Professor Sarah Bekessy leads the ICON science research group, which uses interdisciplinary approaches to solve complex biodiversity conservation problems.

Sarah is particularly interested in understanding the role of human behaviour in conservation, in designing cities to encourage ‘every day nature’ experiences and in defining and measuring ‘nature positive’ development.

Sarah also co-developed the Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design Protocol.

More Information

https://biodiversitycouncil.org.au/

https://www.recetasproject.eu/

https://icon-science.org/

https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/b/sarah-bekessy

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Associate Professor Tanya Latty is an entomologist from the school of life and environmental sciences at the University of Sydney with a special interest in ecology and conservation.

She is the co-founder and outreach lead of Invertebrates Australia, and is currently running the Christmas beetle project.

More Information

https://invertebratesaustralia.org/

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/christmas-beetle-count

https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-research/research-areas/life-and-environmental-sciences/christmas-beetle-population-project.html

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Richard Fuller is a passionate advocate for conservation.

In particular, he focuses on biodiversity and is regularly called upon to provide advice to the Australian Government on environmental issues.

Richard also studies the migratory patterns of coastal bird species travelling between Australia and Asia.

More Information

https://www.fullerlab.org

https://ebird.org/ebird/home

https://birdlife.org.au/

https://cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/

https://waders.org.au/

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