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Bio

Originally from France, Cindy Huchery holds a Master’s in Ecology from the University of Paris 11. Her Master’s research project brought her to Australia in 2007 where she worked on coral reef fish ecology at the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Darwin. She started being interested in people after volunteering on a field trip to East Timor with the Northern Territory Government, during which she worked with local East Timorese people to carry out marine habitat surveys for coastal mapping purposes. As a result, she decided to work in the interdisciplinary field that involves Social and Ecological Sciences and has since accumulated nine years of interdisciplinary experience ranging across academia and public policy. She was as a Research Associate at the School for Environmental Research of Charles Darwin University for 3 years, where she worked on applied projects using participatory research methods, like scenario planning, and has actively engaged with stakeholders including government agencies, farmers, Indigenous Australians, and the mining industry on issues related to natural resource management. For the last 6 years, she has been working as Research Scientist at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies of James Cook University, providing research and management support to dozens of research projects looking at coral reef ecology, and the human dimensions and governance of small-scale coral reef fisheries.

Previous positions

• Senior Research Scientist, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia (2014-present)
• Research Scientist, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia (2010-2014)
• Research Associate, Livelihoods and Policy Theme Coordinator, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia (2008-2010)
• Master’s Research degree “Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution” University Paris 11 and University Pierre et Marie Curie, France (2006-2007)

Publications

Peer reviewed journal papers

• Graham NAJ, McClanahan TR, MacNeil MA, Wilson SK, Cinner JE, Huchery C, Holmes TH (accepted) Human disruption of coral reef trophic structure. Current Biology
• Cinner J, Huchery C et al. (2016). Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs. Nature 535: 416-419
• Maire E, Cinner JE, Huchery C et al. (2016) How accessible are coral reefs to people? A global assessment based on travel time. Ecology Letters 19(4): 351-360
• Cinner JE, Huchery C, Hicks CC, Daw TM, Marshall N, Wamukota A, Allison EH (2015) Changes in adaptive capacity of Kenyan fishing communities. Nature Climate Change 5: 872-876
• Campbell SJ, Mukminin A, Kartawjaya T, Huchery C, Cinner J. (2014). Changes in a coral reef fishery along a gradient of harvesting intensity in an Indonesian marine protected area. Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 24: 92-103
• Cinner JE, Daw T, Huchery C, Thoya P, Wamukota A, Cedras M, Abunge C (2014) Winners and losers in marine conservation: Fisher’s experiences of displacement and perceptions of spillover from marine protected areas in Seychelles and Kenya. Society & Natural Resources 27(9): 994-1005
• Cinner, J, Huchery C (2014) A comparison of social outcomes associated with different fisheries co-management institutions. Conservation Letters 7(3): 224-232
• Graham NAJ, Chong-Seng KM, Huchery C, Januchowski-Hartley, Nash KL (2014). Coral reef community composition in the context of disturbances history on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. PLoS One 9(7): e101204
• Greiner R, Puig J, Huchery C, Collier N, Garnett ST (2014) Scenario modelling to support industry strategic planning and decision making. Environmental Modelling and Software 55: 120-131
• Cinner JE, Graham NAJ, Huchery C, MacNeil AM (2013) Global effects of local human population density and distance to markets on the condition of coral reef fisheries. Conservation Biology 27: 453-458
• Cinner J, Huchery C, Darling ES, Humphries AT, Graham NAJ, Hicks CH, Marshall N, McClanahan TR. (2013) Evaluating social and ecological vulnerability of coral reef fisheries to climate change. PLoS One 8(9): e74321
• Puig CJ, Greiner R, Huchery C, Perkins I, Bowen L, Garnett ST, Collier N (2011) Beyond cattle: potential futures of the pastoral industry in the Northern Territory. The Rangeland Journal 33: 181-194.
• Mellin C, Huchery C, Caley MJ, Meekan MG, Bradshaw CJA (2010) Reef size and isolation determine the temporal stability of coral reef fish populations. Ecology 91: 3138–3145.
• Pisanu B, Jerusalem C, Huchery C, Marmet J and Chapuis JL (2007) Helminth fauna of the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus Laxmann (Rodentia, Sciuridae) introduced in suburban French forests. Parasitology Research 100:1375-1379.

Peer reviewed conference paper

• Puig J, Huchery C, Greiner R, Collier N, Garnett S, Bowen L, Perkins I (2009) Beef, biodiversity and burning: modelling pastoral futures for the Northern Territory cattle industry. The 2009 Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics Conference, Darwin, Australia, October 2009.

Conference posters

• Huchery C, Puig J, Greiner R (2011) Planning for an uncertain future of the pastoral industry in the Northern Territory, Australia. International Rangeland Congress, Rosario, Argentina, April 2011.
• Puig J, Huchery C, Collier N, Garnett S (2009) Climate change adaptation actions in northern Australian communities using scenario planning. The IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2009.
• Puig J, Huchery C, Petheram L, Concu G., Collier N, Garnett S (2009) Scenario planning as a tool to explore climate change adaptation for remote indigenous communities. The IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2009.

Reports

• Graham NAJ, Huchery C (2012) The effects of recreational fishing at Diego Garcia on reef fish assemblages. Report for the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration. 14pp
• Aslin H, Greiner R, Huchery C (2010) Assessment of the fit of the Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan for the Northern Territory with relevant legislative, policy and planning frameworks. Report to the Natural Resource Management Board (NT) Inc. 63 pp.
• Garnett S, Huchery C (2010) Reporting Sustainability in the Northern Territory. Report to the Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin, Australia. 165 pp.
• Puig CJ, Huchery C, Greiner R, Collier N, Garnett S and Perkins I (2009) NTCA Future Project: Scoping Future Scenarios and Building Innovative Partnerships for Northern Territory Pastoral Lands. Report to the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association, Darwin, Australia. 50 pp.
• Garnett S, Puig J, Huchery C, Petheram L, Collier N, Concu G and Brooke C (2009) Integrated scenario planning across shared landscapes: a territory-wide approach and Scenario planning for climate change in tropical landscapes. Report to the Natural Resource Management Board (NT) Inc., Darwin, Australia. 44 pp.
• Huchery C (2007) Island biogeography theory and spatial and temporal patterns of coral reef fish communities of the Great Barrier Reef. Research Masters of Ecology, University Paris-Sud 11, Orsay (91), France.