Richard Kingsford (ecologist)

Richard Kingsford AO FRSN is an environmental/biological expert ^[1] and river ecologist. ^[2] Much of his work has been undertaken with the Murray-Darling Basin wetlands and rivers ^[3] covering approximately 70 percent of the Australian continent. ^[4] He is the director of the Centre for Ecosystem Science at the University of New South Wales School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, ^[5] a member of the Australian Government’s Environmental Flows Scientific Committee. ^[6]

Kingsford presented "A Meander Down a River or Two: How Water Defines Our Continent and Its Future" for the second Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture in 2012. ^[7]

In 2019 ^[8] the Australian Regional Council (ARC) appointed Kingsford as chief investigator in a team to develop a new international standard for the appraisal and reporting of the status of the most crucial wetlands worldwide. ^[9]

Honours and recognition

Kingsford has received the following awards:

• 2001: Eureka Award for his research on ecological values of rivers and impact of Australia’s water resource aridity ^[10]
• 2007: Hoffman medal for his contribution to global wetland science ^[11]
• 2008: Eureka Award for Promoting Understanding of Science ^[12]
• 2015: Eureka Award (as a member of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems team) for Environmental Research resulting in the establishment of a universal standard for assessing ecosystem risks ^[13]
• 2019: Society for Conservation Biology’s Distinguished Service Award also relating to contributions to freshwater/ecosystem conservation ^[14]
• 2020: Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales ^[15]
• 2025: Officer of the Order of Australia, for "distinguished service to conservation biology, to environmental sustainability research, and to freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems governance" ^[11]

Publications

His most cited publication, Kingsford, Richard Tennant. "Ecological impacts of dams, water diversions and river management on floodplain wetlands in Australia." Australian Ecology 25.2 (2000): 109-127.m has been cited 985 times, according to Google Scholar. ^[16]

References

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3. Kingsford, Richard. "Aerial Survey of waterbirds in eastern Australia". School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, UNSW.
4. Wales, University of New South. "Aussie Ecology Marked Poorly". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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9. "Prof Richard Kingsford to lead team in developing global standard for wetlands". Global Water Institute. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
10. Lindenmayer, David; Publishing, CSIRO (2008). Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment. Csiro Publishing. ISBN   978-0-643-09715-5.
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13. z3454192 (27 August 2015). "UNSW Science shines at Eurekas". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
14. Luke, Debborah (24 May 2018). "The Society for Conservation Biology's Commitment to Facilitate the Creation, Dissemination, and Application of Conservation Science". Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre. doi: 10.17011/conference/eccb2018/109171 .
15. "Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (K)". Royal Society of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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