Professor Stephen Garnett
Director of SER
Professor of Tropical Knowledge
 |
|
| Contact details Email: stephen.garnett@cdu.edu.au Phone: +61 8 8946 7115 Fax: +61 8 8946 7720 Office: 31.2.28 |
|
Research interestsStephen Garnett is an environmental scientist with an interest in the knowledge needed to live sustainably in the tropics. Educated at the Australian National University and James Cook University, he has spent most of the last 25 years in the Australian tropics, primarily in private enterprise and government. He joined the staff of Charles Darwin University in May 2004 as Professor of Tropical Knowledge and is also theme leader for Livelihoods and Policy in the School for Environmental Research. Professor Garnett is recognised nationally and internationally for research on conservation management, particularly of threatened species. He has more recently become involved in a range of research related to the knowledge economy in tropical Australia, including how to increase Indigenous involvement in the economy, how to attract and retain knowledge workers in the tropics and how to pool knowledge resources to increase economic productivity. Stephen is interested in the application of tropical knowledge for the purpose of improving livelihoods and conservation outcomes. His research interests within the School for Environmental Research include:
He also works in the School for Social and Policy Research, and is active in their People, Place and Economy theme. Two ongoing SSPR projects highlighting knowledge capital in the NT include the Charles Darwin University Public Lecture Series and the Innovators series in the Northern Territory News.
Current projects
Recent completed research
StudentsMs Andrea Babon (PhD). Co-supervisor: Our carbon, Their forest: Understanding the socio-economic implications for forest-dependant communities of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) Mr Graeme Armstrong (PhD). Co-supervisor: Factors effecting seed production in Triodia spp: an important wet season food source for north Australian granivorous birds. Mr Beau Austin (PhD). Co-supervisor: Prof. Bruce Campbell Analysis of legislation and policies affecting the development of Indigenous wildlife-based enterprises Mr Mohd Azlan Jayasilan A. Gulam Azad (PhD). Co-supervisor: Micheal Lawes Characteristics of Bird Communities in Darwin Mangroves Ms Amelia Graham (MSc). Co-supervisor: A review of issues associated with three models of bush tucker enterprise – namely wild harvest, enrichment of wild resources and horticulture Mr Michael Honer (PhD). Co-supervisor: Julian Gorman Analysis of Indigenous livelihoods and enterprise based on natural resources Ms. Kerry Beggs (PhD). Co-supervisor: Dr Peter Whitehead. Impacts of exotic grasses on fauna in the Mary River region: implications for land use planning. Mr. Sarjeet Gill (PhD). Co-supervisors: Assoc Prof Ibtisam Abu-Duhou, Prof Tess Lea. The economic and social cost of poor educational outcomes for the Indigenous population of NT and Australia. Mr Stuart Cooney (PhD). ANU bio page: www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/stuart/ Ms Kristal Coe (MSc). Co-supervisors: Prof Bruce Campbell, Dr Natasha Stacey. Impediments to gender-based program delivery in aid projects.
