Barry Traill

Dr Barry Traill is an Australian zoologist, conservationist and one of Australia's leading environmental campaigners. Traill grew up in country Victoria and holds a bachelor's degree and PhD in terrestrial ecology from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.^[1] Traill is currently Director of The Pew Charitable Trusts ' Australian Outback to Oceans program and joined Pew Environment Group in 2007.^[2] Traill has particular interest and expertise in the ecology of terrestrial birds and mammals, and landscape-scale conservation of temperate and tropical woodlands and forests. Prior to joining Pew, he worked for 25 years as a conservation advocate and scientist for Australian state and national organisations.

Traill's work has been the catalyst for the protection of the Box-Ironbark woodlands of Victoria, the cessation of the broadscale clearing of the Queensland bush,^[3] and the creation of the world's largest network of marine parks. He was a founder of the Northern Australia Environment Alliance and with conservationist Tim Low, he founded the Invasive Species Council in 2002.^[4] With co-authors, John Woinarski and Carol Booth he wrote a study on the future of Outback Australia.^[5]

Bibliography

The Modern Outback: Nature, people and the future of remote Australia
Full Report:

http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/Assets/2014/10/TheModernOutbackForWeb.pdf

Brief Report: http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/Assets/2014/10/TheModernOutbackBrief_Forweb.pdf
The Nature of Northern Australia - a study of the values and prospects for the environment of Northern Australia-http://epress.anu.edu.au/nature_na_citation.html
Into Oblivion - The disappearing mammals of Northern Australia-http://www.nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/australia/files/ausmammals.pdf
Conservation of Australia’s Outback Wilderness-http://wildaustralia.org/science/conservation-australias-outback-wilderness
TEDx Sydney, 2014 Populate Wilderness or Perish

References

1. Monash University Science Alumni*

2. The Pew Charitable Trusts, Meet the Experts*

3. The Brigalow Declaration*

4. Invasive Species Council*

5. The Modern Outback - Nature, people and the future of remote Australia*

External links

The Commonwealth Marine Reserves

The Invasive Species Council

The Pew Charitable Trusts

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