Dr Ro Hill

Principal Research Scientist

https://people.csiro.au/H/R/Ro-Hill

PO BOX 12139
CAIRNS QLD 4870 AUSTRALIA

Biography

Dr Ro Hill is a Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO Land and Water, based in Cairns. She leads research on environmental governance and multiple knowledge systems, and their impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and climate change with a special focus on Indigenous knowledge. She has over 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and more than 100 peer reviewed reports and conference papers, on these topics. Through applying this science and leading others, she works with communities at multiple scales to foster integration of diverse knowledge systems in sustainability. Her science helps others understand social-ecological dimensions of sustainability, particularly in remote and regional areas.

Other Interests

• Strategic ecosystem governance and planning, specialising in biodiversity, climate adaptation, Indigenous and protected areas.
• Indigenous peoples and local communities and their farming systems, land management practices, and contributions to conservation globally
• Multiple and collaborative knowledge systems and knowledge brokering.
• Social-ecological research methods, including collaborative research with Indigenous peoples
• Participatory approaches, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research methods and sustainability science.
• Biocultural diversity assessment and conservation approaches.
• Participatory scenario planning, modelling, mapping and ecosystem service assessment.

Professional Areas

Current Roles

Project Leader
Knowledge Brokering for Indigenous Land Management. NESP Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub. (2016-2020).
Project Leader
Development of Joint Management Plan for Dja Dja Wurrung Parks. Victorian Department of Land, Water, Environment and Planning. (2016-2019).
Project Leader
Design of Indigenous Indicators and Metrics Reef 2050 and Pilot of Indigenous Indicators and Metrics Reef 2050 Australian Institute of Marine Sciences and Reef Trust Partnership. (2017-2020).
Project Leader
Traditional Owners in the Reef 2050 Plan. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (2017-2019).
Principal Research Scientist
National Indigenous Climate Change Dialogue. NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub (2016-2020).

Academic Qualifications

1999

Ph D
James Cook University
1994

Masters of Natural Resources
University of New England
1985

Diploma of Education
University of New England
1975

Bachelor Science (1st Class Honours)
University of Queensland

Achievements and Awards

Mar-2019

Workshop Facilitator, IPBES Oceania and Pacific Science-Policy Dialogue, Canberra, 4-5 April. Fully funded by partner.
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Tokyo
June-2019

Invited Keynote Speaker Australian Meteorological and Atmospheric Society Annual Conference. Fully funded by partner.
Australian Meteorological and Atmospheric Society Annual Conference
Jan-2019

Workshop Facilitator, “Living with the bees”: Indigenous landscape management dialogue, Hin Lad Nai, Thailand. Partly funded by partner.
SwedBio
Mar-2018

Invited Workshop Participant “Developing the Multiple Evidence Base”. Medellin, Colombia, 15-26 March. Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Aug-2017

Theme Plenary Address at the Resilience Conference 2017, Stockholm, Sweden http://resilience2017.org/speakers/ Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Aug-2017

Workshop Leader, Biosphere Stewardship in a Changing World, Resilience Conference. Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm University
Aug-2017

Invited workshop Participant. “Developing the Multiple Evidence Base”. Stockholm, Sweden. 15-20 August. Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm Resilience Centre
June-2016

Facilitator, IPBES Workshop on Indigenous and Local Knowledge of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in the Asia-Pacific, Chiang Mai, Thailand 2016. Fully funded by partner.
UNESCO
Nov -2016

Facilitator, IPBES Workshop on Indigenous and Local Knowledge of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in the Oceania Subregion. Fully funded by partner.
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Tokyo
Sept -2016

Workshop Leader, Indigenous Knowledge for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Minzu University, Beijing, China. Fully funded by partner.
Minzu University, China
Aug-2016

Invited Global Workshop Participant/Facilitator, Participatory Scenarios for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Fully funded by partner.
United Nations University, Tokyo
July-2016

