Martine Maron
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Professor
Martine Maron
Email: : m.maron@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 336 53836
Positions
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Faculty of Science
Professor : School of the Environment : Faculty of Science
Overview
Background
Conserving biodiversity is essential for maintaining the health of the environment upon which human life and wellbeing relies. But the task will only get harder, with human pressures increasing in magnitude and ubiquity. My research tackles questions central to this challenge. A particular focus is biodiversity net gain policy, particularly the design and consequences of biodiversity offsetting, as well as the conservation and restoration of Australia’s woodlands and woodland bird assemblages. I collaborate with a broad network of individuals and organisations including government and non-government bodies to help achieve effective uptake of research findings into policy and environmental management. Sound conservation policy is essential if we are to apply ecological knowledge to reduce and ultimately halt biodiversity declines. I provide guidance on offset/no net loss/net gain policy development internationally including in Malaysia, the UK, Mozambique, and Guinea, and to intergovernmental convening bodies including IPBES, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the IUCN. I currently chair the IUCN’s Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compensation Thematic Group, am a director of BirdLife Australia and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and am a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and The Biodiversity Council. My research group is part of the Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science.
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Availability
Professor Martine Maron is: : Available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Monash University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Southern Queensland
Research interests
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Conservation policy
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Research impacts
I collaborate with conservation policymakers at State, National (e.g. New Zealand, Australia, Mozambique) and international (IUCN, UN, IPBES) levels to achieve policy change and benefits for biodiversity. Example impacts include:
- Science input to the drafting process of goals and targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity post-2020 Global Biodiversity Strategy (Diaz et al. 2020)
- Led writing of the first international policy on biodiversity offsetting for the IUCN
- Development of the Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality, adopted by 129 countries to date, to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- Designed several widely-used tools to implement best-practice application of the mitigation hierarchy, including Australia’s Environmental Offsets Assessment Guide and Reef Trust Financial Contributions Offsets Calculator, New Zealand’s offset accounting model, and Mozambique’s new Impact Mitigation decree
- Participated in the Consultative Group and Technical Group advising the EPBC Act review drafting proposed new National Environmental Standards for Australia for the Samuel Review
- Achieved listing of a Key Threatening Process under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act: “Aggressive exclusion of birds from potential woodland and forest habitat by over-abundant noisy miners (Manorina melanocephala)” and authored the Threat Abatement Advice for this KTP
- Developed a definition, condition scoring approach, and nomination for “Temperate and Subtropical Woodland Bird Community” for listing as a threatened under the EPBC Act (currently under consideration)
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Works
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All (238) Book (1) Journal Article (211) Other Outputs (19) Conference Publication (4) Book Chapter (3)
2026
Journal Article
Five rules for scientifically credible nature markets
zu Ermgassen, Sophus O.S.E., Swinfield, Tom, Bull, Joseph W., Duffus, Natalie E., Macintosh, Andrew, Maron, Martine, Theis, Sebastian, White, Thomas and Evans, Megan C. (2026). Five rules for scientifically credible nature markets. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02932-z
Five rules for scientifically credible nature markets
2025
Journal Article
Biodiversity credits: an overview of the current state, future opportunities, and potential pitfalls
Wunder, Sven, Fraccaroli, Cecilia, Bull, Joseph W., Dutta, Trishna, Eyres, Alison, Evans, Megan C., Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark, Jones, Julia P. G., Maron, Martine, Muys, Bart, Pacheco, Andrea, Olesen, Asger Strange, Swinfield, Thomas, Tegegne, Yitagesu Tekle, White, Thomas B., Zhang, Han and zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E. (2025). Biodiversity credits: an overview of the current state, future opportunities, and potential pitfalls. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34 (7), 8470-8499. doi: 10.1002/bse.70018
Biodiversity credits: an overview of the current state, future opportunities, and potential pitfalls
2025
Journal Article
Distinguishing among remediation, reclamation, and offsetting in the pursuit of no net loss
Poulton, David W. and Maron, Martine (2025). Distinguishing among remediation, reclamation, and offsetting in the pursuit of no net loss. Journal of Environmental Management, 391 126569, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126569
Distinguishing among remediation, reclamation, and offsetting in the pursuit of no net loss
2025
Journal Article
Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?
Chung, Yi Fei, Maron, Martine, Drielsma, Michael and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2025). Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?. Biological Conservation, 308 111187, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111187
Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?