PublicationsPeer-reviewed papersBrooke, M. de L., Butchart, S.H.M., Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M., Mantilla-Beniers, N.B. and Stattersfield, A.J. in press. How fast are threatened bird species moving towards extinction? Conservation Biology. Garnett, S.T., Sithole, B., Whitehead, P. J., Burgess, C.P., Johnston, F.H. and Lea, T. Healthy country, healthy people: policy implications of links between Indigenous human health and environmental condition in tropical Australia. Submitted, Ecology and Society. Crowley, G.M., Garnett, S.T. and Shephard, S. in press. Impact of storm-burns on Melaleuca viridiflora invasion of grasslands and grassy woodlands on Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Austral Ecology. Cunningham, A.B, Garnett, S.T., Gorman, J., Courtenay, K. and Boehme, D. in press. Eco-enterprises and Terminalia ferdinandiana: “best laid plans” and Australian policy lessons. Economic Botany. Drucker, A., Garnett, S.T., Luckert, M., Crowley, G.M. and Gobius, N. in press. Manager-based valuations of alternative fire management regimes on Cape York Peninsula, Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire Ritchie, E.G., Martin, J.K., Krockenberger, A.K., Garnett, S.T. and Johnson, C.N. 2008. Large herbivore distribution and abundance in the tropics: intra- and inter-specific niche variation revealed by models across species’ ranges. Ecological Monographs 78:105-182. follow link >> Wu, J., Garnett, S.T. and Barnes, A. 2008. Beyond An Energy Deal: Impacts of the Sino-Australia Uranium Agreement. Energy Policy. 36: 413-422. DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.09.028 Garnett, S.T. and Brook, B.W. 2007. Modelling to forestall extinction of Australian tropical birds. Journal Fur Ornithologie 148 (Suppl 2) S311-S320. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0202-9 Edwards, E.D., Cooney, S.J., Olsen, P.D. and Garnett, S.T. 2007. A new species of Trisyntopa Lower (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) associated with the nests of the hooded parrot (Psephotus dissimilis, Psittacidae) in the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 276-280. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2007.00607.x Garnett, S.T. and Christidis, L. 2007. Implications of changing species definitions for conservation purposes. Bird Conservation International 17: 187-195. Copyright Cambridge University Press. view PDF >> Hall, D Garnett, S Barnes, T & Stevens M 2007, ‘Drivers of Professional Mobility in the Northern Territory: dental professionals’, Australian Rural Health Education Network, Vol. 7, No. 655, pp1-17. www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=655 Garnett, S. T., J. Sayer and J. Du Toit 2007. Improving the Effectiveness of Interventions to Balance Conservation and Development: a Conceptual Framework. Ecology and Society 12 (1): 2. [online] URL: www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art2/ Garnett, S. et al 2006. Impact of protection on nest take and nesting success of parrots in Africa, Asia and Australasia. Animal Conservation 9 (3): 322. view PDF >> The definite version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/acv/9/3 Hutchinson, M.F., McIntyre, S., Hobbs, R. J., Stein, J.L., Garnett, S.T. and Kinloch, J. 2005. Integrating a global agro-climatic classification with bioregional boundaries in Australia. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14: 197-212. view PDF>> Garnett, S.T. and Haydon, J. 2005. Mapping research capacity in north-western Australia. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management 4:1-16. DOI: 10.1142/S0219649205001122 Garnett, S.T., Clarkson, J.R., Felton, A., Harrington, G.N. and Freeman, A.N.D. 2005. Habitat and diet of the Star Finch (Neochmia ruficauda clarescens) in the early wet season at Princess Charlotte Bay, Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Emu 105: 81-85. DOI: 10.1071/MU04020 Garnett, S.T., Harrington, G.N. Freeman, A.N.D. and Holmes, G. 2004. The Yellow White-eye Zosterops lutea on eastern Cape York Peninsula. Australian Field Ornithology 21: 118-120. Legge S., Heinsohn, R., Garnett S. 2004. Nest hollow availability and breeding population size of eclectus parrots, Eclectus roratus, on Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Wildlife Research 31:149-161. Todd., M.K., Felton, A. and Garnett, S.T. 2003. Morphological and dietary differences between common and uncommon subspecies of Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton and Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda in Northern Australia. Emu 102: 141-148. DOI: 10.1071/MU04020 Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M. and Balmford, A. 2003. The Costs and Effectiveness of Funding the Conservation of Australian Threatened Birds. BioScience 53:658-665. Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M. and Stattersfield, A.J. 2003. Changes in the conservation status of Australian birds resulting from differences in taxonomy, knowledge and the definitions of threat. Biological Conservation 113: 269 – 276. Garnett, S.T. 2003. Rearing conservation projects to maturity – changing the metaphor for conservation success. Oryx 37:1-2. Crowley, G. M. and S. T. Garnett 2001. Growth, seed production and effect of defoliation in an early flowering perennial grass, Alloteropsis semialata (Poaceae), on Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 49: 735-43. Garnett, S.T. 2001. Third Line Insurance – reducing the risk to natural capital. Australian Journal of Environmental Management 8: 233-238. Crowley, G.M. and Garnett, S.T. 2001. Food value and tree selection in Glossy Black-Cockatoos Calyptorhynchus lathami. Austral Ecology 26:116-126. view PDF >> www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01093.x Garnett, S.T., Britton, P. and Crowley, G.M. 2000. A northward extension of range of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami. Sunbird 30:18-22. Crowley, G.M. and Garnett, S.T. 2000. Changing fire management in the pastoral lands of Cape York Peninsula of northeast Australia, 1623-1996. Australian Geographical Studies 38:10-26. [view PDF] Garnett, S.T. 1999. Still many miles to Babylon: a response to Harry Recher. Australian Zoologist 31:28-29. www.rzsnsw.org.au/publications/AZ31-1.htm Garnett, S.T., Whybird, O. and Spencer, H. 1999. The conservation status of the Spectacled Flying-fox in Australia. Australian Zoologist 31:38-54. www.rzsnsw.org.au/publications/AZ31-1.htm Garnett, S.T., Pedler, L.P. and Crowley, G.M. 1999. Breeding biology of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus on Kangaroo Island. Emu 99:262-279. www.publish.csiro.au/nid/96/paper/MU99032.htm Crowley, G.M. and Garnett, S.T. 1999. Seeds of the annual grasses Schizachyrium spp. as a food resource for tropical granivorous birds. Australian Journal of Ecology 24:208-220. Crowley, G.M., Garnett, S.T. and Pedler, L.P. 1999. Assessment of the role of captive breeding and translocation in the recovery of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo in South Australia. Birds Australia Report series 5. view PDF >> Crowley, G.M. and Garnett, S.T. 1999. Vegetation change in the grasslands and grassy woodlands of central Cape York Peninsula. Pacific Conservation Biology 4:132-148. view PDF >> Garnett, S.T. 1998. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo damage and damage mitigation at Lakeland Downs, Cape York Peninsula. Eclectus 5: 26-34. Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M., Delaney, M. and Shephard, P. 1998. Fluctuations in the population of Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta at Coen, Cape York Peninsula. Sunbird 28: 53-54. Garnett, S.T. 1998. Clarification of the type locality of the Golden-shouldered Parrot. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 118:196-200. Garnett, S.T. and Smith, R. 1997. A second record of a Papuan species of Paradise-Kingfisher in Torres Strait and its relevance to the dissemination of Japanese Encephalitis. Sunbird 27: 83-84. Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 1997. The Golden-shouldered Parrot of Cape York Peninsula: the importance of cups of tea to effective conservation. In. Conservation outside Nature Reserves. Pp. 201-205. Edited by Hale, P. and Lamb, D. University of Queensland, St Lucia. Garnett, S.T. and Shephard, S. 1997. Cape York Peninsula, Australia, as a stopover site for Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii. Stilt 30:54-55. Komsic, W., Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 1996. Magpie Geese Anseranas semipalmata nesting in trees. Sunbird 20:79-80. Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 1996. Range Extension of the White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli. Sunbird 20:22-23. Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 1996. A new population of the Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis on Cape York Peninsula. Sunbird 26:60-62. Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 1995. The decline of the Black Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus melanota on Cape York Peninsula. Emu 95:66-68. www.publish.csiro.au/nid/97/issue/3161.htm Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 1995. Feeding Ecology of Hooded Parrots Psephotus dissimilis during the wet season. Emu 95: 54-61. www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_filefile_id=MU9950054.pdf Bell, M., Shield, J. and Garnett, S.T. 1995. Japanese Encephalitis in Australia: wildlife considerations. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 19: 647-648.
