Prof James Watson

Project Leader
The University of Queensland

James Watson is a Professor at The University of Queensland and Director of Science and Research Initiative at the Wildlife Conservation Society. He serves on the leadership committee for the Science for Nature and People (SNAP) Initiative, the International Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Data and Knowledge Task Force, and is the former global president of the Society for Conservation Biology.

James is the director the Green Fire Science research group (www.greenfirescience.com) whose mission is to do applied research that is linked directly to the practice of conservation.

Projects
Impacts and management options for introduced predators
Impacts and management options for introduced predators Project 1.1
Managing feral cats to benefit the night parrot
Managing feral cats to benefit the night parrot Project 1.1.11
Conservation of the Night Parrot
Conservation of the Night Parrot Project 2.5
Essential research to secure the buff-breasted button quail
Essential research to secure the buff-breasted button quail Project 2.6
Evidence-based management protocols for recovery of multiple threatened woodland birds
Evidence-based management protocols for recovery of multiple threatened woodland birds Project 3.2.6
Better offsets for threatened species
Better offsets for threatened species Project 5.1
Targeting Australia’s highest biodiversity impact behaviours
Targeting Australia’s highest biodiversity impact behaviours Project 6.3.5
A knowledge synthesis to inform a national approach to fighting extinction
A knowledge synthesis to inform a national approach to fighting extinction Project 7.7
Publications
A knowledge synthesis to inform a national approach to fighting extinction - Report
TSR Hub
Assessing the cost of recovering Australia’s imperilled species
TSR Hub
Managing feral cats to benefit the night parrot
Using anecdotal reports to clarify the distribution and status of a near mythical species: Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)
Emu - Austral Ornithology
Using intrinsic and contextual information associated with automated signal detections to improve call recognizer performance: A case study using the cryptic and critically endangered Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Have you seen a night parrot?
TSR Hub
After the catastrophe: a blueprint for a conservation response to large-scale ecological disaster
TSR Hub
A knowledge synthesis to inform a national approach to fighting extinction
TSR Hub
Talking about night parrots on Paruku Country
TSR Hub
A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation
Nature Sustainability
A composite measure of habitat loss for entire assemblages of species
Conservation Biology
The risks and opportunities of translating terrestrial biodiversity offsets to the marine realm
Oxford University Press
A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data
Nature Research
Evidence-based management protocols for recovery of multiple threatened woodland birds
TSR Hub
Essential research to secure the Buff-breasted button quail
TSR Hub
Threats to Australia’s imperilled species and implications for a national response
TSR Hub
Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds
Conservation Biology
The threats to Australia's imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response
Pacific Conservation Biology
Protected areas for threatened species conservation: Are they enough?
TSR Hub
Targeting Australia’s highest biodiversity impact behaviours
TSR Hub
The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy
Nature Research
Better offsets for threatened species
TSR Hub
Conservation of the Night Parrot
TSR Hub
Seeking convergence on the key concepts in 'no net loss' policy
Journal of Applied Ecology
Taming a wicked problem: Resolving controversies in biodiversity offsetting
BioScience