Person
Friedel, Margaret Hilda
- Occupation
- Rangeland Ecologist
Summary
Margaret Friedel is known for her expertise on the ecology of Australian rangelands and collaborative research with landholders and communities, and is widely cited for her work on the concept of ecosystem thresholds. She joined CSIRO in Alice Springs in 1974 as an ecologist working on rangelands pasture production systems, later broadening her interests to include rangeland ecology and management, especially vegetation dynamics and fire management, landscape rehabilitation, and community-based solutions for land-use planning. Friedel has been involved in collaborative projects in Africa and India.
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Chronology
- 1967
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1973
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1974 - 2002
- Career position - Ecologist, CSIRO, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- 1978
- Education - DipEd, Murdoch University
- 1981 - 1982
- Career position - President, Australian Rangeland Society
- 1985 - 1986
- Career position - Research Fellow, South African Department of Agriculture and Water Supply
- 1988 - 1995
- Career position - Chair of Publications Committee, Australian Rangelands Society
- 1994 - 1996
- Career position - Member, State of the Environment Land Resources Reference Group, Commonwealth Government
- 1995 - 1999
- Career position - Chair, International Continuing Committee for Rangeland Congresses
- 1996
- Award - Outstanding Achievement Award, Society for Rangeland Management, U.S.A.
- 2002
- Career event - Contributing author, Working Group II "Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses", Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Second Assessment Report
- 2002 - 2009
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Alice Springs Laboratories, CSIRO
- 2007
- Award - Australian Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in the field of arid zone research
- 2007
- Award - Desert Knowledge Research Award, Desert Knowledge CRC
- 2010 -
- Career position - Honorary Fellow, CSIRO, Alice Springs
- 2010
- Life event - Retired
- 2014 -
- Career position - Professorial Fellow, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs
- 2017 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Rangeland Society
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Box, Thad, 'A conservation with Margaret Friedel', Rangelands, 30 (2) (2008), 33-5. Details
- Byrne, Margaret; Broadhurst, Linda; Leishman, Michelle; and Belov, Kathy, 'Women in conservation science making a difference', Pacific Conservation Biology, 24 (1) (2018), 6, https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18061. Details
- Friedel, Margaret H.; and Morton, Stephen R., 'A history of CSIRO'S Central Australian Laboratory, 1: 1953-80: pastoral land research', Historical records of Australian Science, 34 (1) (2023), 36-49. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22006. Details
- Friedel, Margaret H.; Morton, Stephen R.; Bastin, Gary N.; Davies, Jocelyn; and Stafford Smith, D. Mark, 'A history of CSIRO's Central Australian Laboratory 2, 1980-2018: interdisciplinary land research', Historical Records of Australian Science, 34 (1) (2023), 50-62. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22007. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 20 November 2018