Honoring the legacy of a conservation champion: Bob Pressey (1953-2023)

Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Adams, Vanessa M., Ban, Natalie C., Mills, Morena, and Visconti, Piero (2024) Honoring the legacy of a conservation champion: Bob Pressey (1953-2023). Conservation Biology, 38 (1). e14168.

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[Extract] On 5 July 2023, we lost a champion for conservation—Professor Robert (Bob) Pressey. His passion was a simple one—make a difference for biodiversity conservation. He fought fiercely for evidence- and outcomes-based conservation. Bob discovered (some might say invented) conservation planning in the late 1980s and quickly became one of the premier scientists in this field (Pressey, 2002). In the 1990s and early 2000s, he defined, applied, and continuously improved the framework of systematic conservation planning, providing the foundations and scientific methods used today to identify conservation priorities (Margules & Pressey, 2000; Pressey, 1994a; Pressey & Bottrill, 2008; Pressey & Cowling, 2001; Pressey et al., 1996). Through this work, he made significant contributions to establishing representative protected area networks in Australia (Ferrier et al., 2000; Pressey, 1994a), South Africa (Cowling & Pressey, 2003; Pressey et al., 2003), South Pacific (Mills et al., 2011), and beyond.

Item ID: 82013
Item Type: Article (Editorial)
ISSN: 1523-1739
Keywords: Systematic Conservation Planning
Copyright Information: © 2023 Society for Conservation Biology.
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2024 03:37
FoR Codes: 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410401 Conservation and biodiversity @ 100%
SEO Codes: 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences @ 50%
28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280111 Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences @ 50%
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