V.M.. Adapting Systematic Conservation Planning for Climate Change. Biodiversity and Conservation, doi:10.1007/s10531-017-1442-5 [IF 2.265]
Januchowski-Hartley, SR, Adams, V.M., Hermoso, V. 2017. The need for spatially explicit quantification of benefits in invasive species management. Conservation Biology [IF 4.165]
Teixeira, J. B., Moura, R. L., Mills, M., Klein, C., Brown, C. J., Adams, V. M., Grantham, H., Watts, M., Faria, D., Amado-Filho, G. M., Bastos, A. C., Lourival, R. and Possingham, H. P.. 2017. A novel habitat-based approach to predict impacts of marine protected areas on fishers. Conservation Biology [IF 4.165]
Weeks, R., Adams V.M., 2017. Research priorities for conservation and natural resource management in Oceania. Conservation Biology, doi:10.1111/cobi.12964 [IF 4.165]
Adams, V.M., Álvarez-Romero JG, Capon SJ, Crowley GM, Dale AP, Kennard MJ, Douglas MM, Pressey RL. 2017. Making time for space: the critical role of spatial planning in adapting natural resources management to climate change. Environmental Science & Policy [IF 2.972]
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Fraser, K.A., Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L., Pandolfi, J.M. 2017. Policy implementation and associated challenges for onground management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Marine Policy 81, 301-311. [IF 2.610]
Moon, K., Blackman, D., Adams, V.M., Kool, J. 2017. Perception matrices: An adaptation of repertory grid technique, Land Use Policy. [IF 2.631]
Moon, K., Brewer, T.D., Januchowski-Hartley S., Adams, V.M., Blackman, D. 2016. Guidelines to improve qualitative social science research in conservation, Ecology and Society 21(3):17 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08663-210317) [IF 2.774]
Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L. and Álvarez-Romero, J.G. 2016. Optimal land use planning for development and conservation: using scenarios to assess tradeoffs between conservation, development, and social values. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0158350. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158350 [IF 3.234]
Adams, V.M., Spindler, R.E., Kingsford, R.T. 2016. Thinking globally, acting locally – conservation lessons from Oceania. Pacific Conservation Biology 22: 85-89.
Adams, V.M. and Setterfield, S.A. 2016. Approaches to strategic risk analysis and management of invasive plants: lessons learned from managing gamba grass in northern Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 22: 189-200.
Atkinson, S.C., Jupiter, S.D., Adams, V.M., Ingram, J.C., Narayan, S., Klein, C.J., Possingham, H.P.. 2016. Prioritising mangrove ecosystem services results in spatially variable management priorities. PLoS ONE: e0151992 [IF 3.234]
Kyne, P.M. and Adams, V.M. 2016. Extinct flagships: linking extinct and threatened species. Oryx: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605316000041 [IF 1.849]
Mills, M., Mutafoglu, K., Patino Leon, J.X., Adams, V.M., Archibald, C.. 2016. Climate Risk Perception of Coastal Property Owners in Southeast Queensland, Australia. Climatic change 136: 523–537 [IF 3.43]
Moon, K. and Adams, V.M. 2016. Using quantitative influence diagrams to map natural resource managers’ mental models of invasive species management. Land Use Policy 50:341- 351. [IF 2.631]
Adams, V.M., Setterfield, S.A., Douglas, M.M., Kennard, M.J., Ferdinands, K. 2015. Measuring benefits of protected area management: trends across realms and research gaps for freshwater systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 370: 20140274. [IF 7.055 Citations: 2 WoS, 2 GS]
Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L., Douglas, M.M., Dale, A.P., Augé, A.A., Ball, D., Childs, J., Digby, M., Dobbs, R., Gobius, N., Hinchley, D. Lancaster, I., Maughan, M., Perdrisat I.. 2015. Integrated cross-realm planning: an operational framework for decision- makers. Biological Conservation 191: 799-808. [IF 3.762 Citations: 1 WoS, 2 GS]
