Barry Traill

Dr Barry Traill AM is an Australian zoologist, conservationist and environmental campaigner. He grew up in Victoria and holds a bachelor's degree and PhD in terrestrial ecology from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.[1] Traill is the former Director of The Pew Charitable Trusts' Australian Outback to Oceans program - joining the organisation in 2007 and leaving in 2020.[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 led to 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 Australia's Outback.[5]

Traill was a founding member and first board president of the Invasive Species Council (ISC).[6] The ISC are a policy, advocacy, lobbying, research, and outreach group on matters related to invasive species.

In the 2023 King's Birthday Honours List Barry Traill was made a Member in the General Division of Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to conservation and the environment in a range of roles.

Bibliography

  • The Modern Outback: Nature, people and the future of remote Australia[7]
  • The Nature of Northern Australia - a study of the values and prospects for the environment of Northern Australia[8]
  • Into Oblivion - The disappearing mammals of Northern Australia[9]
  • Conservation of Australia's Outback Wilderness[10]
  • "Populate Wilderness or Perish" - TEDx Sydney, 2014

References

  1. ^ "Environmental role – a natural fit : Barry Traill" (PDF). Monash.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Barry Traill - the Pew Charitable Trusts". Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. ^ "New pressure to end clearing - State News - Agribusiness and General - General - Queensland Country Life". Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Protecting Australia's natural environment from invasive species". Invasive.org.au. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ^ "The Modern Outback" (PDF). Pewtrusts.org. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. ^ Faulkner, Jane (6 February 2003). "Noxious nasties". The Age. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. ^ "The Modern Outback" (PDF). Pewtrusts.org. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ^ Woinarski, John; Nix, Henry; Traill, Barry; Mackey, Brendan (2007). The Nature of Northern Australia. Press.anu.edu.au. doi:10.22459/NNA.07.2007. ISBN 9781921313301. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. ^ http://www.nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/australia/files/ausmammals.pdf [dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)