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| Dr Keith Sainsbury
receiving the Japan Prize from Dr Ito Masami, President of the Science and Technology
Foundation of Japan. |
Award winning marine ecosystem research
Dr Keith Sainsbury
In 2004, Dr Keith Sainsbury was awarded the
prestigious Japan Prize, considered to be the highest honour in the world
for ecology and sustainability research. The award relates to Dr Sainsbury’s
research into food production based on sustainable ecosystems, a concept
that Dr Sainsbury and colleagues have championed in both theoretical and
practical ways for more than 20 years. Dr Sainsbury joins an elite group of
scientists to win the Japan Prize with his award.
Dr Sainsbury, together with Dr Scott Condie,
is a co-leader for the Wealth from Oceans ‘Marine Nation’ theme. The theme
aims to develop sustainable and integrated models for the future of our
coastal development and usage. The outcomes of this work will help shape our
future health and productivity of our marine environment.
Raised and educated in New Zealand, Dr
Sainsbury crossed the Tasman to join the CSIRO in 1977. As a marine
ecologist and mathematical modeller, his research focus is on the
assessment, ecology, exploitation and conservation of marine resources and
ecosystems. During the 1970s and 80s Dr Sainsbury provided scientific advice
on Australia's offshore tropical fisheries, developing one of the first
applications of actively adaptive management to a large-scale trawl fishery.
The early 1990s saw Dr Sainsbury lead the research team providing scientific
assessments and advice for Australia's large pelagic fish resources - the
tunas and billfish.
Recently, Dr Sainsbury directed research to
develop and apply methods to assess the cumulative impacts and multiple-use
of marine ecosystems. Dr Sainsbury is a member of the Board of Directors of
the London-based Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Chairman of the
Council’s Technical Advisory Board. The MSC assesses the sustainability of
fishery resources and supplies EcoLabel to fisheries to assist consumers to
recognise sustainable seafood products.
Dr Sainsbury was an invited participant in
the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) expert
consultancy that provided guidelines for the precautionary approach in
fisheries. He also chaired the FAO expert consultancy that developed
guidelines for the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
With the Australian Fisheries Management
Authority, Dr Sainsbury is a current member of the Board and Chair of the
Environment Committee. |
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