Awards and Prizes

The Ivor Beatty Award has been established to honour the contribution Ivor Beatty made in his life to conservation biology in the Pacific region.

Extract taken from The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 July 2012: “Ivor Beatty devoted considerable time and money to the scientific publications. Not trained as a scientist, he relied on the advice of the scientists he had become friends with when making decisions on what or what not to publish. Many of Ivor's publications have won awards, including the prestigious Whitely award of the Royal Zoological Society and an American Wildlife Society award. In 1992, Beatty founded Pacific Conservation Biology, a scientific journal devoted to conservation throughout the Pacific region, a unique publication in that it was privately published. Beatty and his family saw Pacific Conservation Biology as an important service to conservation, something they could do to help ensure a better world for future generations. [when asked about his support for scientific publications and conservation, Ivor replied “that he was too old to stand in front of bulldozers, but he could help build a better environment through publications.”] Beatty took time to teach the scientists he worked with how to be good editors and make the most of their publications. One CSIRO scientist said: ''It would be impossible to imagine any zoologist, botanist, ecologist or conservation biologist trained in Australia over the last 20 years who has not had their career influenced by contributions from Beatty's publications. Ivor's work in support of science has helped Australia towards its goal of being a clever country.''

The Ivor Beatty Award will be awarded annually for the best article published in the journal as judged by the Editor-in-Chief and the Managing Editors.

Nominations and eligibility: The prize is awarded annually (calendar year) for the best paper published in Pacific Conservation Biology. All papers are eligible unless one of the authors is a member of the editorial board. There is no need for authors to nominate specifically. The lead author of the paper chosen will be contacted prior to public announcement to confirm that all authors of the paper are willing to accept the prize.

Selection criteria: Eligible papers will be judged by the Editor-in-Chief and the managing editors. Papers will be scored on (i) Strength of the contribution to conservation science and management, (ii) Scientific rigour, demonstrating a clear rationale, appropriate methodology and sound analysis, and (iii) Clarity of writing and communication, including the effective use of figures, tables and ancillary material (online supplements).

Key dates: Judging will begin after the publication of the final issue for a calendar year. The prize will be announced in the first quarter of the following year.

Award: The winner will receive $500 worth of book vouchers (donated by CSIRO Publishing), a journal subscription and a certificate. The article will be made free to access online.

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• 2022:
  Longitudinal trends of future suitable climate for conserving oil palm indicates refuges in tropical south-east Asia with comparisons to Africa and South America
  R. Russell, M. Paterson
  pp. 57-67
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• 2021:
  Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction
  Hayley M. Geyle, Reid Tingley, Andrew P. Amey, Hal Cogger, Patrick J. Couper, Mark Cowan, Michael D. Craig, Paul Doughty, Don A. Driscoll, Ryan J. Ellis, Jon-Paul Emery, Aaron Fenner, Michael G. Gardner, Stephen T. Garnett, Graeme R. Gillespie, Matthew J. Greenlees, Conrad J. Hoskin, J. Scott Keogh, Ray Lloyd, Jane Melville, Peter J. McDonald, Damian R. Michael, Nicola J. Mitchell, Chris Sanderson, Glenn M. Shea, Joanna Sumner, Erik Wapstra, John C. Z. Woinarski and David G. Chapple
  pp. 3-12
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• 2020:
  Big trouble for little fish: identifying Australian freshwater fishes in imminent risk of extinction
  Mark Lintermans, Hayley M. Geyle, Stephen Beatty, Culum Brown, Brendan C. Ebner, Rob Freeman, Michael P. Hammer, William F. Humphreys, Mark J. Kennard, Pippa Kern, Keith Martin, David L. Morgan, Tarmo A. Raadik, Peter J. Unmack, Rob Wager, John C. Z. Woinarski and Stephen T. Garnett
  pp. 365-377
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• 2019:
  Overlooked and undervalued: the neglected role of fauna and a global bias in ecological restoration assessments
  Sophie L. Cross, Sean Tomlinson, Michael D. Craig, Kingsley W. Dixon and Philip W. Bateman
  pp. 331-341
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• 2018:
  Quantifying extinction risk and forecasting the number of impending Australian bird and mammal extinctions
  Hayley M. Geyle, John C. Z. Woinarski, G. Barry Baker, Chris R. Dickman, Guy Dutson, Diana O. Fisher, Hugh Ford, Mark Holdsworth, Menna E. Jones, Alex Kutt, Sarah Legge, Ian Leiper, Richard Loyn, Brett P. Murphy, Peter Menkhorst, April E. Reside, Euan G. Ritchie, Finley E. Roberts, Reid Tingley and Stephen T. Garnett
  pp. 157-167
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• 2017:
  Culture, kastom and conservation in Melanesia: what happens when worldviews collide?
  Stacy Jupiter
  pp. 139-145
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• 2016:
  Does the grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) exhibit agonistic pectoral fin depression? A stereo-video photogrammetric assessment off eastern Australia
  Kirby R. Smith, Carol Scarpaci, Brett M. Louden and Nicholas M. Otway
  pp. 3-11
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• 2015:
  Bárcena Volcano, 1952: a 60-year report on the repopulation of San Benedicto Island, Mexico, with a review of the ecological impacts of disastrous events
  Bayard Brattstrom
  pp. 38-59
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