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Adams, V.M., Petty, A.M., Douglas, M.M., Buckley, Y.M., Ferdinands, K.B., Okazaki, T., Ko, D., Setterfield., S.A.. 2015. Distribution, demography and dispersal model of spatial spread of invasive plant populations with limited data. Methods In Ecology and Evolution, 6: 782-794. [IF 6.554 Citations: 3 WoS, 3 GS]
Gurney, G., Pressey, R.L., Ban, N.C., Alvarez-Romero, J.G., Jupiter, S., Adams, V.M. 2015. Efficient and equitable design of marine protected areas in Fiji through inclusion of stakeholder‐specific objectives in conservation planning. Conservation Biology, 29: 1378– 1389. [IF 4.165 Citations: 4 WoS, 4 GS]
Adams, V.M., Setterfield, S.A. 2015. Optimal dynamic control of invasions: applying a systematic conservation approach. Ecological Applications, 25: 1131-1141. [IF 4.093 Citations: 1 GS]
Devitt, K.R., Adams, V.M., Kyne, P.M. 2015. Australia’s protected area network fails to adequately protect the world’s most threatened marine fishes. Global Ecology and Conservation 3:401-411. [Citations: 2 GS]
Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L., Stoeckl, N.2014. Navigating trade-offs in land use planning: Integrating human well-being into objective setting. Ecology and Society, 19 (4), 53. [IF 2.774 Citations: 3 WoS, 7 GS]
Lechner, A.M., Raymond, C., Adams, V.M., Polyakov, M., Gordon, A., Rhodes, J., Mills, M., Stein, A., Ives, C., and Lefroy, T. 2014. Characterizing spatial uncertainty when integrating social data in conservation planning: A review and research agenda. Conservation Biology, 28: 1497–1511. [IF 4.165 Citations: 6 WoS, 8 GS]
Moon, K., Adams, V.M., Januchowski-Hartley, S., Polyakov, M., Mills, M., Biggs, D., Knight, A., Game E., Raymond, C.M. 2014. A multidisciplinary conceptualization of conservation opportunity. Conservation Biology, 28: 1484-1496. [IF 4.165 Citations: 5 WoS, 7 GS]
Tallis, H. et al. 2014. Towards A Diverse Conservation Ethic. Nature 515:27-28. [IF 41.456 Citations: 7 WoS, 30 GS]
Stoeckl, N., Farr, M., Larson, S., Adams, V.M., Kubiszewski, I., Esparon, M., Costanza, R. 2014. A new approach to the problem of overlapping values: A case study in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Ecosystem Services, 10: 61-78. [SNIP 2.252 Citations: 3 WoS, 6 GS]
Adams, V.M., Game, E.T. and Bode, M. 2014. Delivering on conservation promises: the challenges of managing and measuring conservation outcomes. Environmental Research Letters. 9: 085002. [IF 3.906 Citations: 2 WoS, 2 GS]
Adams, V.M., Pressey R.L., Stoeckl, N. 2014. Estimating Landholders' Probability of Participating in a Stewardship Program, and the Implications for Spatial Conservation Priorities. PLoS ONE, e97941. [IF 3.234 Citations: 5 WoS, 10 GS]
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Adams, V.M., Pressey R.L. 2014. Uncertainties around the Implementation of a Clearing- Control Policy in a Unique Catchment in Northern Australia: Exploring Equity Issues and Balancing Competing Objectives. PLoS ONE, 9, e96479. [IF 3.234 Citations: 3 WoS, 4 GS]
Dale, A., Pressey, R.L., Adams, V.M., Álvarez- Romero, J.G., Digby, M., Dobbs, R., Douglas, M.M., Auge, A., Maughan, M., Childs, J., Hinchley, D., Lancaster, I., Perdrisat I., and Gobius, N. 2014. Catchment management governance in Northern Australia: A preliminary evaluation. Journal of Economic and Social Policy 16, Article 2. [Citations: 6 GS]
Adams, V.M., Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Carwardine, J., Cattarino, L., Hermoso, V., Kennard, M., Linke, S. Pressey, R.L., Stoeckl, N. 2014. Planning across freshwater and terrestrial realms: co-benefits and tradeoffs between conservation actions. Conservation Letters, 7:425- 440. [IF 7.241 Citations: 5 WoS, 10 GS]
