Prof Jeff Sayer ~ Professor

Professor of Conservation & Development Practice

Director of Development Practice Programme

Member of the ISPC (Independent Science and Partnership Council) of the CGIAR Consultative Group

Fellow of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

DSc Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain

MSc University College London, England

BSc Hull University, England 

Most of Prof. Sayer’s recent research has been on integrative science applied to the problems of reconciling conservation and development at large spatial scales through the use of landscape and ecosystem approaches. He has focussed on the conservation and development problems of tropical moist forests in the Congo Basin and South-East Asia. He also has a special interest in the environmental impacts of different strategies for feeding a world of 9 billion people whilst maintaining environmental values.

Teaching

• EV5911: Development Practice Project Proposal and Literature Review (Level 5; CNS)
• EV5912: Development Practice Field Project (Level 5; CNS)
• EV5956: Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods (Level 5; CNS)

Research Disciplines

• Environmental Science and Management (0502)
• Agriculture, Land and Farm Management (0701)
• Human Geography (1604)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards (9607)
• Land and Water Management (9609)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Rampengan M, Law L, Gaillard J, Boedhihartono A and Sayer J (2016) Engaging communities in managing multiple hazards: reflections from small islands in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 37 (2). pp. 249-267
• Riggs R, Sayer J, Margules C, Boedhihartono A, Langston J and Sutanto H (2016) Forest tenure and conflict in Indonesia: contested rights in Rempek Village, Lombok. Land Use Policy, 57. pp. 241-249
• Sayer J, Endamana D, Boedhihartono A, Ruiz-Perez M and Breuer T (2016) Learning from change in the Sangha Tri-National landscape. International Forestry Review, 18 (S1). pp. 130-139
• Sayer J, Margules C, Boedhihartono A, Sunderland T, Langston J, Reed J, Riggs R, Buck L, Campbell B, Kusters K, Elliott C, Minang P, Dale A, Purnomo H, Stevenson J, Gunarso P and Purnomo A (2016) Measuring the effectiveness of landscape approaches to conservation and development. Sustainability Science, 12 (3). pp. 465-476
• Boedhihartono A, Endamana D, Ruiz-Perez M and Sayer J (2015) Landscape scenarios visualized by Baka and Aka Pygmies in the Congo Basin. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 22 (4). pp. 279-291
• Langston J, Lubis M, Sayer J, Margules C, Boedhihartono A and Dirks P (2015) Comparative development benefits from small and large scale mines in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Extractive Industries and Society, 2 (3). pp. 434-444
• Laurance W, Sloan S, Weng L and Sayer J (2015) Estimating the environmental costs of Africa's massive "development corridors". Current Biology, 25 (24). pp. 3202-3208
• Rampengan M, Boedhihartono A, Margules C, Sayer J, Law L, Gaillard J, Ong T and Tran T (2015) Agroforestry on an active volcanic small island in Indonesia: prospering with adversity. Geographical Research, 54 (1). pp. 19-34
• Sayer J, Margules C, Bohnet I, Boedhihartono A, Pierce R, Dale A and Andrews K (2015) The role of citizen science in landscape and seascape approaches to integrating conservation and development. Land, 4 (4). pp. 1200-1212
• Sayer J, Margules C, Boedhihartono A, Dale A, Sunderland T, Supriatna J and Saryanthi R (2015) Landscape approaches; what are the pre-conditions for success? Sustainability Science, 10 (2). pp. 345-355
• Sloan S and Sayer J (2015) 2015 Forest Resources Assessment shows positive global trends but forest loss and degradation persist in poor tropical countries. Forest Ecology and Management, 352. pp. 134-145
• Weng L, Endamana D, Boedhihartono A, Levang P, Margules C and Sayer J (2015) Asian investment at artisanal and small-scale mines in rural Cameroon. The Extractive Industries and Society, 2 (1). pp. 64-72

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Wildlife Hunting, Alternative Protein Sources and Biodiversity Conservation on The Bird’s Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia (PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Assessment of Tree Production for Agroforestry Purposes: Smallholder Nurseries as Plant Delivery in the Forest Tropical Margins. (PhD , Associate Advisor)
• A study of Forest Management in Indonesia (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Farmers' Livelihoods, Farming Systems, and Forest Cover Change Along Roads in Rural Ghana (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Social-ecological Impacts of Landscape Transitions in Southeast Asia (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Political Ecology of Spatial Development Initiatives (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Maintaining Connectivity for Tropical Rainforest Mammals in Agricultural Landscapes (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Conservation challenges of wet-tropical nature reserves in north-east India (2015, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Foreign Investments in African Extractive Industries: a Focus on China-Africa with Case Studies in Cameroon (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Impact of roads on farm size, market participation, and forest cover change in rural Ghana (2016, Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Adapting to climate change: perspectives from rural communities in Lombok, Eastern Indonesia (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Ecosystem services across contrasting forested landscapes in Queensland's Wet Tropics Bioregion: contemporary patterns, processes and likely future trends under a changing climate (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Regeneration and recovery dynamics of logged forests in the Solomon Islands (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Impacts of multiple hazards on small island communities: perspectives from North Sulawesi, Indonesia (2015, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Biology and Performance of Aquilaria crassna (Thymelaeaceae) in Cultivated Environments. (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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