Highly Cited Research Award
Elsevier
June-2016

Excellence in Publications for Articles in Nature and Science in the same week
CSIRO Recognition Award
Dec-2015

Excellence in IPBES Assessment work
CSIRO Cash Award ($500)
June-2015

Excellence in Administration with O2D
CSIRO Cash Award ($100)
Jan-2015

Invited Global Workshop Participant/Facilitator, Scenarios and Models in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Lorne, Australia. Hosted by the University of Melbourne. Fully funded by partner.
University of Melbourne
Dec-2009

Award of Excellence for Contributions to the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce
Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia
July-2005

Excellence in Innovation for Yalanji Warranga Kaban Yalanji People of the Rainforest Fire Management Book
Cooperative Research Centres Association

Other highlights

2018-Now

Member, Wakefield Futures Group (Interdisciplinary scientific network)
2014-Now

Member, Collaborative Governance Working Group, Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) (Interdisciplinary scientific network)
2014-2019

Expert Member, Indigenous and Local Knowledge Taskforce of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (Interdisciplinary scientific network)
2015-2017

Coordinating Lead Author, IPBES global assessment Pollinators and Pollination in Food Production
2004-2020

Invited Member, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. (Interdisciplinary science-policy network)
2004-2020

Invited Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) (Interdisciplinary science-policy network)
2011-2015

Leader, Managing for Resilient Rainforests Research Program, Terrestrial Ecosystems Hub, National Environment Research Program,
2010-2013

Member, Australian Landcare Council. (appointed by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992.)
2008-2009

Member, Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce. Ministerial Appointment.
2011-2014

Board Member, Wet Tropics Management Authority (appointed by Minister for Environment and Resources under the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 Queensland)

Community and Corporate Citizenship

2016-2021

Editor, Sustainability Science
2018-2021

Editor, Ecosystems and People
2016-2018

Reviewer, Ambio
2015-2016

Reviewer, Austral Ecology
2018-2019

Reviewer, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
July-2018

Reviewer, BiodivERsA (European Union funding call)
2015-2019

Reviewer, Biological Conservation
July-2016

Reviewer, BioScience
June-2016

Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Development Studies
2015-2018

Reviewer, Conservation Biology
2018-2019

Reviewer, Conservation Letters
Sept-2018

Reviewer, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
July-2016

Reviewer, Ecological Economics
July-2018

Reviewer, Ecological Indicators
2015-2018

Reviewer, Ecology & Society
June-2019

Reviewer, Ecosystems and People
2017-2018

Reviewer, Ecosystem Services
Feb-2019

Reviewer, Ethnobiology
July-2016

Reviewer, Forestry
July-2015

Reviewer, Geographical Research
Sept-2017

Reviewer, Gladstone Healthy Harbours Partnership Indigenous Indicators
July-2015

Reviewer, Global Environmental Change
2016-2019

Reviewer, Human Ecology
2015-2016

Reviewer, Local Environment
May-2019

Reviewer, CSIRO Julius Career Awards
Sept-2018

Reviewer, Macquarie University Research Fellowships applications
2018-2019

Reviewer, Moreton Bay Quandamooka & Catchment Forum 2016 (book published from the forum by U of Q)
July-2018

Reviewer, Nature Sustainability
July-2017

Reviewer, Rights and Resources Initiative (tenure tracking results for Australia)
July-2015

Reviewer, Scottish Government Rural Affairs Food and Environment Research Program
Mar-2015

Reviewer, Society and Natural Resources
July-2016

Reviewer, State of the Environment (Australia). Chapter.
July-2015

Reviewer, Sustainability
Mar-2019

Reviewer, Water Policy
2010-2014

Editor, Ecosystem Management
Aug-2019

PhD Examiner, Flinders University
July-2017

PhD Examiner, Charles Darwin University
July-2016

PhD Examiner, Charles Darwin University
July-2014

PhD Examiner, Melbourne University