Adams, V. M., and Setterfield, S. A. 2013. Estimating the financial risks of Andropogon gayanus to greenhouse gas abatement projects in northern Australia. Environmental Research Letters 8 025018. [IF 3.906 Citations: 7 WoS, 11 GS] van de Geer, C., Mills, M., Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L, McPhee, D. 2013. Impacts of the Moreton Bay Marine Park Rezoning on Commercial Fishermen. Marine Policy, 39:248-256. [IF 2.610 Citations: 5 WoS, 14 GS]
Adams, V.M., Moon, K. 2013. Security and equity of conservation covenants: contradictions of private protected area policies in Australia. Land Use Planning 30: 114-119. [IF 2.631Citations: 13 WoS, 16 GS]
Mills, M, Adams V.M., Pressey, R.L., Ban, N. C., Jupiter, S. and Singh, P. 2012. Where do national and local conservation actions meet? Simulating the expansion of opportunistic and systematic approaches to conservation into the future. Conservation Letters, 5:387-398. [IF 7.241 Citations: 10 WoS, 15 GS]
Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L., Stoeckl, N. 2012. Estimating land management costs: The first step in designing a stewardship program for the Northern Territory. Biological Conservation 148: 44–53. [IF 3.762 Citations: 11 WoS, 13 GS]
Ban, N.C., Cinner, J.E., Adams, V.M., Mills, M., Almany, G.R., Ban, S., McCook, L.J., White, A. 2012. Recasting shortfalls of marine protected areas as opportunities through adaptive management. Aquatic Conservation, 22:262-271. [IF 2.136 Citations: 11 WoS, 19 GS]
Adams, V.M., Segan, D.B., Pressey, R.L. 2011. How much does it cost to extend a protected area system? Some critical determining factors and ranges of costs for Queensland. PLoS ONE, 6(9): e25447. [IF 3.234 Citations: 4 WoS, 15 GS]
Ban, N.C., Adams, V.M., Almany, G.R., Ban, S., Cinner, J., McCook, L.J., Mills, M., Pressey, R.L., White, A. 2011. Designing, implementing and managing marine protected
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areas: emerging trends and opportunities for coral reef nations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408: 21–31. [IF 1.866 Citations: 24 WoS, 39 GS]
Ban, N.C., Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L., Hicks, J. 2011. Promise and problems for estimating management costs of marine protected areas. Conservation Letters 4: 241–252. [IF 7.241 Citations: 24 WoS, 40 GS]
Kininmonth, S., Beger, M., Bode, M., Peterson, E., Adams, V.M., Dorfman, D., Brumbaugh, D.R., Possingham, H.P. 2011. Dispersal connectivity and reserve selection for marine conservation. Ecological Modeling 222: 1272-1282. [IF 2.321 Citations: 25 WoS, 43 GS]
Adams, V.M., Mills, M., Jupiter, S.D., Pressey, R.L. 2011. Improving social acceptability of marine protected area networks: a method for estimating opportunity costs to multiple gear types in both fished and currently unfished areas. Biological Conservation 144: 350-361. [IF 3.762 Citations: 23 WoS, 45 GS]
Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L., Naidoo, R.. 2010. Opportunity Costs: Who really pays for conservation? Biological Conservation 143: 439–448. [IF 3.762 Citations: 47 WoS, 100 GS]
Adams, V. M., Knox, J. S., Marsh, D. M. 2005. Importance of the seed bank for population viability and population monitoring in a threatened wetland herb. Biological Conservation 124 (3): 425-436. [IF 3.762 Citations: 35 WoS, 66 GS]
Book chapters Craigie, I., Grech, A., Pressey, R., Adams, V.M., Hockings, M., Taylor, M., Barnes, M. 2015. Terrestrial Protected Areas of Australia (Chapter 26). Austral Ark: The state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press. [Citations: 1 GS]
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings Adams, V.M., Setterfield, S.A. 2014. Protecting new markets: quantifying the risks to new carbon markets from invasive species and prioritising areas for immediate action. Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Weeds Conference.
McMaster, D., Adams, V.M., Setterfield, S.A., McIntyre, D., Douglas, M.M. 2014. Para grass management and costing trial within Kakadu National Park. Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Weeds Conference.
