Jon Day
- jon.day1@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-0759- Adjunct Principal Research Fellow
- Physical Sciences
Projects
6
Publications
45
Awards
1
Contact Details
Adjunct Principal Research Fellow
- +61 (0)419 404 167
- jon.day1@jcu.edu.au
Biography
Following an Honours degree
in Natural Resource management (UNE), Jon’s professional career commenced
in 1975 after which he spent 11 years in planning and field management
positions in terrestrial national parks. He first worked with the
Victorian National Park Service and the Victorian Land Conservation Council,
and then spent four years in Kakadu National Park (Northern Territory).
In 1986, Jon joined the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and for the next 28 years was involved in many aspects of planning and managing the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), including seven years in field management (Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service as QPWS Area/Regional Manager) and 16 years as one of the GBRMPA Directors. As a Director, Jon was variously responsible for biodiversity conservation, park planning, heritage (particularly World Heritage), Indigenous Partnerships, the GBR rezoning and developing methodologies for the first GBR Outlook Report.
Between 2007-2011, Jon represented Australia as the natural heritage expert on the Australian delegation to the World Heritage Committee. After Jon retired from GBRMPA in 2014, he then undertook a post-career PhD analysing the reasons behind the success of the GBR rezoning. This transformative policy process led to the current GBR zoning plan, and today it is recognised as the most effective policy review process ever to occur in the GBR, with many lessons for marine conservation around the globe.
Jon’s career highlight was his leadership role in the Representative Areas Program, the major rezoning of the GBR (1999-2004) that subsequently received various national and international awards. For his efforts, Jon was awarded an Australian Public Service Medal (PSM) and a Smithsonian-Queensland Fellowship.
Jon has published widely and is the lead author for various books including the Guidelines for Applying the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories to Marine Protected Areas, published by IUCN in 2012 and revised in 2019. Jon still publishes on marine management, climate change and World Heritage matters. In 2018, Jon co-developed with a JCU-colleague (Prof Scott Heron) the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI), a rapid and systematic assessment tool that is currently being applied in natural and cultural heritage areas around the world.
Find more of Jon's work in these places:
Research
Research Interests
Assessing the climate vulnerability of heritage areas (natural and cultural)
Working with Indigenous communities to apply a modified version of the CVI to assess the vulnerability of significant Indigenous 'values' to climate change
Projects
CVI Gondwana
02 Dec 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
CVI Curonian Spit
01 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
CVI Roros
01 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
Climate Vulnerability Index – Yuku Baja Muliku phase 2
28 Jun 2024 - 31 Dec 2027
Climate Vulnerability Index Vega
01 Jan 2021 - 31 Oct 2024
Research Data
Activities
Associations
Awards
Employment
Regional Manager/Area Manager, QPWS
1990 - 1997
Park Management Officer, GBRMPA
1986 - 1990
Park Ranger, ANPWS
1980 - 1984
Post-career PhD, James Cook University
2014 - 2020
Director (various sections), GBRMPA
1998 - 2014
Marine consultant, WWF Canada
1997 - 1998
Output
Heron, S.F.; Day, J.C.; Dalen, E.; Johansen, R.; Sonstebo, G.; Fontaine, E.H.; Boro, M.; Hygen, H.O. (2023) Application of the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI): Vegaøyan – the Vega Archipelago World Heritage property. Townsville, QLD, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Day, Jonathan (Jon) C. (2020) Ensuring effective and transformative policy reform: lessons from rezoning Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 1999-2004. [Thesis] [DOI]
