1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Professor Hugh Possingham is widely know in Australia, as the Chief Scientist in the State of Queensland, but also as a champion of birds, and for his work assisting to develop conservation stragegy and plans utilising his skills as a mathematician, combined with his training as an ecologist to devise conservation initiatives that integrate spatial planning and economic factors. He has co-authored more than 650 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 30 in the world’s top two scientific journals&amp;nbsp;Science&amp;nbsp;and Nature, and is a&amp;nbsp; Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in. In 2016, Hugh was elected a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. Alongside his official duties, Hugh is a confirmed (massive) Bird Nerd, and an originator of Bird-A-Minute.&amp;nbsp; It was my pleasure to spend some time talking birds and conservation policy with Hugh. Follow Hugh on Twitter (great handle!) @HugePossum Read his full bio here. Follow The Bird Emergency on Twitter @birdemergency or Instagram @thebirdemergency&amp;nbsp; You can support the show by making a contribution by buying Grant a coffee here - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/birdemergency If you enjoy the show, how about share with your friends or colleagues?&amp;nbsp; https://followthepodcast.com/birdemergency Or you can review us at https://lovethepodcast.com/birdemergency The Bird Emergency https://thebirdemergency.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22628552/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/131256683