Richard Kingsford (ecologist) explained

Richard Kingsford 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

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard Kingsford - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.com.au. 2020-04-05.
2. Web site: Professor Richard Kingsford School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. www.bees.unsw.edu.au. 2020-04-05.
3. Web site: Aerial Survey of waterbirds in eastern Australia. Kingsford. Richard. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, UNSW.
4. Web site: Aussie Ecology Marked Poorly. Wales. University of New South. ScienceAlert. en-gb. 2020-04-05.
5. Web site: Richard Kingsford. Policy Forum. 2020-04-05.
6. Web site: Richard Kingsford. Richard Kingsford. en. 2020-04-05.
7. Book: Lindenmayer. David. Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment. Publishing. CSIRO. 2008. Csiro Publishing. 978-0-643-09715-5. en.
8. Web site: Richard Kingsford. The Conversation. en. 2020-04-05.
9. Web site: UNSW Science shines at Eurekas. z3454192. 2015-08-27. UNSW Newsroom. 2020-04-05.
10. Luke. Debborah. 2018-05-24. 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. 10.17011/conference/eccb2018/109171. free.
11. Web site: Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (K). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210402023454/https://www.royalsoc.org.au/images/fellows-pages/RSN-K-Fellows.html#fellow-kalantar-zadeh-kourosh. 2021-04-02. 2021-07-01. Royal Society of New South Wales.
12. Web site: 17 July 2012. Richard Kingsford: A Meander Down a River or Two. 2020-10-09. ABC Radio National.
13. Web site: Richard Kingsford wins ARC grant to study world's most vulnerable ecosystems. Inside UNSW. en. 2020-04-05.
14. Web site: Prof Richard Kingsford to lead team in developing global standard for wetlands. 2019-03-23. Global Water Institute. en. 2020-04-05.
15. Web site: Google Scholar.