BooksLuckert, M.K., Campbell, B.M., Gorman, J.T. and Garnett, S.T. (Eds) 2007. Investing in Indigenous Natural Resource Management, CDU Press, Darwin. Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G. M. 2000. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000. Environment Australia, Canberra. Garnett, S.T. 1992. The Action Plan for Australian Birds. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra. Book chaptersGarnett, S.T. and Woinarski, J.C.Z. 2007. A Case Indigenous Threatened Species Management. In Investing in Indigenous Natural Resource Management. (Eds) Luckert, M.K., Campbell, B.M., Gorman, J.T. and Garnett, S.T. CDU Press, Darwin, pp 38-44. Garnett, S.T., Luckert, M.K., Campbell, B.M., Gorman, J.T., Kerins, S., Morris, L., Morrison, J. and Whitehead, P.J. 2007. Summary and Conclusions: Problems and Promise in Supporting Indigenous Natural Resource Management. In Investing in Indigenous Natural Resource Management. (Eds) Luckert, M.K., Campbell, B.M., Gorman, J.T. and Garnett, S.T. CDU Press, Darwin, pp 96-107. Cunningham, A.B., Garnett, S.T. and Stacey N. 2007. Evaluation of non-timber forest product species as potential elements of agroforestry systems. In Djoeroemana, S., Myers, B., Russell-Smith, J., Blyth, M. and Salean, E.I.T. (eds) Integrated rural development in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia - Proceedings of a workshop to identify sustainable rural livelihoods, held in Kupang, Indonesia, 5-7 April 2006, ACIAR Proceedings No. 126, pp 174-181. Bennett, P., Owens, I., Nussey, D., Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 2005. Mechanisms of extinction in birds: phylogeny, ecology and threats. Chapter 7. pp. 317-336 in Phylogeny and Conservation. Purvis, A., Gittleman, J.L. and Brooks, T. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Smith, K. and Garnett, S.T. 2003. Animal-plant interaction: a rainforest conservation manager’s perspective. pp 17-19. In Animal-Plant Interaction in Rainforest Conservation and Restoration. Workshop Proceedings 11 November 2003. Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., Dennis, A.J. and Westcott, D.A. Eds. Rainforest CRC, Cairns. Dennis, A.J., Garnett, S.T. and Moran, C. 2003. Seed dispersal in rainforest conservation and restoration. pp 36-37. in Animal-Plant Interaction in Rainforest Conservation and Restoration. Workshop Proceedings 11 November 2003. Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., Dennis, A.J. and Westcott, D.A. Eds. Rainforest CRC, Cairns. Garnett, S. T., Crowley, G. M. and Barrett, G. 2003. ‘Birds’ in National Land and Water Resources Audit. Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Canberra. Garnett, S.T. 2000. Australia, New Zealand and the south-west Pacific. Overview. pp 34-35. in Snyder, N., McGowan, P., Gilardi, J. and Grajal, A. (eds.) Parrots. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2000-2004. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 1999. The Golden-shouldered Parrot In Handbook of Birds of Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. Vol.4. Edited by Higgins, P.J. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Major reports, working papersGarnett, S.T., and Hall, D.J. 2006. Enhancing Private Sector Engagement in Research and Development in the Northern Territory. Report to the Department of Business, Economic and Regional Development, Northern Territory. (pdf 568KB) Garnett, S.T., Preece, N. and van Oosterzee, P. 2006. Feasibility Study prepared for North Queensland tropical birding trails. Unpublished report to NQTBT, Townsville. Garnett, S.T., Thynne, I. and Satchwell, I. 2004. Thamarrurr Economic Normalisation Workshop. Report prepared for Thamarrurr Regional Council, Northern Land Council and the Northern Territory Government, Darwin. Garnett, S.T., Haydon, J. and Hall, S. 2004. Research capacity audit for tropical Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Report to the Department of the Chief Minister, Northern Territory Government, Darwin and the Office of Science and Innovation, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Western Australia, Perth. Crowley, G.M., Garnett, S.T. and Shephard, S. 2004. Management guidelines for golden-shouldered parrot conservation. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane. view report >> Garnett, S.T. 2003. Important Bird Areas of Australia. Report to the Birds Australia Research and Conservation Committee, Melbourne. Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G. 1997. Report to the Queensland Department of Environment on the feasibility of conducting field research on the Palm Cockatoo at Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Papua New Guinea. view report >>
OtherTerritory Q - 1st Quarter 2007 Territory Q - 2nd Quarter 2007 Territory Q - 3rd Quarter 2006 Territory Q - 4th Quarter 2006 Garnett, S.T. 2005. Tropical Knowledge and the new Territory frontier. Charles Darwin University Lecture Series 2005. Garnett, S.T. 2004. Effect of target size, biodiversity surrogate and selection algorithm on reserve selection on Cape York Peninsula - an exploration of techniques. School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin and CSIRO, Atherton. Garnett, S.T. 2004. Knowledge hybridisation – Indigenous knowledge and the knowledge economy. Charles Darwin Symposium 9 November 2004. www.cdu.edu.au/cdss0411/presentations.html Garnett, S.T. 2004. Tropical Knowledge as a creative framework. Charles Darwin Symposium 4 June 2004. www.cdu.edu.au/cdss0406/presentations.html
|
|