Setterfield, S.A., Rossiter-Rachor, N., Douglas, M.M., McMaster, D., Adams, V.M., Ferdinands, K. 2014. The impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on the fire danger index and fire management at a landscape scale. Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Weeds Conference. [Citations: 1 GS]
Lawes, M.J., Mohd-Azlan, J., Adams, V.M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Rondinini, C., Visconti, P. & Pressey, R.L. 2014. Evaluating the efficacy of Sarawak’s protected areas network for conserving native wildlife. RIMBA3: Sustaining livelihoods through prudent utilization and management of natural resources (eds A.A. Tuen, J. Mohd-Azlan & J. Grinang), pp. 134-146.
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Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Adams, V.M., Setterfield, S.A. 2012. Spatial prioritization for management of Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) invasions: accounting for social, economic and environmental values. Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Weeds Conference, ed V. Eldershaw. pp. 49-52. [Citations: 1 GS]
Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L. 2011. An info-gap model to examine the robustness of cost- efficient budget allocations. ICVRAM 2011: 1st International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Assessment and Management, April 11-13, 2011, University of Maryland, College Park, pp.971-979. [Citations: 2 GS]
Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L. 2008. Extending the protected area system: How much will it cost? Australia Protected Area Congress 2008 Conference Proceedings: 141-144.
Journal Special Issues Adams, V.M., Game, E.T. and Bode, M. Editors, Special Issue “Delivering on Conservation Promises: Risks and Impacts of Investments”. Environmental Research Letters. http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/focus/Conservation%20Promises.
Adams, V.M., Kingsford, R., Spindler R. Editors, Special Issue “Conservation Oceania Style”. Pacific Conservation Biology.
Selected technical reports, other publications and videos J Ross, VM Adams, C Villanueva, F Bush. 2020. Pilot Marine Spatial Assessment Tool: Evaluating options for assessing and balancing marine use change within Tasmanian coastal waters using a spatial assessment tool. Pilot Study–South and West of Bruny Island
Brink, B. J. E. t., M. Cantele, V. M. Adams, A. Bonn, J. Davies, M. Fernández, N. Matthews, J. Morris, W. A. Ramírez Hernández, M. A. Schoolenberg, M. v. d. Berg, D. Pennock and D. P. v. Vuuren (2018). Chapter 7: Scenarios of land degradation and restoration. The IPBES assessment report on land degradation and restoration. L. Montanarella, Scholes, R., and Brainich, A. Bonn, Germany, Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Kidd, L. et al. 2019 FINDINGS FACTSHEET: Messaging matters: A systematic review of conservation messaging literature. https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/publications- tools/findings-factsheet-messaging-matters-a-systematic-review-of-conservation-messaging- literature
A.R. Renwick, A. Chauvenet, V.M. Adams, V. Gagic, J. McGowan, H.P. Possingham, N.A. Schellhorn. Using a Conservation Decision Framework to Reframe the Land Sparing Land Sharing Dichotomy
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Adams, V.M., Tulloch, V.J., Possingham, H.P. 2017. Land-sea conservation assessment for Papua New Guinea. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26219.13606
Stoeckl, N. et al. 2016 Integrated models, frameworks and decision support tools to guide management and planning in Northern Australia. Final report http://www.nespnorthern.edu.au/wp- content/uploads/2017/04/Review_of_models_final_web.pdf
Adams, V.M., Douglas, M., Setterfield, S.A., Jackson, S., 2015. Allowing tradition, not weeds, to flourish in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia, In: Ens, E., Fisher, J., Costello, O. (Eds.), Indigenous people and invasive species: Perceptions, management, challenges and uses. IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management Community Report, pp. 13-14.
Adams, V.M. Getting it right in the Daly. RipRap Edition 38, 2015 (http://cdu.kingfisherhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/article_nerp_adams.pdf)
Adams, V.M. Planning for the Daly catchment. 2015. National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub, Darwin NT, Australia. http://www.nerpnorthern.edu.au/sites/default/files/managed/files/1.1_fact_sheet_web.pdf
Adams, V.M. Planning for the Daly Catchment, Catchment to Coast Planning video summary. 2015. National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub, Darwin NT, Australia.
Stoeckl, N. et al. The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: its ‘value’ to residents and tourists, and the effect of world prices on it. 2014. Final Report to the National Environmental Research Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (68pp.).
