Barry Traill

Dr Barry Traill 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 currently Director of The Pew Charitable Trusts ' Australian Outback to Oceans program and joined Pew Environment Group in 2007.[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.

Bibliography

• The Modern Outback: Nature, people and the future of remote Australia
• Full Report:

http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/Assets/2014/10/TheModernOutbackForWeb.pdf

• Brief Report: http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/Assets/2014/10/TheModernOutbackBrief_Forweb.pdf
• The Nature of Northern Australia - a study of the values and prospects for the environment of Northern Australia (http://epress.anu.edu.au/nature_na_citation.html)
• Into Oblivion - The disappearing mammals of Northern Australia (http://www.nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/australia/files/ausmammals.pdf)
• Conservation of Australia’s Outback Wilderness (http://wildaustralia.org/science/conservation-australias-outback-wilderness)
• "Populate Wilderness or Perish" - TEDx Sydney, 2014

References

6. Faulkner, Jane (6 February 2003). "Noxious nasties". The Age. The Age Company. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

1. Monash University Science Alumni*

2. The Pew Charitable Trusts, Meet the Experts*

3. The Brigalow Declaration*

4. Invasive Species Council*

5. The Modern Outback - Nature, people and the future of remote Australia*

External links

• The Commonwealth Marine Reserves
• The Pew Charitable Trusts