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Megan Barnes
PeerJ Author
70 Points

Contributions by role

Preprint Author 70

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Marine Biology
Science Policy
Environmental Impacts

Megan Barnes

PeerJ Author

Summary

I am a decision scientist with a diverse background in behavioural ecology and both theoretical and applied conservation science, with expertise in both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, global vertebrate fauna, tropical ecology, decision science, statistics, impact evaluation, protected areas management, and conservation planning, and global protected areas policy. Her research focuses on cost-effective decisions, monitoring and evaluation, global protected areas policy, using innovative approaches to understand the status and trends of fauna in data-poor contexts through the application of advanced statistical methods and emerging technologies. https://mdbarnes.wordpress.com/

Coupled Natural & Human Systems Ecosystem Science Environmental Impacts Natural Resource Management Spatial & Geographic Information Science

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Work details

Research Fellow

University of Hawaii at Manoa
February 2016
School of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
I joined the Oleson lab in early 2016 to lead a multi-stakeholder decision process for West Maui.

Websites

  • Conservation Impact Lab
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Preprints 2
January 7, 2019 - Version: 1
Decision analysis to support wastewater management in coral reef priority area
Megan D Barnes, Whitney Goodell, Robert Whittier, Kim A Falinski, Tova Callender, Hla Htun, Cecilia LeViol, Hudson Slay, Kirsten L L Oleson
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27470v1
February 5, 2018 - Version: 1
Preventing perverse outcomes from global protected area policy. Shifting the focus from quantity to quality to avoid perverse outcomes.
Megan Barnes, Louise Glew, Carina Wyborn, Ian D. Craigie
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26486v1