Adams, V.M. Estimating the financial risks of Andropogon gayanus to greenhouse gas abatement projects in northern Australia. Video Abstract. 2013., http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/e1/uds/pd/105920850001/105920850001_2602487355001_abst ract-video-db11df28dd78747e59a2102eff63a61d-converted.mp4
Pressey, R.L., Adams, V.M.. Adaptive Marine Protected Area Planning and Management: Research progress and gaps. 2012. Marine Adaptation Bulletin (MAB), Volume 3, Issue 4, Summer 2011-2012, p.2. ISBN: 2200-5684
Jupiter, S., Tora, K., Mills, M., Weeks, R., Adams, V.M., Qauqau, I., Nakeke, A., Tui, T., Nand, Y., Yakub, N. 2011. Filling the gaps: identifying candidate sites to expand Fiji's national protected area network. Outcomes report from provincial planning meeting, 20-21 September 2010. Wildlife Conservation Society-Fiji. Suva, Fiji. [Citations: 10 GS]
Mills, M., Jupiter, S.D., Adams, V.M., Ban, N., Pressey, R.L.. 2011. Can management actions within the Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area Network serve to meet Fiji's national goal to protect 30% of inshore marine areas by 2020. Wildlife Conservation Society-Fiji. Suva, Fiji, 16 pp. [Citations: 2 GS]
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Adams, V.M., Mills, M., Jupiter, S.D., Pressey, R.L. 2010. Marine opportunity costs: a method for calculating opportunity costs to multiple stakeholder groups. Wildlife Conservation Society-Fiji Technical Report no. 01/10. Suva, Fiji, 34 pp.
Ban, N.C., Adams, V.M., Pressey, R.L. 2009. Marine protected area management costs: an analysis of options for the Coral Sea. Report prepared for the Protect Our Coral Sea campaign. [Citations: 2 GS]
Taylor, M., Adams, V.M., Segan, D.B., Pressey, R.L.. 2009. 20 million hectares by 2020: Reaching Queensland’s protected area target. WWF-Australia report. [Citations: 3 GS]
RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 Scientist in Resident Program, ABC NT (with Kristy O’Brien) 2013 Impact Evaluation short course conducted by Prof Paul Ferraro and Prof Merlin Hanauer. International Congress for Conservation Biology 2013, 2-day 2012 Short course on land change modeling and IDRISI Selva Software by Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius. Short course was supported by Prof. William F. Laurance and hosted by The Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University. Quad bike course 2011 Short course conducted by Prof Mark Burgman, “How to question experts”, International Congress for Conservation Biology 2011, 1-day 4x4 Practical Driving Recovery Course 2010 UniQuest Research Commercialisation Workshop Social sciences in conservation short course, International Congress for Conservation Biology 2010, 1-day Advanced Water Dive Course, PADI 2009 Open Water Dive Course, PADI Mediated modeling and marine ecosystem services evaluation short course, Australian New Zealand Society for Ecological Ecosystems Conference, 1-day 2008 Course in Advanced Geographic Information Systems, James Cook University (HD) Integrated land-sea planning, Society for Conservation Biology Conference, 1-day Course in Information Gap Theory, AEDA, University of Queensland Ecosystem based management tools network meeting, Magnetic Island, Queensland
MEDIA
April 2018. Media associated with publication, “Weighing the benefits of expanding protected areas versus managing existing ones” Media release - Calculating cost-effective conservation (https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2019/04/calculating-cost-effective-conservation) TNC Cool Green Science blog coverage: “Expanding Protected Areas Is Not Always the Best Investment” https://blog.nature.org/science/2019/04/17/expanding-protected-areas-is-not- always-the-best-investment/
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Nature sustainability community forum: “Investment in protected area management is often a better option than expanding protected areas” https://sustainabilitycommunity.nature.com/users/247992-vanessa-adams/posts/48020- investment-in-protected-area-management-is-often-a-better-option-than-expanding-protected- areas
February 2, 2017. Sustainable Development in the Daly Catchment. VM Adams. Decision Point. http://decision-point.com.au/article/sustainable-development-in-the-daly-catchment/
May 18, 2016. What can extinct species do to help conservation? (UQ media release: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/05/what-can-extinct-species-do-help-conservation-0, CEED media: http://ceed.edu.au/ceed-news/ceed-news-stories/370-ceed-news-extinct-sp- conservation.html).