2025
Journal Article
Half of the habitat of Australia's highly imperilled narrow-range species is outside protected areas
Ward, Michelle, Maron, Martine, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Lintermans, Mark, Whiterod, Nick S., Chapple, David G., Possingham, Hugh P., Legge, Sarah M., Gallagher, Rachael V., Wintle, Brendan A., Vine, Samantha, Ashman, Kita, Hoskin, Conrad J., Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John C.Z., Scheele, Ben C., Loane, Cerin, Fitzsimons, James A., Stewart, Romola R., Tulloch, Ayesha I.T., Hyman, Isabel T., Pearce, Kate, Burbidge, Allan H., Raadik, Tarmo A., Kuchling, Gerald, Georges, Arthur, West, Matthew, Adams, Vanessa M., Emery, J.P. and Watson, James E.M. (2025). Half of the habitat of Australia's highly imperilled narrow-range species is outside protected areas. Biological Conservation, 308 111195, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111195
Half of the habitat of Australia's highly imperilled narrow-range species is outside protected areas
2025
Journal Article
The value of regrowth forests and woodlands for threatened fauna species
Thomas, Hannah, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle, Eyre, Teresa J. and Maron, Martine (2025). The value of regrowth forests and woodlands for threatened fauna species. Biological Conservation, 307 111131, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111131
The value of regrowth forests and woodlands for threatened fauna species
2025
Journal Article
Groundhog Day: the EPBC Act reform process
Bell-James, Justine, Maron, Martine, McCormack, Phillipa C. and Watson, James E. M. (2025). Groundhog Day: the EPBC Act reform process. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 41, 19-40.
Groundhog Day: the EPBC Act reform process
2025
Other Outputs
Australia Terrestrial Bird Community Typology Code and Data
Indraswari, Karlina, Maron, Martine, Mayfield, Helen, Fraser, Hannah, Melton, Courtney and Mills-Anderson (2025). Australia Terrestrial Bird Community Typology Code and Data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/fc2acab
Australia Terrestrial Bird Community Typology Code and Data
2025
Journal Article
Geographic variation in mammal and reptile responses to fire and livestock grazing regimes
Rew-Duffy, Miranda, Maron, Martine, Diete, Rebecca, Leung, Luke, Hunter, John, Amir, Zachary and Reside, April (2025). Geographic variation in mammal and reptile responses to fire and livestock grazing regimes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 62 (4), 834-847. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.70011
Geographic variation in mammal and reptile responses to fire and livestock grazing regimes
2025
Journal Article
Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future
Maron, Martine, von Hase, Amrei, Quétier, Fabien, Sonter, Laura J., Theis, Sebastian and zu Ermgassen, Sophus O. S. E. (2025). Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 1 (3), 183-196. doi: 10.1038/s44358-025-00023-2
Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future
2025
Journal Article
Designing biodiversity-friendly landscapes: the effects of landscape heterogeneity across scales on bird species richness in Taiwan
Lin, Da-Li, Amano, Tatsuya, Fuller, Richard A., Ding, Tzung-Su and Maron, Martine (2025). Designing biodiversity-friendly landscapes: the effects of landscape heterogeneity across scales on bird species richness in Taiwan. Landscape Ecology, 40 (2) 39. doi: 10.1007/s10980-025-02055-7
2025
Journal Article
Poor compliance and exemptions facilitate ongoing deforestation
Thomas, Hannah, Ward, Michelle S., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Taylor, Martin F. J. and Maron, Martine (2025). Poor compliance and exemptions facilitate ongoing deforestation. Conservation Biology, 39 (1) e14354, 1-18. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14354
Poor compliance and exemptions facilitate ongoing deforestation
2025
Other Outputs
The value of regrowth forests and woodlands for threatened fauna species
Thomas, Hannah, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle, Eyre, Teresa J. and Maron, Martine (2025). The value of regrowth forests and woodlands for threatened fauna species. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/d3ad8fb
The value of regrowth forests and woodlands for threatened fauna species
2025
Other Outputs
A framework for maximising the benefit from retaining regrowth on private land
Thomas, Hannah, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle S., Sonter, Laura J. and Maron, Martine (2025). A framework for maximising the benefit from retaining regrowth on private land. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/0cdce05
A framework for maximising the benefit from retaining regrowth on private land
2024
Journal Article
Biodiversity offset conditions contributing to net loss of koala Phascolarctos cinereus habitat
Tran, Hao Nguyen and Maron, Martine (2024). Biodiversity offset conditions contributing to net loss of koala Phascolarctos cinereus habitat. Conservation Science and Practice, 6 (12) e13271, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13271
Biodiversity offset conditions contributing to net loss of koala Phascolarctos cinereus habitat
