Researcher

Dr Jose Rafael Ferrer Paris

My Expertise

I am a member of the Commission on Ecosystem Management of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

I have been working in the Red List of Ecosystem Thematic Group since 2017, and contribute to two knowledge products of international relevance: the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems and the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology.

I have conducted and contributed to several assessments of conservation status of ecosystems in Latin America, Asia and Australia.

Keywords

iucn red list of ecosystems

geospatial analysis

ecological monitoring

Fields of Research (FoR)

Ecology, Landscape ecology, Conservation and biodiversity

SEO tags

Protected Conservation Areas in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments

Protected Conservation Areas in Marine Environments

Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments

Biography

I am a researcher in spatial ecology and biodiversity informatics, and a conservation biologist working in developing tools for informing ecosystem conservation and management.

My career took me to Germany, Venezuela and South Africa before I arrived at UNSW in 2019.

I have lead and conducted research focused on animal and plant species distribution patterns, and risk assessments for species and ecosystems.

As part of my research and...view more

I am a researcher in spatial ecology and biodiversity informatics, and a conservation biologist working in developing tools for informing ecosystem conservation and management.

My career took me to Germany, Venezuela and South Africa before I arrived at UNSW in 2019.

I have lead and conducted research focused on animal and plant species distribution patterns, and risk assessments for species and ecosystems.

As part of my research and conservation projects I have designed, implemented and managed databases of biological data and integrated this data into workflows for reporting and analysis.

Alongside my peer-reviewed publications, I share my code in and make regular digital contributions to data repositories and knowledge portals.

My Research Supervision

Supervision keywords

red list of ecosystems

spatial ecology

spatial statistical model

biostatistics

ecological and environmental phenomena

ecological niche model

ecological monitoring

biodiversity & conservation

Areas of supervision

I am available to supervise students interested in one or more of the following topics:

Conceptual models of ecosystem types
Maps of ecosystem extent
Connectivity and dynamic of ecosystem processes
Spatial and temporal analysis of ecosystem condition
Modelling and diagnosing risk of ecosystem collapse
Maps of drivers, stresses and threats to species and ecosystems

My Teaching

I am a champion of open and reproducible research, so most of my contributions are related to helping other improve their coding and data management skills.

I contribute to skills seminars in the Centre of Ecosystem Science, to the Drop-In help sessions and workshops of the UNSW codeRs group, and help at Restech Drop-In sessions.

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