May 18, 2016. Extinct species as conservation champions. Peter Kyne and Vanessa Adams. Oryx, Cambridge Journals blog. blog.journals.cambridge.org/2016/05/13/extinct-species-as- conservation-champions/
April 6, 2016. A model approach to weed management. Vanessa Adams, Methods in Ecology and Evolution blog. https://methodsblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/weed-management/
June 3, 2015. Why Publish Research. HP Possingham and VM Adams. Decision Point. http://decision-point.com.au/article/why-publish-research/
August 8, 2014. Daly River survey reveals potential for development.
30 May, 2014. Top End water could supply crops to feed millions by Kristy O’Brien. Featured TV interview on the Daly Development and Conservation Plan and associated stakeholder engagement. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-30/top-end-water-could-supply-crops-to-feed- millions/5491054
August 12, 2013. Media Release: Weeds threaten carbon offset programs. http://nerpnorthern.edu.au/news/2013/weeds-threaten-carbon-offset-programs Radio interview, ABC NT Country Hour August 13, 2013: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-13/gamba-grass-threatens-carbon- projects/4883002
March 26, 2013. Media Release: Have your say on the future of the Daly River catchment. http://nerpnorthern.edu.au/news/2013/have-your-say-future-daly-river-catchment Live Radio Interview, ABC NT Morning Show August 8, 2013.
July 11, 2012. VM Adams. Mining and the environment: the future of Australia’s brand, The Conversation (http://theconversation.edu.au/mining-and-the-environment-the-future-of- australias-brand-8094)
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July 5, 2012. VM Adams and NC Ban. Marine parks could help cut down on illegal fishing, The Conversation (http://theconversation.edu.au/marine-parks-could-help-cut-down-on- illegal-fishing-7932)
May 29, 2012. VM Adams and K Moon. Mining is digging the heart out of conservation covenants, The Conversation (http://theconversation.edu.au/mining-is-digging-the-heart-out- of-conservation-covenants-6588) Live radio interview, 666 ABC Canberra with Alex Sloan (mp3 file available)
March 2012. NCARF Marine Adaptation Bulletin. Adaptive Marine Protected Area Planning and Management: Research progress and gaps (http://arnmbr.org/content/images/uploads/MAB_v3_i4_Summer_2011-12.pdf)
April 19, 2011. Media Release: Big marine parks ‘save money and oceans’ (http://www.coralcoe.org.au/news/big-marine-parks-save-money-and-oceans)
January 27, 2011. Media Release: Finding new ways to protect both fish and fishers (http://www.coralcoe.org.au/news_stories/fishprotect.html). Live radio interview, February 2, 2011 ABC Radio, In The Loop ABC News, Study shows need for better fishing zone agreement by Penny Timms (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/28/3123828.htm) FIS World News, Coral reef decline can be managed so everyone wins: study (http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=31&id=40280& l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=)
July 21, 2009. Media Release: Daly landholders polled on conservation plans (http://www- public.jcu.edu.au/news/archive/JCUPRD_050204). Live radio interview Country Hour Daily News, ABC Rural Radio Broadcasting, (http://www.abc.net.au/rural/nt/content/200907/s2634446.htm) July 30, 2009. North Queensland Register. Landholders have their say on conservation
December 2009, CERF Marine Hub Newsletter. Finding ways of measuring opportunity costs for potential and future uses by subsistence fishers. http://www.nerpmarine.edu.au/news/finding-ways-measuring-opportunity-costs-potential-and- future-uses-subsistence-fishers
2008 – 2011: Editor of E-research, the research newsletter for AIMS@JCU
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Society for Conservation Biology Oceania Section Board of Directors, Past President Awards Committee Ecological Society of America Ecological Society of Australia Australian-American Fulbright Alumni Association Founder and former chair of the Northern Territory Chapter
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Australian-American Fulbright Alumni Association Executive Committee, Treasurer Society of Actuaries Tasmania Land Conservancy, Board Member
PEER REVIEW
2016 Publons Inaugural Sentinel of Science - for being among the highest achievers in peer review for the field of Environmental Science Journals Reviewer for: Biological Conservation Conservation Biology Conservation Letters Ecological Applications Ecological Economics Ecological Modelling Ecology Environmental Conservation Environmental Modelling & Software Environmental Research Letters Journal of Environmental Management Land Use Policy Editor for: Conservation Science and Practice (handling editor) Biological Conservation (handling editor) Environmental Research Letters (guest editor) Ecological Applications (guest editor) Pacific Conservation Biology (guest editor) Funding Reviewer for: French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity American Australian Fulbright Commission - Fulbright Alumni Initiative Grants
CONSULTANCIES
Pew Environment Group Australia. 2009. World Wildlife Fund Australia. 2009. Wildlife Conservation Society, Fiji Islands. 2010.
