Professor Jeffrey Sayer

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Professor of Conservation & Development Practice

Director of Master in Development Practice Programme

Member of the Science Council of the CGIAR Consultative Group

Fellow of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

DSc Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain

MSc University College London, England

BSc Hull University, England

Office:

Building A26 – Cairns Campus

Phone:

+61 7 4042 1663

Fax:

+61 7 4042 1284

Email:

jeffrey.sayer@jcu.edu.au

Teaching

  • EV5011 Contemporary Issues in Development Practice

Research Interests

Conservation and Development. Most of Prof. Sayer’s recent research has been on integrative science applied to the problems of reconciling conservation and development at large spatial scales through the use of landscape and ecosystem approaches. He has focussed on the conservation and development problems of tropical moist forests in the Congo Basin and South-East Asia. He also has a special interest in the environmental impacts of different strategies for feeding a world of 9 billion people whilst maintaining environmental values.

Selected Publications

Most recent books are:

Sayer, J.A. and D. Sheil, In Press. Forests, Landscapes and Conservation. Earthscan, London.

Sayer and Maginnis. 2006. Forest in Landscapes: Ecosystem Approaches to sustainability. Earthscan, London.

Sayer and Campbell 2005. The Science of Sustainable Development – local livelihoods and the global environment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK.

Sayer, J.A. 2005. The Earthscan Reader in Forestry & Development, Earthscan, London.

Campbell and Sayer 2004. Integrated Natural Resources Management. Linking productivity, the environment and development. CABI, Wallingford UK.

Most recent papers:

  • Laurance, W.F. T. Kakul, R. J. Keenan, J. Sayer, S. Passingan, Gopalasamy, R. Clements, F. Villegas & N. S. Sodhi. In Press. Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea. Conservation Letters.

  • W. F. Laurance T. Kakul, J.Sayer R. Keenan S. Passingan N. Sodhi . 2010. Better governance for fading forests. Nature, 467.

  • Sandker, M., B. M. Campbell, M. Ruiz-Pérez, J. A. Sayer, R. Cowling, H. Kassa, and A. T. Knight. 2010. The role of participatory modelling in landscape approaches to reconcile conservation and development. Ecology and Society 15(2): 13. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss2/art13/

  • G.R. Clemens, J. Sayer, A. K. Boedhihartono, O. Venter, T. Lovejoy, L.P. Koh, W.F. Laurence. Cautious Optimism over Norway-Indonesia REDD Pact. Conservation Biology, Volume 24, No. 6. 2010

  • Endamana, A., Boedhihartono, A. K., Bokoto, B., Defo, L., Eyebe, A., Ndikumagenge, C., Nzooh, Z., Ruiz-Perez, M., and Sayer, J. A.2010. A framework for assessing conservation and development in a Congo Basin Forest Landscape. Tropical Conservation Science Vol. 3 (3):262-281. Available online: www.tropicalconservationscience.org

  • Deane, C., G. Ejeta, R. Rabbinge, and J. Sayer 2010. Science for Development: Mobilizing Global Partnerships. Published online 1 March 2010; doi:10.2135/cropsci2010.12.0001Crop Sci 2010 50: v-viii.

  • Walker, B., J.A. Sayer, N. L. Andrew, and B. Campbell .2010. Should Enhanced Resilience Be an Objective of Natural Resource Management Research for Developing Countries? Published online 5 March 2010; doi:10.2135/cropsci2009.10.0565.Crop Science 2010 50: S-10-S-19.

  • Sayer, J.A. 2009. Reconciling conservation and development; Are landscapes the answer? Biotropica.1-4.

  • Sayer, J.A. 2009. Can Conservation and Development really be integrated? Madagascar Conservation and Development, Vol: 4 (1) 9-12.

  • Sandker, M., B. M. Campbell,Z. Nzooh,T. Sunderland, V. Amougou, L. Defo and J. Sayer (2009) Exploring the effectiveness of integrated conservation and development interventions in a Central African forest landscape. Biodivers Conserv DOI 10.1007/s10531-009-9613-7

  • Brockerhoff, E.G.,H Jactel, J. A. Parrotta,· C. P. Quine and J Sayer. 2008. Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity? Biodivers Conserv (2008) 17:925–951 DOI 10.1007/s10531-008-9380-x

  • Sayer, J., G. Bull and C. Elliott 2008. Mediating Forest Transitions: ‘Grand Design’ or ‘Muddling Through’ Conservation and Society 6(4): 320–327, 2008

  • 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 http://www.ecologyandsociety/org/vol12/iss1/art2/

  • Boedhihartono, A.K., J. Sayer, P. Gunarso and P. Levang. 2007. The principles of conservation and development: Do they apply in Malinau? –Ecology and Society, online http://www.ecologyandsociety/org/vol12/iss2/art2/

  • Endamana, D., J. Sayer, G. Etoga, and L. Bene Bene. 2007. Conservation et Développement : l’influence d’accessibilité, gestion participative et immigration autour du Parc National de la Bénoué au Cameroun. Nature et Faune, FAO, Dakar, Sénégal.

  • Ruiz-Perez, M., Garcia Fernandes and Sayer J.A. 2007. Los Servicios Ambientales de los Bosques. Ecosistemas, 2007/3.

A fuller list of journal papers will be posted.

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