Person

Loyn, Richard

Occupation
Ecologist

Summary

Richard Loyn is an ecologist with particular interest in forests, wetlands and fire ecology, and in working with community groups. In 1973 he established volunteer-based survey of waterbirds in Western Port, which is now Australia's longest-running survey of diverse waterbirds in complex ecosystems. In his work for several Victorian Government organisations he has been influential in policy-making for forest management, fire ecology and biodiversity conservation programs. Loyn devised a bird-counting methodology that is now widely use for population studies. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed publications.

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Chronology

1973
Life event - Settled in Australia
1985 - 2013?
Career position - Principal Scientist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

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See also

  • Fagg, Peter, Bren, Leon, Stewart, Hugh, Murphy, Simon and Smith, Ian, Reunion of the Forest Commission Victoria Research Branch, Box Hill Golf Club Thursday 27 November 2025: a souvenir booklet (Box Hill South, Vic.: Forest Research Reunion Committee, 2025), 67 pp. Details

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