LANGUAGES
English (fluent) French (intermediate)
PRESENTATIONS
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Invited presentations (Italicized presentations have been invited/accepted but not yet given) Society for Conservation Biology 5th Oceania Congress, Wellington, New Zealand, July 2018, V.M. Adams, Predicting impact: using scenarios to design and test management strategies.
TEDxFulbright Canberra 2018, Canberra, Australia. V.M. Adams. When knowing doesn’t mean doing: bridging the gap between knowledge and wisdom.
Australian Fulbright Alumni Association Conference 2017, Melbourne, Australia. V.M. Adams. Leadership panel: what do you see as the greatest leadership gap today and how can we fill it?
Soapbox Science, September 2017, Townsville, Australia. V.M. Adams. Conservation from the boardroom.
International Congress for Conservation Biology 2017, Cartagena, Colombia V.M. Adams, V. Tulloch, H.P. Possingham: National scale land-sea planning for Papua New Guinea
Ecological Society of Australia, Freemantle, Australia, November 2016, V.M. Adams, A.S. Wenger, G. Iacona, R.L. Pressey: Estimating conservation management costs: why simplistic assumptions result in inadequate conservation budgets
An evidence-based strategy for extending Queensland’s protected area system, Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Landscape Conservation Unit Science Forum, November 25 2015, VM Adams: Conservation opportunities: the social and economic context
Ecological Society of Australia, Alice Springs, Australia, September 2014, V.M. Adams, J.R. Alvarez-Romero, R.L. Pressey: Optimal land use planning for development and conservation: linking land and water use planning
ATBC 2014, Cairn, Australia, July 2014, V.M. Adams, S.A. Setterfield, S. Jackson, K. Scheepers, M.M.Douglas: Prioritizing management of dynamic threats in protected areas: a weed management decision support tool for Kakadu National Park
Territory NRM Top End Forum. June 13, 2014. Darwin, Australia. V.M. Adams: Mapping and modelling grassy weed distributions.
Environmental Law Seminar Series. Law Society Northern Territory. June 12, 2014 Darwin, Australia. V.M. Adams: Land Management and Gamba Grass – biodiversity and weeds in the NT.
International Congress for Conservation Biology 2013, Baltimore, Maryland USA V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey: Planning for conservation and development: can a regional strategic plan link to on ground local actions?
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International Congress for Conservation Biology 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2013, V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey and N. Stoeckl: Estimating landholders’ probability of participating in a stewardship program, and the implications for spatial conservation opportunities
Oceania Section Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology 2012, Darwin, Australia, September 2012, V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey: Planning for regional development and conservation: linking human wellbeing to spatial priorities
Oceania Section Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology 2012, Darwin, Australia, September 2012, G. Gurney, V.M. Adams (presenter), S.D. Jupiter, R.L. Pressey: Improving the success of marine protected area networks: integration of social considerations into conservation planning
Oceania Section Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology 2012, Darwin, Australia, September 2012, R.L. Pressey (presenter), V.M. Adams, J. Alvarez Romero, A. Auge, M. Maughan: Applications of spatial analysis to NRM and agency conservation management in northern Australia
International Congress for Conservation Biology, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2011 V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey: Do stewardship payment programs work: designing monitoring programs to measure social and ecological impacts
International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM), Hyattsville, Maryland, USA, April 2011. V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey: An info-gap model to answer the question: How do we determine when cost-efficiency is too costly a trade-off?
CERF Biodiversity Hub workshop, Canberra, Australia, October 2010 . Ban, N.C. (presenter), V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey, J. Hicks: Estimating costs of MPA management
Ecological Society of Australia, Canberra, Australia, December 2010 Plenary speaker (as ESA TNC Student Awardee). V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey, N. Stoeckl: Applying choice modeling to design payment programs for off-reserve conservation in the Northern Territory, Australia
Conference presentations Society for Conservation Biology 4th Oceania Congress, Brisbane, Australia, July 2016, V.M. Adams and H.P. Possingham, Meeting global conservation targets: create new protected areas or manage existing ones?
