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Richard Kingsford 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] He has received the following awards:

  • 2001: Eureka Award for his research on ecological values of rivers and impact of Australia’s water resource aridity;[7]
  • 2007: Hoffman medal for his contribution to global wetland science;
  • 2008: Eureka Award for Promoting Understanding of Science;[8]
  • 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;[9]
  • 2019: Society for Conservation Biology’s Distinguished Service Award also relating to contributions to freshwater/ecosystem conservation;[10]
  • 2020: Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.[11]

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.[12]

In 2019[13] 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.[14]

Publications

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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.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Richard Kingsford - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Professor Richard Kingsford | School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences". www.bees.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  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.
  5. ^ "Richard Kingsford". Policy Forum. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Richard Kingsford". Richard Kingsford. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. ^ Lindenmayer, David; Publishing, CSIRO (2008). Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-09715-5.
  8. ^ "Richard Kingsford". The Conversation. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  9. ^ z3454192 (27 August 2015). "UNSW Science shines at Eurekas". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 5 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Richard Kingsford: A Meander Down a River or Two". ABC Radio National. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Richard Kingsford wins ARC grant to study world's most vulnerable ecosystems". Inside UNSW. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Prof Richard Kingsford to lead team in developing global standard for wetlands". Global Water Institute. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Google Scholar".
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