Heron, Scott F.; Eakin, C. Mark; Douvere, Fanny; Anderson, Kristen; Day, Jon C.; Geiger, Erick; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; van Hooidonk, Ruben; Hughes, Terry; Marshall, Paul; Obura, David (2017) Impacts of climate change on World Heritage coral reefs: a first global scientific assessment. Paris: [Report]
Other Publication
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Wenger, Amelia; Ahmadia, Gabby; Alvarez-Romero, Jorge; Barnes, Megan; Blythe, Jessica; Brodie, Jon; Day, Jonathan; Fox, Helen; Gill, David; Gomez, Nicole Auil; Gurney, Georgina; Holmes, Katherine; Jupiter, Stacy; Lamb, Joleah; Mangubhai, Sangeeta; Matthews, Elizabeth; Matthews, Kathryn; Pressey, Bob; Teneva, Leda; Tewfik, Alexander; Wells, Sue; Darling, Emily (2017) Coral reef conservation solution-scape white paper. New York, NY: [Report] [DOI]
Kerrigan, Brigid; Breen, Daniel; De'ath, Glenn; Day, Jon; Fernandes, Leanne; Tobin, Renae; Dobbs, Kirstin (2010) Classifying the Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Townsville, QLD, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
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Losciale, Riccardo; Day, Jon C.; Rasheed, Michael A.; Heron, Scott F. (2024) 'The vulnerability of World Heritage seagrass habitats to climate change'. Global Change Biology, 30 (1). [DOI]
Frazão Santos, Catarina; Agardy, Tundi; Crowder, Larry B.; Day, Jon C.; Pinsky, Malin L.; Himes-Cornell, Amber; Reimer, Julie M.; García-Morales, Sara; Bennett, Nathan J.; Lombard, Amanda T.; Calado, Helena; Scherer, Marinez; Flannery, Wesley; Wedding, Lisa; Gissi, Elena (2024) 'Key components of sustainable climate-smart ocean planning'. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3 . [DOI]
Megarry, W.; Downes, J.; Bugumba, R.; Day, J. C.; Mbogelah, M.; Odiaua, I.; Heron, S. F. (2024) 'Values, climate change and community - Results and lessons learned from the application of the climate vulnerability index in Tanzania and Nigeria'. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 66 :562-571. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Stephenson, Robert L.; Hobday, Alistair J.; Butler, Ian; Cannard, Toni; Cowlishaw, Mel; Cresswell, Ian; Cvitanovic, Christopher; Day, Jon C.; Dobbs, Kirstin; Dutra, Leo X.C.; Frusher, Stewart; Fudge, Maree; Fulton, Beth; Gillanders, Bronwyn M.; Gollan, Natalie; Haward, Marcus; Hutton, Trevor; Jordan, Alan; McDonald, Jan; Macleod, Catriona; Pecl, Gretta; Plaganyi, Eva E.; van Putten, Ingrid; Vince, Joanna; Ward, Timothy (2023) 'Integrating management of marine activities in Australia'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 234 (March). [DOI]
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Day, Jon C. (2022) 'Key principles for effective marine governance, including lessons learned after decades of adaptive management in the Great Barrier Reef'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9 . [DOI]
Losciale, Riccardo; Day, Jon; Heron, Scott (2022) 'Conservation status, research, and knowledge of seagrass habitats in World Heritage properties'. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (12). [DOI]
Chin, Andrew; Molloy, Fergus John; Cameron, Darren; Day, Jon C.; Cramp, Jessica; Gerhardt, Karin Leeann; Heupel, Michelle R.; Read, Mark; Simpfendorfer, Colin A. (2022) 'Conceptual frameworks and key questions for assessing the contribution of marine protected areas to shark and ray conservation'. Conservation Biology, 37 (1). [DOI]
Jones, Rebecca H.; Davies, Mairi H.; Day, Jon C.; Heron, Scott F. (2022) 'Developing Climate Risk Assessments for World Heritage: the Climate Vulnerability Index'. Internet Archaeology, 60 . [DOI]
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Venkatachalam, Taruna; Day, Jon C.; Heron, Scott F. (2022) 'A systematic approach for defining thematic groups of World Heritage properties to support the strategic management of threats'. Environmental Challenges, 8 . [DOI]
