Phoebe Barnard

Phoebe Elizabeth Barnard (born June 10, 1961) is an American global change scientist and professor of conservation biology and environmental futures at the University of Washington.[1] Barnard has written more than 180 publications on the vulnerability of biodiversity and ecosystems to climate and land use change.[2] She is one of five core co-authors of the 2020 paper World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency.[3]

In 2021, Barnard co-founded and led the Stable Planet Alliance, a global coalition of organizations working to reduce ecological overshoot.[4] In 2022, she and John D. Liu started the Global Restoration Collaborative, a global coalition of organizations working to restore ecosystems, climate and biodiversity while upskilling youth and women leaders.[5]

Barnard co-produced a global documentary series exploring climate and ecosystem restoration solutions, called Back to Our Future: Climate Restoration and Survival.[6]

Education

In 1983, Barnard graduated in biology from Acadia University. She earned MSc and PhD degrees in environmental sciences from University of the Witwatersrand (1990) and Uppsala University (1994).[7]

Career

Barnard founded and led the Government of Namibia’s first national biodiversity program.[1] She led a collaborative study of biological diversity of Namibia.[8] She also led the development and publication of Namibia's first national biodiversity strategy and action plan for the years 2001–2010.[9]

Barnard was on the board and executive committee shaping the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, which evaluated the status and trends of Earth’s ecosystems and their capacity to support human health, well-being and economic activities.[10]

From 2005 to 2016, she worked as a principal and then lead scientist at the South African National Biodiversity Institute on climate change bioadaptation and biodiversity futures.[11]

During this time, she co-led an international research team on species’ vulnerability to past, present and future climates.[12] She also coordinated the development of a biodiversity early warning system and policy applications for South Africa.[13]

In 2016, Barnard was a participant in a leadership expedition to Antarctica with the global STEM women’s leadership program Homeward Bound.[14]

Moving back to the United States in 2017, Barnard ran the Pacific Biodiversity Institute and served as chief science and policy officer for the Conservation Biology Institute.[15]

Research

Barnard has written and edited over 180 peer-reviewed scientific and policy publications, including books, reports, chapters and papers on biodiversity, global change, early warning systems, climate resilience, and ornithology.[2]

She is one of five core co-authors of the 2020 paper World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency, co-signed by more than 14,850 scientists from 158 countries.[16] She's also lead author of the 2021 paper World Scientists’ Warnings into Action: Local to Global in Science Progress (for COP26), co-signed so far by 3000+ scientists from 110+ countries.[17]

Filmmaking

Barnard and John Bowey have co-produced short- and long-format documentaries since 2018, including My Otherland and Back to Our Future: Climate Restoration and Survival.[18][19]

Awards and recognition

Barnard received a Society for Conservation Biology Distinguished Service Award in 2002.[20] She was also recognized by the University of Washington in 2017 with an affiliate full professorship in conservation biology and environmental futures.[21] In 2019 she received Esther Forbes Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement from Bancroft School.[22]

References
  1. Fitzpatrick Institute, of African Ornithology (July 31, 2023). "Professor Phoebe Barnard".
  2. Research Gate (July 27, 2023). "Phoebe Barnard's Publications".
  3. Ripple, William J; Wolf, Christopher; Newsome, Thomas M; Barnard, Phoebe; Moomaw, William R (November 5, 2019). "World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency". BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biz088. ISSN 0006-3568.
  4. "StablePlanetAlliance | Bending the curve on planetary impacts". StablePlanetAlliance. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  5. "Restoration". StablePlanetAlliance. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  6. "Home". Backtoourfuture. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  7. "Dr. Phoebe Barnard: Change through Leadership – Acadia University". www2.acadiau.ca. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  8. Barnard, Phoebe; Namibia; UNEP; Globale Umweltfazilität; Namibia Nature Foundation, eds. (1998). Biological diversity in Namibia: a country study. Windhoek: Namibian National Biodiversity Task Force. ISBN 978-0-86976-436-7.
  9. Barnard, Phoebe (2002). Biodiversity and development: Namibia's ten-year strategic plan of action for sustainable development through biodiversity conservation 2001–2010. Government of the Republic of Namibia. doi:10.13140/2.1.1627.2964.
  10. "Millennium Ecosystem Assessment". www.millenniumassessment.org. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  11. University of Cape Town (July 27, 2023). "Phoebe Barnard".
  12. Barnard, Phoebe; Thuiller, Wilfried (October 23, 2008). "Introduction. Global change and biodiversity: future challenges". Biology Letters. 4 (5): 553–555. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0374. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 2610103. PMID 18664413.
  13. Barnard, Phoebe; Altwegg, Res; Ebrahim, Ismail; Underhill, Les G. (March 27, 2017). "Early warning systems for biodiversity in southern Africa – How much can citizen science mitigate imperfect data?". Biological Conservation. 208: 183–188. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.011.
  14. "HB1 (2016) – Homeward Bound". May 12, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  15. University, Cape Town (July 28, 2023). "Professor Phoebe Barnard". University of Cape Town.
  16. Alliance of World Scientists (July 27, 2023). "World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency".
  17. Barnard, Phoebe; Moomaw, William R; Fioramonti, Lorenzo; Laurance, William F; Mahmoud, Mahmoud I; O’Sullivan, Jane; Rapley, Christopher G; Rees, William E; Rhodes, Christopher J; Ripple, William J; Semiletov, Igor P; Talberth, John; Tucker, Christopher; Wysham, Daphne; Ziervogel, Gina (November 11, 2021). "World scientists' warnings into action, local to global". Science Progress. 104 (4): 003685042110562. doi:10.1177/00368504211056290. ISSN 0036-8504. PMID 34763547. S2CID 244040371.
  18. "HOME". My Site. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  19. "Home". Backtoourfuture. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  20. "Society for Conservation Biology | Past Recipients". conbio.org. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  21. "Phoebe Barnard". School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  22. "Bancroft School Reunion Awards" (PDF). July 27, 2023.
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