2024
Journal Article
Carcass density, size and visibility do not significantly differ between areas with and without spotted-hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), with implications for threatened vultures
Fester, Karl Sebastian Moritz, Luskin, Matthew Scott and Maron, Martine (2024). Carcass density, size and visibility do not significantly differ between areas with and without spotted-hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), with implications for threatened vultures. African Journal of Ecology, 62 (4) e13345. doi: 10.1111/aje.13345
2024
Other Outputs
Carcass and prey density between spotted hyaena present and absent sites
Fester, Karl Sebastian Moritz, Maron, Martine and Luskin, Matthew Scott (2024). Carcass and prey density between spotted hyaena present and absent sites. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a7bd235
Carcass and prey density between spotted hyaena present and absent sites
2024
Journal Article
Achieving “nature positive” requires net gain legislation
Thomas, Hannah, Chung, Yi Fei, Maron, Martine, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Ward, Michelle S. and Williams, Brooke A. (2024). Achieving “nature positive” requires net gain legislation. Science, 386 (6720), 383-385. doi: 10.1126/science.adq9157
Achieving “nature positive” requires net gain legislation
2024
Journal Article
Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes
Sonter, Laura J., Maron, Martine, Metaxas, Anna and Bull, Joseph W. (2024). Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39 (7), 599-602. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.004
Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes
2024
Journal Article
Unburnt areas in subtropical woodlands contain distinct reptile communities after extensive wildfire
Emery, Jon-Paul, Doherty, Tim S., Bruton, Melissa J., Peck, Stephen and Maron, Martine (2024). Unburnt areas in subtropical woodlands contain distinct reptile communities after extensive wildfire. Austral Ecology, 49 (6) e13547. doi: 10.1111/aec.13547
Unburnt areas in subtropical woodlands contain distinct reptile communities after extensive wildfire
Funding
Current funding
- 2024 - 2027
New metrics to track fauna community condition in Australia
ARC Linkage Projects
Open grant - 2022 - 2026
Ecologically responsible mining to fuel a green energy transition
ARC Discovery Projects
Past funding
- 2023 - 2024
The effectiveness and evaluation of a species response to management approach
New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment
Open grant - 2022 - 2024
Understanding Drivers and Identifying Solutions to Koala Habitat Loss and Degradation
NSW Koala Research Plan
Open grant - 2022 - 2024
Connecting bird community condition metrics to spatial BioCondition
Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
Open grant - 2021 - 2023
Environmental indicators for tracking environmental condition and trend in Queensland
Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
Open grant - 2019 - 2020
Developing indices and process models for estimating offset benefits to species
New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Open grant - 2019 - 2021
NatureNet Fellow - SEES - Embedding conservation of biodiversity and cultural values in strategic planning for northern Australia (Decision Making)
The Nature Conservancy NatureNet Science Fellowships
Open grant - 2019 - 2020
The ecology and conservation biogeography of the buff-breasted button-quail
Birds Queensland
Open grant - 2019 - 2023
The effects of fire, landform and land use on small vertebrates in central Queensland
Bush Heritage Australia
Open grant - 2019
Review and Provision of Recommendations for the Koala Offsets Policy
Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
Open grant - 2018
Estimating trajectories of 20 mammals, 20 birds and 30 plants under the Threatened Species Strategy (NESP Threatened Species Project)
Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy
Open grant - 2017 - 2020
Improved Offsets for Koala Conservation
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
The effectiveness of approaches to urban flying-fox roost management (NESP Emerging Priorities project)
National Environmental Science Program
Open grant - 2017 - 2024
Acoustic observatory: A network to monitor biodiversity across Australia (ARC LIEF project administered by Queensland University of Technology)
Queensland University of Technology
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
SNAPP Compensatory Conservation Working Group
The Nature Conservancy
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
Developing response to management models for priority SoS species
New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
Open grant - 2015 - 2016
3.12 Development of an offset financial contribution calculator for Reef Trust. NESP - Tropical Water Quality Hub (administered by Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Ltd)
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited
Open grant - 2015 - 2023
Improving the potential of biodiversity offsetting to reconcile development and conservation: will good environmental outcomes counterbalance the bad?
