Simon Drummond
Masters, University of Queensland, January-October 2007
Email: s.drummond@uq.edu.au or simondrummond@yahoo.com.au
I am an ecologist. I work in environmental resource allocation and management. This can and often does involve a wide range of aspects, from impact assessment to conservation planning. I am interested in exploring unusual solutions, and the ramifications these may have for biodiversity. Conservation planning, optimal resource allocation, trade-offs, bio-banking schemes, carbon payments, large and small scale. My interests are broad but linked by a common theme: balancing development with biodiversity goals.
I am a research affiliate with the University of Queensland, and work in the commercial consulting sector for BMT WBM. Much of my work is based in Southeast Asia and Australia – resource rich and development-hungry regions. This provides me with exposure to, and influence on, large scale developments. I currently collaborate on research projects that aim to incorporate suboptimal, even urban, habitats into conservation plans, and am investigating conservation research bias in developing nations.
I completed a Master of Science at UQ in 2007 exploring the implications of threatened species policies on conservation planning. Using East Kalimantan province in Borneo as a case study, we found that cost effective reserve designs could be achieved for most mammals when efforts were focused towards threatened species. Whether this holds true for all biodiversity (i.e. non-mammals) and in other locales is the subject of further research. My undergraduate studies were completed at the Flinders University of South Australia (BSc) and the University of Adelaide (Honours).
Publications:
Drummond, S. P., Wilson, K., Meijaard, E., Watts, M., Dennis, R., Christy, L., Possingham, H. (2009). The influence of a threatened species focus on conservation planning, Conservation Biology in press.
Wilson, K., Meijaard, E., Drummond, S. P., Grantham, H. S., Boitani, L., Catullo, G., Christy, L., Dennis, R., Dutton, I., Falcucci, A., Maiorano, L., Possingham, H. P., Rondinini, C., Turner, W., Venter, O., Watts, M. (2009). Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes, Ecological Applications in press.
Drummond, S. P. (2007). Minesite rehabilitation: the importance of effective monitoring design to ensure sustainable outcomes, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 3 (1), pp. 129-136.
Drummond, S. P., Connell, S. D. (2005). Quantifying percentage cover on subtidal rocky reefs: a comparison of the costs and benefits of standard methods, Marine and Freshwater Research, 56(6), pp. 865-876.
Conference Presentations:
Drummond, S. P., Wilson, K., Meijaard, E., Possingham, H. et al. (2009). Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes, presentation at 11th Annual BIOdiversity and Economics for CONservation (BIOECON) Conference, Venice, Italy 21-22 September 2009.
Drummond, S. P., Davey, C., Aeberli, A., Ward, S., Steffens-Bartrim, M. (2009). Modern, effective vegetation monitoring using modified multispectral image capture, Poster presentation at INTECOL 10 – Ecology in a changing climate, Brisbane, Australia 16-21 August 2009.
Drummond, S. P., Wilson, K., Meijaard, E., Watts, M., Dennis, R., Christy, L., Possingham, H. (2009). The influence of a threatened species focus on conservation planning, Poster presentation at INTECOL 10 – Ecology in a changing climate, Brisbane, Australia 16-21 August 2009.
Drummond, S. P. (2007). Minesite rehabilitation: the importance of effective monitoring design to ensure sustainable outcomes, presentation at 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Chennai, India 4 – 8 January 2007.
