Marc Hockings
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Emeritus Professor
Marc Hockings
Email: : m.hockings@uq.edu.au
Positions
Emeritus Professor : School of the Environment : Faculty of Science
Overview
Background
Marc Hockings is an Emeritus Professor School of the Environment at the University of Queensland. He maintains an active research program on the management of protected areas with a particular focus on monitoring and evaluation in conservation management. He is a long-term member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) through its World Commission on Protected Areas where he leads the Specialist Group on the Green List and Management Effectiveness. He initiated and is leading the IUCN WCPA work on the Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas. He is also a member of the IUCN Species Survival and Ecosystem Management Commissions. Marc was the principal author of the IUCN’s best practice guidelines on evaluation of management effectiveness in protected areas. He is an honorary Fellow at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK. In 2008 he received the Kenton R. Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Area Sustainability for his work on management effectiveness.
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Availability
Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings is: : Not available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research impacts
Professor Hockings has lead development of research on management effectiveness evaluation of protected areas. He has developed an approach to assessment of management effectiveness (IUCN WCPA Management Effectiveness Framework) that is now widely used around the world by governments and NGOs, has been adopted by the Global Environment Facility as a required element of assessment for all GEF funded projects in protected areas and incorporated into the Convention on Biological Diversity's Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Assessments based on this methodology have been conducted in more than 18000 protected areas in 180 countries.
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Works
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All (158) Book (7) Journal Article (103) Other Outputs (12) Conference Publication (21) Book Chapter (15)
Featured
2014
Journal Article
The performance and potential of protected areas
Watson, James E. M., Dudley, Nigel, Segan, Daniel B. and Hockings, Marc (2014). The performance and potential of protected areas. Nature, 515 (7525), 67-73. doi: 10.1038/nature13947
The performance and potential of protected areas
Featured
2013
Journal Article
Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas in reducing habitat loss and population declines
Geldmann, Jonas, Barnes, Megan, Coad, Lauren, Craigie, Ian D., Hockings, Marc and Burgess, Neil D. (2013). Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas in reducing habitat loss and population declines. Biological Conservation, 161, 230-238. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.018
Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas in reducing habitat loss and population declines
Featured
2012
Journal Article
Managers consider multiple lines of evidence important for biodiversity management decisions
Cook, Carly N., Carter, R. W. (Bill), Fuller, Richard A. and Hockings, Marc (2012). Managers consider multiple lines of evidence important for biodiversity management decisions. Journal of Environmental Management, 113, 341-346. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.002
Managers consider multiple lines of evidence important for biodiversity management decisions
Featured
2012
Journal Article
Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Scharlemann, Jörn P. W., Evans, Mike I., Quader, Suhel, Arico, Salvatore, Arinaitwe, Julius, Balman, Mark, Bennun, Leon A., Bertzky, Bastian, Besancon, Charles, Boucher, Timothy M., Brooks, Thomas M., Burfield, Ian J., Burgess, Neil D., Chan, Simba, Clay, Rob P., Crosby, Mike J., Davidson, Nicholas C., De Silva, Naamal, Devenish, Christian, Dutson, Guy C. L., Fernandez, David F. Día z., Fishpool, Lincoln D. C., Fitzgerald, Claire, Foster, Matt, Heath, Melanie F., Hockings, Marc, Hoffmann, Michael, Knox, David ... Woodley, Stephen (2012). Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets. Plos One, 7 (3) e32529, e32529-1-e32529-8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032529
Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Opportunities for improving the rigor of management effectiveness evaluations in protected areas
Cook, Carly N. and Hockings, Marc (2011). Opportunities for improving the rigor of management effectiveness evaluations in protected areas. Conservation Letters, 4 (5), 372-382. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00189.x
Opportunities for improving the rigor of management effectiveness evaluations in protected areas
Featured
2010
Journal Article
Global biodiversity: indicators of recent declines
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Walpole, Matt, Collen, Ben, van Strien, Arco, Scharlemann, Jörn P. W., Almond, Rosamunde E. A., Baillie, Jonathan E. M., Bomhard, Bastian, Brown, Claire, Bruno, John, Carpenter, Kent E., Carr, Geneviève M., Chanson, Janice, Chenery, Aanna M., Csirke, Jorge, Davidson, Nick C., Dentener, Frank, Foster, Matt, Galli, Alessandro, Galloway, James N., Genovesi, Piero, Gregory, Richard D., Hockings, Marc, Kapos, Valerie, Lamarque, Jean-Francois, Leverington, Fiona, Loh, Jonathan, McGeoch, Melodie A., McRae, Louise ... Watson, Reg (2010). Global biodiversity: indicators of recent declines. Science, 328 (5982), 1164-1168. doi: 10.1126/science.1187512
Global biodiversity: indicators of recent declines
Featured
2009
Journal Article
Tracking progress toward the 2010 biodiversity target and beyond
Walpole, M., Almond, R. E. A., Besançon, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Carr, G. M., Collen, B., Collette, L., Davidson, N. C., Dulloo, E., Fazel, A. M., Galloway, J. N., Gill, M., Goverse, T., Hockings, M. T., Leaman, D. J., Morgan, D. H. W., Revenga, C., Rickwood, C. J., Schutyser, F., Simons, S., Stattersfield, A. J., Tyrrell, T. D., Vié, Jean-C. and Zimsky, M. (2009). Tracking progress toward the 2010 biodiversity target and beyond. Science, 325 (5947), 1503-1504. doi: 10.1126/science.1175466
Tracking progress toward the 2010 biodiversity target and beyond
Featured
2009
Journal Article
Data credibility: What are the 'right' data for evaluating management effectiveness of protected areas?