ARC Future Fellowships
Open grant - 2014 - 2021
NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub
National Environmental Science Program
Open grant - 2013 - 2014
Review of the proposed approach for a new Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2013 - 2015
Achieving Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Service Delivery: the Role of Landscape Structure
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2011 - 2021
Developing an evidence-based approach to restoration of subtropical forests following tenure change
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
Open grant - 2009
Early warning signs of extinctions in fragmented landscapes
UQ Early Career Researcher
Open grant - 2008 - 2010
Biodiversity declines and landscape change: unveiling the processes behiind the patterns
UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Open grant - 2007 - 2010
Restoration of Fragmented Brigalow Landscapes for Conservation: Evaluating Alternative Futures in a Changing Climate
ARC Linkage Projects
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Supervision
Availability
Professor Martine Maron is: : Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Ecological and conservation impacts of noisy miner Manorina melanocephala control in subtropical woodlands
This exciting project aims to develop a greater understanding of the effects of noisy miners Manorina melaocephala on the health of subtropical woodland ecosystems, and test an experimental approach to reducing negative impacts. The fieldwork will be based in the woodland landscapes around the UQ Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre in south-east Queensland, about 1.5 hours from the St Lucia campus. You would be joining the vibrant Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University of Queensland.
We are seeking students with experience in Australian bird and/or plant identification and survey methods, and an enthusiasm for field-based work. Field expenses are funded, but the successful applicant would need to apply for PhD candidature and scholarship through The University of Queensland: Doctor of Philosophy - Study - The University of Queensland (uq.edu.au). At this stage, we are only able to accept applications from domestic students.
To express your interest in this position, please contact Professor Martine Maron m.maron@uq.edu.au with a CV and cover email.
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### The FaunaHealth Index: A holistic approach to mammal community health.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr April Reside - Doctor Philosophy
##### Integrating conservation with production in Queensland grazing landscapes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kieren McCosker - Doctor Philosophy
##### Conserving Koalas on Private Land under Climate Change
Principal Advisor - Doctor Philosophy
##### Making businesses work for biodiversity: Decision-support tools for integrating biodiversity conservation into the finance sector
Principal Advisor - Doctor Philosophy
##### Ecological and conservation impacts of noisy miner control in subtropical woodlands
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr April Reside - Doctor Philosophy
##### The Influence of the Prospect of Biodiversity Offsetting on Development Impact Permitting
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head - Doctor Philosophy
##### New metrics to measure and track bird community condition in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr April Reside - Doctor Philosophy
##### Assessing links between declines in large carnivores and vultures
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Matthew Luskin - Doctor Philosophy
##### Autecology of an endangered Australian passerine: CarpentarianGrasswren (Amytornis dorotheae)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Watson
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Completed supervision
- 2025
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2022
Master Philosophy
##### Black-backed jackals in a mixed-use landscape in the southern Namib Desert
Principal Advisor - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr April Reside - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Watson - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### Ecosystem services offsets in coastal areas
Principal Advisor - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
##### Impact mitigation in marine and coastal environments: policy challenges and shortfalls
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Watson - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham, Associate Professor Laura Sonter, Professor James Watson - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
##### Population estimates of large carnivores and their conflict with humans in East Africa and India
Principal Advisor - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Berndt Janse Van Rensburg - 2015
Doctor Philosophy
##### DRIVERS OF DIVERSITY AT THE LOCAL- AND LANDSCAPE-SCALE IN A FIRE-PRONE LANDSCAPE
Principal Advisor - 2015
Doctor Philosophy
##### Effects of habitat extent and forest disturbance on bird communities in lowland Nepal
Principal Advisor - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2013
Doctor Philosophy
##### Spatial ecology of invasive meso-size predators in agricultural landscapes.
Principal Advisor - 2012
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Ecology and conservation of the Buff-breasted Button-quail (Turnix olivii)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Watson - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### The effect of fire and livestock grazing on mammals and reptiles in Central Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr April Reside - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### From Observations to Indicators: The Status and Conservation of Taiwan's Birds
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Tatsuya Amano, Professor Richard Fuller - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Berndt Janse Van Rensburg - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
##### Conserving shorebirds in human-dominated landscapes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
##### Drivers of sociability and fission-fusion dynamics in a population of wild giraffes (Giraffa Camelopardalis)
Associate Advisor - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
##### Identifying critical habitat for threatened species: concepts and challenges
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
##### Multi-scale patterns of habitat use by reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes
Associate Advisor
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Enquiries
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- Bird ecology
- Birds - conservation
- Conservation - birds
- Conservation biology
- Conservation policy
- Habitat offsets
- Landscape ecology
- Restoration ecology
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