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Creighton, Colin; Waterhouse, Jane; Day, Jon C.; Brodie, Jon (2021) 'Criteria for effective regional scale catchment to reef management: a case study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef'. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173 (Part A). [DOI]
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Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten; Sullivan-Stack, Jenna; Roberts, Callum; Constant, Vanessa; Horta e Costa, Barbara; Pike, Elizabeth P.; Kingston, Naomi; Laffoley, Dan; Sala, Enric; Claudet, Joachim; Friedlander, Alan M.; Gill, David A.; Lester, Sarah E.; Day, Jon C.; Gonçalves, Emanuel J.; Ahmadia, Gabby N.; Rand, Matt; Villagomez, Angelo; Ban, Natalie C.; Gurney, Georgina G.; Spalding, Ana K.; Bennett, Nathan J.; Briggs, Johnny; Morgan, Lance E.; Moffitt, Russell; Deguignet, Marine; Pikitch, Ellen K.; Darling, Emily S.; Jessen, Sabine; Hameed, Sarah O.; Di Carlo, Giuseppe; Guidetti, Paolo; Harris, Jean M.; Torre, Jorge; Kizilkaya, Zafer; Agardy, Tundi; Cury, Philippe; Shah, Nirmal J.; Sack, Karen; Cao, Ling; Fernandez, Miriam; Lubchenco, Jane (2021) 'The MPA guide: a framework to achieve global goals for the ocean'. Science, 373 (6560). [DOI]
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Vince, Joanna; Day, Jon C. (2020) 'Effective integration and integrative capacity in marine spatial planning'. Maritime Studies, 19 :317-332. [DOI]
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Bellwood, David R.; Pratchett, Morgan S.; Morrison, Tiffany H.; Gurney, Georgina G.; Hughes, Terry P.; Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G.; Day, Jon C.; Grantham, Ruby; Grech, Alana; Hoey, Andrew S.; Jones, Geoffrey P.; Pandolfi, John M.; Tebbett, Sterling B.; Techera, Erika; Weeks, Rebecca; Cumming, Graeme S. (2019) 'Coral reef conservation in the Anthropocene: confronting spatial mismatches and prioritizing functions'. Biological Conservation, 236 :604-615. [DOI]
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Day, Jon C.; Kenchington, Richard A.; Tanzer, John M.; Cameron, Darren S. (2019) 'Marine zoning revisited: how decades of zoning the Great Barrier Reef has evolved as an effective spatial planning approach for marine ecosystem-based management'. Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, 29 (52 (S2)):9-32. [DOI]
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Saunders, Fred; Gilek, Michael; Day, Jon; Hassler, Björn; McCann, Jennifer; Smythe, Tiffany (2019) 'Examining the role of integration in marine spatial planning: towards an analytical framework to understand challenges in diverse settings'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 169 :1-9. [DOI]
Richards, Zoe T.; Day, Jon C. (2018) 'Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef: how adequately is it protected?'. PeerJ, 6 . [DOI]
Alvarez-Romero, Jorge C.; Mills, Morena; Adams, Vanessa M.; Gurney, Georgina G.; Pressey, Robert L.; Weeks, Rebecca; Ban, Natalie C.; Cheok, Jessica; Davis, Tammy E.; Day, Jon C.; Hamel, Melanie A.; Leslie, Heather M.; Magris, Rafael A.; Storlie, Collin J. (2018) 'Research advances and gaps in marine planning: towards a global database in systematic conservation planning'. Biological Conservation, 227 :369-382. [DOI]
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Dudley, Nigel; Hockings, Marc; Stolton, Sue; Amend, Thora; Badola, Ruchi; Bianco, Mariasole; Chettri, Nakul; Cook, Carly; Day, Jon C.; Dearden, Phil; Edwards, Mary; Ferraro, Paul; Foden, Wendy; Gambino, Roberto; Gaston, Kevin J.; Hayward, Natalie; Hickey, Valerie; Irving, Jason; Jeffries, Bruce; Karapetyan, Areg; Kettunen, Marianne; Laestadius, Lars; Laffoley, Dan; Lham, Dechen; Lichtenstein, Gabriela; Makombo, John; Marshall, Nina; McGeoch, Melodie; Nguyen, Dao; Nogué, Sandra; Paxton, Midori; Rao, Madhu; Reichelt, Russell; Rivas, Jorge; Roux, Dirk; Rutte, Claudia; Schreckenberg, Kate; Sovinc, Andrej; Sutyrina, Svetlana; Utomo, Agus; Vallauri, Daniel; Vedeld, Pål Olav; Verschuuren, Bas; Waithaka, John; Woodley, Stephen; Wyborn, Carina; Zhang, Yan (2018) 'Priorities for protected area research'. Parks: the international journal of protected areas and coservation, 24 (1):35-50. [DOI]
