Josh Hungerford
Research Officer, Curtin University
josh.hungerford@curtin.edu.au
Bio
Josh is an ecologist who has worked with NGOs and in academia, primarily on landscape-scale conservation programs. His focus has been mammal reintroduction programs, biodiversity and threat monitoring and management, and designing effective environmental data systems and operating processes.
As a Research Officer at Curtin University, Josh supports the development of the web-based platform for the Developing an Indigenous Environmental Monitoring Platform project. This work focuses on translating existing standard operating procedures into accessible formats that can be used by Indigenous rangers to support decision-making and guide best-practice environmental monitoring.
Research outputs linked to policy change and decision-making
- Hungerford, J., Kark, S. 2024. The initial impact of a predator exclosure sanctuary on small vertebrates in semi-arid Western Australia. Austral Ecology 46: e13593.
- Lawler, O., Allan, H., Baxter, P., Castagnino, R., Corella Tor, M., Dann, L., Hungerford, J., Karmacharya, D., Lloyd, T., López-Jara, M., Massie, G., Novera, J., Rogers, A., Kark, S. 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic is intricately linked to biodiversity loss and ecosystem health. The Lancet Planetary Health 5: e840-e850.
Current academic employment and positions
- Research Officer, Curtin University, NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub, ‘Developing an Indigenous Environmental Monitoring Platform’ project.
- PEAT Southwest Toolkit Coordinator, The University of Western Australia.
Highest qualification
- 2020: Master of Conservation Science (Thesis), University of Queensland.
My Projects
Current project
Completed project
NESP RLH, 2021-2027NESP, 2015-2021NERP, 2012-2015TRaCK, 2005-present