Hockings, M., Stolton, S., Dudley, N. and James, R. (2009). Data credibility: What are the 'right' data for evaluating management effectiveness of protected areas?. New Directions for Evaluation, 2009 (122), 53-63. doi: 10.1002/ev.295
Featured
2009
Journal Article
Accountability, reporting, or management improvement? Development of a State of the Parks assessment system in New South Wales, Australia
Hockings, M., Cook, C. N., Carter, R. W. and James, R. (2009). Accountability, reporting, or management improvement? Development of a State of the Parks assessment system in New South Wales, Australia. Environmental Management, 43 (6), 1013-1025. doi: 10.1007/s00267-009-9277-9
Featured
2008
Journal Article
What constitutes success in Pacific Island community conserved areas?
Axford, Joanna C., Hockings, Marcus T. and Carter, R. W. (Bill) (2008). What constitutes success in Pacific Island community conserved areas?. Ecology and Society, 13 (2) 45, 1-15. doi: 10.5751/ES-02540-130245
What constitutes success in Pacific Island community conserved areas?
Featured
2004
Journal Article
Options for guaranteeing the effective management of the world's protected areas
Dudley, N., Hockings, M. T. and Stolton, S. (2004). Options for guaranteeing the effective management of the world's protected areas. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 6 (2), 131-142. doi: 10.1080/1523908042000320713
Options for guaranteeing the effective management of the world's protected areas
Featured
2004
Journal Article
Management effectiveness: Assessing management of protected areas?
Hockings, M. T., Stolton, S. and Dudley, N. (2004). Management effectiveness: Assessing management of protected areas?. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 6 (2), 157-174. doi: 10.1080/1523908042000320731
Management effectiveness: Assessing management of protected areas?
2023
Journal Article
Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments
Watson, James E. M., Venegas‐Li, Ruben, Grantham, Hedley, Dudley, Nigel, Stolton, Sue, Rao, Madhu, Woodley, Stephen, Hockings, Marc, Burkart, Karl, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Possingham, Hugh P. and Ward, Michelle (2023). Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments. Integrative Conservation, 2 (3), 140-155. doi: 10.1002/inc3.24
2022
Journal Article
Developing an outcomes-based approach to achieving Target 3 of the global biodiversity framework
Dudley, Nigel, Robinson, John, Andelman, Sandy, Bingham, Heather, Conzo, Lori Anna, Geldmann, Jonas, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten, Gurney, Georgina, Hickey, Valerie, Hockings, Marc, Jonas, Harry, Kettunen, Marianne, Marnewick, Daniel, Masozera, Michel, Mitchell, Brent, Parrish, Jeffrey, Redford, Kent, Espinoza, Andrew Rhodes, Russi, Daniela, Salafsky, Nick, Springer, Jenny, Sullivan-Stack, Jenna, Tugendhat, Helen, Watson, James E. M., Wilkie, David and Woodley, Stephen (2022). Developing an outcomes-based approach to achieving Target 3 of the global biodiversity framework. Parks, 28 (2), 33-44. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2022.PARKS-28-2ND.en
Developing an outcomes-based approach to achieving Target 3 of the global biodiversity framework
2021
Journal Article
Assessing protected area effectiveness
Hockings, Marc, Dudley, Nigel, Stolton, Sue, Pasha, M. K. S. and van Nimwegen, Paul (2021). Assessing protected area effectiveness. Oryx, 55 (3), 333-333. doi: 10.1017/s0030605321000168
Assessing protected area effectiveness
2021
Journal Article
Equitable and effective area‐based conservation: Towards the conserved areas paradigm
