Prof Lesley Hughes - Australia
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Published on 11-Jun-08
Lesley is a Professor in Biological Sciences at Macquarie University.
Her research interests include; Impacts of current and future climate
change on species and communities and Implications of climate change
for conservation policy.
Research Interests
Lesley is a Professor in Biological Sciences at Macquarie University.
Her research interests include; Impacts of current and future climate
change on species and communities and Implications of climate change
for conservation policy. Lesley is a Professor in Biological Sciences at Macquarie University.
Her research interests include; Impacts of current and future climate
change on species and communities and Implications of climate change
for conservation policy.
Research Interests
- Impacts of current and future climate change on species and communities
- Implications of climate change for conservation policy
- Evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions
Recent Scientific Service and Appointments
- Director, Macquarie
University Concentration in Research Excellence on Climate Risk
- Co-convenor and Biological
Impacts node leader, ARC Network for Earth System Science
- Member, Management
Committee, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (2008-)
- Member, Science Advisory
Committee, World Wildlife Fund, Australia (2008-)
- Member, Climate Change
Advisory Panel, NSW Dept of Environment and Climate Change (2008-)
- Reviewer, NSW State of
the Environment Report 2006
- Member, Sydney
Metropolitan Catchment Authority Advisory Board (2006-)
- Reviewer, Dept. of
Environment and Conservation Climate Change Adaptation Policy 2006
- Lead Author, Working
Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2004-2007),
Chapt. 11 Australia and New Zealand
- Contributing Author,
Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
(2004-2007), Chapt. 4 Ecosystems
- Expert Reviewer, Working
Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2004-2007)
- Chair, NSW Scientific
Committee (2005-), Deputy Chair (2003-2004)
- Co-convenor of workshop
on Climate Change and Biodiversity, Canberra, October 2002, sponsored by
the Biological Diversity Advisory Committee. Co-author and editor of
workshop report (2003)
- Australian
representative: Working party to draft guidelines on response of Red List
species to climate change, IUCN (International Union for the Conservation
of Nature), London, Feb 2003
- Scientific Editor 2004: National
Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan(2003-2007)
- Appointed
member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (2005-2008).