Senior Fellow


Phone: +61 (0)2 6125 2562
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: Philip.Gibbons@anu.edu.au

I work with researchers, policy makers and managers to deliver tractable solutions for natural resource management issues. I have 20 years of experience with a mix of management agencies and research institutions. I hold a Masters in Forestry and PhD.

Professional activities

• Decision support systems for biodiversity assessment (e.g. incentive delivery, land clearing)
• Land clearing policy and offsets
• Land clearing and CO² emissions
• Management of scattered trees in agricultural landscapes
• Assessing and mapping native vegetation condition and disturbance
• Hollow tree conservation in wood production forests
• Reference conditions and benchmarks as tools for ecosystem management
• Applying new technology for natural resource management

Web http://cres.anu.edu.au/~pgibbons/

Selected publications

Gibbons, P., S. V. Briggs, D. A. Ayers, J. A. Seddon, S. J. Doyle, P. Cosier, C. McElhinny, V. Pelly, and K. Roberts. (in press). An operational method to assess impacts of land clearing on terrestrial biodiversity. Ecological Indicators.

Gibbons, P., D. Lindenmayer, J. Fischer, A. Manning, A. Weinberg, J. Seddon, P. Ryan, and G. Barrett. (in press). The future of scattered trees in agricultural landscapes. Conservation Biology.

Gibbons, P., R. B. Cunningham, and D. Lindenmayer. (2008). What factors influence the collapse of trees retained on logged sites? A case-control study. Forest Ecology and Management, 255: 62-67.

Gibbons, P. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (2007). Offsets for land clearing: no net loss or the tail wagging the dog? Ecological Management and Restoration. 8:26-31.

Gibbons, P., Briggs, S.V., Zerger, A., Ayers, D., Seddon, J. and Doyle, S. (2007). Assessing the biodiversity value of stands and patches in a landscape context. In: Lindenmayer, D.B. and Hobbs, R. (eds) Ecological Landscape Design Principles. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 215-228.