Jennifer McGowan

 

 

My research focuses on developing tailored decision-support frameworks to guide conservation investments on the land, freshwater and sea. I use aspects of spatial ecology, economics, operations research and decision theory to help managers and practitioners make transparent, repeatable and robust decisions about the allocation of resources to inform conservation actions on the ground. I apply these skills at global and local scales to help solve a wide array of challenges, from optimizing protected area network design to prioritizing countries for conservation finance initiatives to deliver large return-on-investment benefits from biodiversity protection. I also invest significant time into teaching conservation planning theory and training to build capacity in governments to embrace systematic conservation planning in their biodiversity and climate adaptation strategies. I am dedicated to help get decision-support tools into the hands of the people that need them and build institutional knowledge in governments and NGOs who are working hard to save biodiversity and livelihoods on the ground. 

 

my google scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2Fp3s5gAAAAJ&hl=en