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Christie, Patrick; Bennett, Nathan J.; Gray, Noella J.; Wilhelm, T. ‘Aulani; Lewis, Nai‘a; Parks, John; Ban, Natalie C.; Gruby, Rebecca L.; Gordon, Lindsay; Day, Jon; Taei, Sue; Friedlander, Alan M. (2017) 'Why people matter in ocean governance: incorporating human dimensions into large-scale marine protected areas'. Marine Policy, 84 :273-284. [DOI]
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Effective public participation is fundamental for marine conservation-lessons from a large-scale MPA
2017
Day, Jon C. (2017) 'Effective public participation is fundamental for marine conservation-lessons from a large-scale MPA'. Coastal Management, 45 (6):470-486. [DOI]
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Gray, Noella J.; Bennett, Nathan J.; Day, Jon C.; Gruby, Rebecca L.; Wilhelm, T. 'Aulani; Christie, Patrick (2017) 'Human dimensions of large-scale marine protected areas: advancing research and practice'. Coastal Management, 45 (6):407-415. [DOI]
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Bennett, Nathan J.; Teh, Lydia; Ota, Yoshitaka; Christie, Patrick; Ayers, Adam; Day, Jon C.; Franks, Phil; Gill, David; Gruby, Rebecca L.; Kittinger, John N.; Koehn, J. Zachary; Lewis, Nai'a; Parks, John; Vierros, Marjo; Whitty, Tara S.; Wilhelm, Aulani; Wright, Kim; Aburto, Jaime A.; Finkbeiner, Elena M.; Gaymer, Carlos F.; Govan, Hugh; Gray, Noella; Jarvis, Rebecca M.; Kaplan-Hallam, Maery; Satterfield, Terre (2017) 'An appeal for a code of conduct for marine conservation'. Marine Policy, 81 :411-418. [DOI]
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Correct application of the IUCN protected area management categories to the CCAMLR Convention Area
2017
Nicoll, Rob; Day, Jon C. (2017) 'Correct application of the IUCN protected area management categories to the CCAMLR Convention Area'. Marine Policy, 77 :9-12. [DOI]
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Agardy, Tundi; Claudet, Joachim; Day, Jon C. (2016) ''Dangerous Targets' revisited: old dangers in new contexts plague marine protected areas'. Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, 26 (Supplement S2):7-23. [DOI]
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Grech, A.; Pressey, R.L.; Day, J.C. (2016) 'Coal, cumulative impacts, and the Great Barrier Reef'. Conservation Letters, 9 (3):200-207. [DOI]
Hughes, Terry P.; Day, Jon C.; Brodie, Jon (2015) 'Securing the future of the Great Barrier Reef'. Nature Climate Change, 5 :508-511. [DOI]
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Pressey, Robert L.; Mills, Morena; Weeks, Rebecca; Day, Jon C. (2013) 'The plan of the day: managing the dynamic transition from regional conservation designs to local conservation actions'. Biological Conservation, 166 :155-169. [DOI]
Fernandes, Leanne; Day, Jon; Kerrigan, Brigid; Breen, Dan; De'ath, Glenn; Mapstone, Bruce; Coles, Rob; Done, Terry; Marsh, Helene; Poiner, Ian; Ward, Trevor; Williams, David; Kenchington, Richard (2009) 'A process to design a network of marine no-take areas: lessons
from the Great Barrier Reef'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 52 (8):439-447. [DOI]
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McCook, L.J.; Almany, G.R.; Berumen, M.L.; Day, J.C.; Green, A.L.; Jones, G.P.; Leis, J.M.; Planes, S.; Russ, G.R.; Sale, P.F.; Thorrold, S.R. (2009) 'Management under uncertainty: guide-lines for incorporating
connectivity into the protection of coral reefs'. Coral Reefs, 28 (2):353-366. [DOI]
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Dobbs, Kirstin; Fernandes, Leanne; Slegers, Suzanne; Jago, Belinda; Thompson, Leanne; Hall, James; Day, Jon; Cameron, Darren; Tanzer, John; Macdonald, Fiona; Marsh, Helene; Coles, Rob (2008) 'Incorporating dugong habitats into the marine protected area design for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 51 (4):368-375. [DOI]