Jonas, Harry D., Ahmadia, Gabby N., Bingham, Heather C., Briggs, Johnny, Butchart, Stuart H.M., Cariño, Joji, Chassot, Olivier, Chaudhary, Sunita, Darling, Emily, Degemmis, Alfred, Dudley, Nigel, Fa, Julia E., Fitzsimons, James, Garnett, Stephen, Geldmann, Jonas, Golden Kroner, Rachel, Gurney, Georgina G., Harrington, Alexandra R., Himes‐cornell, Amber, Hockings, Marc, Jonas, Holly C., Jupiter, Stacy, Kingston, Naomi, Lee, E., Lieberman, Susan, Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Marnewick, Daniel, Matallana‐tobón, Clara L., Maxwell, Sean L. ... von Weizsäcker, Christine (2021). Equitable and effective area‐based conservation: Towards the conserved areas paradigm. Parks, 27 (1), 71-84. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.PARKS-27-1HJ.en
Equitable and effective area‐based conservation: Towards the conserved areas paradigm
2021
Journal Article
Marine protected and conserved areas in the time of Covid
Phua, Carol, Andradi-Brown, Dominic A., Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Ahmadia, Gabby N., Mahajan, Shauna L., Larsen, Kirk, Friel, Stephen, Reichelt, Russell, Hockings, Marc, Gill, David, Veverka, Laura, Anderson, Richard, Augustave, Lovasoa Cédrique, Awaludinnoer, , Bervoets, Tadzio, Brayne, Kitty, Djohani, Rili, Kawaka, Joan, Kyne, Fabian, Ndagala, January, Oates, Jenny, Osuka, Kennedy, Prvan, Mosor, Shah, Nirmal, Vallarola, Fabio, Wenzel, Lauren, Widodo, Hesti and Wells, Sue (2021). Marine protected and conserved areas in the time of Covid. Parks, 27 (Special Issue), 85-102. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.PARKS-27-SICP.en
Marine protected and conserved areas in the time of Covid
2021
Other Outputs
Review of monitoring, evaluation and reporting approaches and outcomes in Parks Australia
Jacobson, Chris, Hockings, Marc, Watson, James, Head, Brian and Fidelman, Pedro (2021). Review of monitoring, evaluation and reporting approaches and outcomes in Parks Australia . Online: University of Queensland.
Review of monitoring, evaluation and reporting approaches and outcomes in Parks Australia
2021
Journal Article
Essential indicators for measuring site-based conservation effectiveness in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
Geldmann, Jonas, Deguignet, Marine, Balmford, Andrew, Burgess, Neil D., Dudley, Nigel, Hockings, Marc, Kingston, Naomi, Klimmek, Helen, Lewis, Alanah Hayley, Rahbek, Carsten, Stolton, Sue, Vincent, Claire, Wells, Sue, Woodley, Stephen and Watson, James E. M. (2021). Essential indicators for measuring site-based conservation effectiveness in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Conservation Letters, 14 (4) e12792, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/conl.12792
2020
Journal Article
Considerations for selecting a machine learning technique for predicting deforestation
Mayfield, Helen J. , Smith, Carl , Gallagher, Marcus and Hockings, Marc (2020). Considerations for selecting a machine learning technique for predicting deforestation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 131 104741, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104741
Considerations for selecting a machine learning technique for predicting deforestation
Funding
Past funding
- 2016 - 2017
Enhancing Institutional Capacities within the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (KSDAE) of the MoEF in Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessment
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2016 - 2017
Analysis of the public protected area framework in NSW and future opportunities
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2014 - 2015
BIOPAMA Protected Area Management Effectiveness Data Management
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2014 - 2016
2015 State of the Environment Report
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2014 - 2016
What could World Heritage listing deliver for Indigenous people? The Australian experience in global context.