ICCB-ECCB 2015, Montpellier, France, August 2015, V.M. Adams and H.P. Possingham, Meeting global conservation targets: create new protected areas or manage existing ones?
19th Australasian Weeds Conference, Hobart, Australia, September 2014, V.M. Adams and S.A. Setterfield, Protecting new markets: quantifying the risks to new carbon markets from invasive species and prioritising areas for immediate action
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ATBC 2014, Cairn, Australia, July 2014, V.M. Adams, S.A. Setterfield, S. Jackson, K. Scheepers, M.M. Douglas: Prioritizing management of dynamic threats in protected areas: a weed management decision support tool for Kakadu National Park
ASFB & ASL Congress, Darwin, Australia, July 2014, V.M. Adams, S.A. Setterfield, S. Jackson, K. Scheepers, M.M. Douglas: Prioritizing management of dynamic threats in protected areas: a weed management decision support tool for Kakadu National Park
Co-Chaired a symposium at the Oceania Section Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology 2014, Suva, Fiji, July 2014, entitled: “Socioeconomic considerations in conservation planning: past, present, future”
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, July 2013 V.M. Adams, S. Setterfield: Spatial prioritization for management of Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) invasions
Chaired a symposium at the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2013, Baltimore, Maryland USA entitled: “From plans to outcomes: towards an implementation strategy for conservation planning”
18th Australasian Weeds Conference (AWC), Melbourne, October 2012 V.M. Adams, S. Setterfield: Spatial prioritization for management of Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) invasions: accounting for social, economic and environmental values
Chaired a symposium at the Oceania Section Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology 2012, Darwin, Australia entitled: “Catchment-to-coast planning and management in Northern Australia”
RIMBA3. July 2012, Kuching, Sarawak. M.J. Lawes (presenter), J. Mohd-Azlan, V.M. Adams, C. Hilton-Taylor, C. Rondinini, R.L. Pressey: Evaluating the efficacy of Sarawak’s protected areas network for conserving native wildlife
Co-organizer of a symposium at 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, February 2012 entitled: “Sustaining people and oceans: Multi-scale governance in marine social-ecological systems”
Chaired a symposium at the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2011, Auckland, New Zealand entitled: “Balancing conservation and development: impacts of conservation strategies on human societies and biodiversity”
International Marine Conservation Congress, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 2011 V.M. Adams, M. Mills (presenter), S.D. Jupiter, R.L. Pressey: Improving social acceptability of marine protected area networks: a method for estimating opportunity costs to multiple gear types
International Congress for Conservation Biology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 2010 V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey, N. Stoeckl: Designing payment programs for off-reserve conservation in the Northern Territory, Australia
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Chaired a symposium at the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2010, Edmonton, Canada, entitled: “Conservation planning for off reserve actions: expanding the conservation planning toolbox”
10th International Congress of Ecology, INTECOL, Brisbane, Australia August 2009 V.M. Adams, D.B. Segan, R.L. Pressey: Extending a protected area system: How do we make wise conservation investments?
10th International Congress of Ecology, INTECOL, Brisbane, Australia August 2009 V.M. Adams, M. Mills, S. Jupiter, R.L. Pressey: Marine opportunity costs: a method for calculating opportunity costs to multiple stakeholder groups
Fiji Islands Conservation Science Forum, Suva, Fiji Islands, August 2009 V.M. Adams, M. Mills, S. Jupiter, R.L. Pressey: Marine opportunity costs: a method for calculating opportunity costs to multiple stakeholder groups
Australian Protected Area Congress 2008, Sunshine Coast, Australia November 2008 V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey: How much does it cost to expand protected areas?
Society for Conservation Biology, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, August 2008 V.M. Adams, R.L. Pressey, R. Naidoo: Opportunity Costs: who really pays for conservation
Ecological Society of Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, December 2005. V.M. Adams: Importance of the seed bank for population monitoring and management costs in a threatened wetland herb.
Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, August 2004. V.M. Adams: Importance of the seed bank for population viability and population monitoring in a threatened wetland herb. (Poster session)
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