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Fernandes, Leanne; Day, Jon; Lewis, Adam; Slegers, Suzanne; Kerrigan, Brigid; Breen, Dan; Cameron, Darren; Jago, Belinda; Hall, James; Lowe, Dave; Innes, James; Tanzer, John; Chadwick, Virginia; Thompson, Leanne; Gorman, Kerrie; Simmons, Mark; Barnett, Bryony; Sampson, Kirsti; De'ath, Glenn; Mapstone, Bruce; Marsh, Helene; Possingham, Hugh; Ball, Ian; Ward, Trevor; Dobbs, Kirstin; Aumend, James; Slater, Deb; Stapleton, Kate (2005) 'Establishing representative no-take areas in the Great Barrier Reef: large-scale implementation of theory on marine protected areas'. Conservation Biology, 19 (6):1733-1744. [DOI]
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Bergseth, Brock; Day, Jon C. (2023) 'Compliance – The ‘Achilles heel’ of protected areas' Marine Policy, 155 . [DOI]
Robin, Libby; Day, Jon C. (2020) 'Maxwell Frank Cooper Day 1915-2017' Historical Records of Australian Science, 31 (1) :39-53. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
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Day, Jon C. (2018) 'Counterpoint to Agardy' ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75 (3) :1186-1186. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
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Day's Final Word
2018
Day, Jon C. (2018) 'Day's Final Word' ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75 (3) :1192-1192. [DOI]
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Day, Jon C. (2018) 'How effective is the management of the Great Barrier Reef?' ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75 (3) :1188-1190. [DOI]
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Dudley, Nigel; Day, Jon; Laffoley, Dan; Hockings, Marc; Stolton, Sue (2017) 'Defining marine protected areas: A response to Horta e Costa et al' Marine Policy, 77 :191-192. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
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Hughes, T.P.; Cameron, D.S.; Chin, A.; Connolly, S.R.; Day, J.C.; Jones, G.P.; McCook, L.; McGinnity, P.; Mumby, P.J.; Pears, R.J.; Pressey, R.L.; Russ, G.R.; Tanzer, J.; Tobin, A.; Young, M.A.L. (2016) 'A critique of claims for negative impacts of Marine Protected Areas on fisheries' Ecological Applications, 26 (2) :637-641. [DOI]
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Pratchett, Morgan; Bridge, Thomas; Brodie, Jon; Cameron, Darren; Day, Jonathan; Emslie, Mike; Grech, Alana; Hamann, Mark; Heron, Scott; Hoey, Andrew; Hoogenboom, Mia; Lough, Janice; Morrison, Tiffany; Osborne, Kate; Read, Mark; Schauble, Chloe; Smithers, Scott; Sweatman, Hugh; Waterhouse, Jane (2019) 'Australia's Great Barrier Reef' In: Pratchett, Morgan, Bridge, Thomas, Brodie, Jon, Cameron, Darren, Day, Jonathan, Emslie, Mike, Grech, Alana, Hamann, Mark, Heron, Scott, Hoey, Andrew, Hoogenboom, Mia, Lough, Janice, Morrison, Tiffany, Osborne, Kate, Read, Mark, Schauble, Chloe, Smithers, Scott, Sweatman, Hugh, and Waterhouse, Jane (2019) Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In: Sheppard, Charles, (ed.) World Seas: an environmental evaluation. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 333-362(Eds.). World Seas: an environmental evaluation. London, UK : Elsevier. [DOI]
Book Chapter
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Laffoley, Dan; Baxter, John M.; Day, Jon C.; Wenzel, Lauren; Bueno, Paula; Zischka, Katherine (2018) 'Marine protected areas' In: Laffoley, Dan, Baxter, John M., Day, Jon C., Wenzel, Lauren, Bueno, Paula, and Zischka, Katherine (2018) Marine protected areas. In: Sheppard, Charles, (ed.) World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation: Volume III: Ecological Issues and Environmental Impacts. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 549-569(Eds.). World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation Volume III: Ecological Issues and Environmental Impacts. London, UK : Elsevier. [DOI]
Book Chapter
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