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2013 - 2014
Assessment of Management Effectiveness by Independent Experts for the 23014 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2012 - 2016
Integrating measures of Indigenous land management effectiveness (ARC Linkage Project Administered by CDU)
Charles Darwin University
Open grant - 2011
Analysis of Parks Victoria State of the Parks data (2010)
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2010
Marine World Heritage site management effectiveness preliminary study
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Open grant - 2009 - 2010
Protected areas management effectiveness assessments in Europe: a review of data, methods and results
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald
Open grant - 2008 - 2010
2010 Biodiversity Indicator Partnership Project - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Indicator
United Nations Environment Programme ¿ World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Open grant - 2007 - 2008
Enhancing our Heritage: Monitoring and managing for success in world natural heritage sites - Stage 3
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Open grant - 2006 - 2008
Building Capacity For Adaptive Management In Protected Areas Through Improved Systems For Monitoring And Evaluation
ARC Linkage Projects
Open grant - 2005 - 2007
Protected Area Management Effectiveness
The Nature Conservancy
Open grant - 2005 - 2007
Enhancing our Heritage: Monitoring and Managing for Success in World Natural Heritage Sites - Stage 2
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Open grant - 2005 - 2008
A Global Analysis of Protected Area Management
World Wildlife Fund, Inc
Open grant - 2005
Developing a Monitoring and Assessment Culture for Protected Areas- Linking assessment to adaptive management in management agencies
University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
Open grant - 2004
Developing a Monitoring and Assessment Culture for Protected Areas - Linking Assessment to Adaptive Management in Management Agencies
UQ FirstLink Scheme
Open grant - 2003
Conducting a survey of delegates attending the Vth World Parks Congress
The World Conservation Union
Open grant - 2003
Preparatory activities related to the Management Effectiveness Stream workshops and related events to be convened as the World Park Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 2003
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Open grant - 2003
Preparatory Workshop on Management Effectiveness for World Park Congress
World Wildlife Fund, Inc
Open grant - 2002 - 2003
Extending the Implementation of the Enhancing our Heritage Project to all the Natural World Heritage Sites in Latin America
United States Forest Service
Open grant - 2001 - 2002
Enhancing our Heritage: Monitoring and Managing for success in World Natural Heritage Sites
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Open grant - 2000 - 2001
Review of Management Effectiveness Framework and Guidelines - World Bank Funded Project
World Bank Group
Open grant - 2000 - 2001
Conserving World Natural Heritage sites through effective monitoring and partnerships - project initiation phase
United States Forest Service
Open grant - 2000 - 2002
The development of A Standardised Methodology for Improving the Management of Visitors to Natural Areas
ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)
Open grant - 2000 - 2005
The development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
Department Tourism, Sport & Racing - Queensland
Open grant - 2000 - 2005
The Development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
Department of Natural Resources and Mines
Open grant - 2000 - 2005
The development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Open grant - 2000 - 2002
The development of a standardised methodology for improving the management of visitors to natural areas
Queensland National Parks & Wildlife Service
Open grant - 1999 - 2000
To review the Management Effectiveness (WCPA) Framework and Guideline document
WWF International
Open grant - 1999
Management effectiveness of Protected Areas: the case of the World Natural Heritage
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Open grant - 1999 - 2000
Review of methodologies for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
Equilibrium
Open grant - 1996
Travel grant for World Conservation Congress in Montreal.
Potter Foundation
Open grant - 1995
Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation management
University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
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Supervision
Availability
Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings is: : Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
- 2018
Doctor Philosophy
##### Decision Modelling in the management of Australian Marine Protected Areas
Principal Advisor - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
##### Factors influencing the management effectiveness of the biosphere reserve model: The case of Vietnam
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Hon Assoc Professor Peter Dart - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
##### Participatory Wetland Conservation in Yok Don National Park, Vietnam
Principal Advisor - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
##### Protected area management under climate change: A framework for decision making.
Principal Advisor - 2015
Doctor Philosophy
##### Making the most of machine learning and freely available datasets: A deforestation case study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marcus Gallagher - 2013
Doctor Philosophy
##### Protected area effectiveness: evaluation of biological outcomes in protected areas
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham - 2013
Doctor Philosophy
##### Cape Town's informal economy of wild harvested resources and traditional medicine
Principal Advisor - 2012
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2011
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2011
Doctor Philosophy
##### Constraints and Enabling Factors for Effective Conservation in Vietnam: Cat Ba Island Case Study.
Principal Advisor - 2010
Doctor Philosophy
##### Validating management effectiveness evaluations of protected areas in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham - 2009
Doctor Philosophy
##### Evaluating the Management of Threatened Species in Australia: The Recovery Planning Strategy
Principal Advisor - 2008
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2007
Doctor Philosophy
##### EVALUATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
Principal Advisor - 2007
Doctor Philosophy
##### MANAGEMENT APPROACHES IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: THE CASE OF SURIN MARINE NATIONAL PARK, THAILAND
Principal Advisor - 2007
Doctor Philosophy
##### What Constitutes Success in pacific Island Comunity Conserved Areas?
Principal Advisor - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Neil Sipe - 2011
Doctor Philosophy
##### Evaluation in conservation decision making
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham
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Media
Enquiries
Contact Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings directly for media enquiries about:
- Enviornmental conservation
- Environmental management
- Environmental policy
- Environmental resource assessment
- Marine park management
- National park management
- Nature reserves - effectiveness
- Policy - environment
- Protected areas - for wildlife
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