Hugh Possingham

**Hugh Phillip Possingham**, FAA (an haife shi a ranar 21 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 1962), shi ne tsohon Babban Masanin Kimiyya na Queensland  kuma an fi saninsa da aikinsa a ilmin halitta, ilimin muhalli, da ka'idar muhalli ta asali ciki har da ilimin muhallu. Har ila yau farfesa ne na lissafi, Farfesa na Zoology kuma ARC Laureate Fellow  a Sashen Lissafi da Makarantar Muhalli a Jami'ar Queensland.

## Sana'a
Possingham ya sami digirinsa na farko da Daraja a shekarar 1984, daga sashen Lissafi na Aiwatarwa a Jami'ar Adelaide. Ya kammala karatunsa na D.Phil. a Jami'ar Oxford a ƙarƙashin Michael Bulmer a shekarar 1987, a kan tallafin karatu na Rhodes. Takardar karatunsa ta mayar da hankali kan ka'idar abinci mai kyau. 

Matsayin Possingham na farko a fannin digiri na uku shine tare da Joan Roughgarden a Jami'ar Stanford, yana aiki kan yanayin daukar ma'aikata na al'ummomin da ke tsakanin ruwa. Daga nan ya koma Ostiraliya a kan wani tallafin karatu na QEII a Jami'ar Kasa ta Ostiraliya, kuma ya gudanar da bincike kan aikace-aikacen nazarin dorewar yawan jama'a a fannin ilmin halittu. Ya koma Jami'ar Adelaide, da farko a matsayin malami, sannan a 1995 a matsayin farfesa. A shekara ta 2000, Possingham ya koma kujera a sashen Lissafi da Kimiyyar Halittu a Jami'ar Queensland da ke Brisbane, inda ya kasance Farfesa na ARC, Federation, kuma Laureate Fellow. Ya kasance Daraktan Cibiyar Ingantaccen Shawarwari kan Muhalli ta Majalisar Bincike ta Ostiraliya,  da Cibiyar Maido da Nau'o'in da ke Barazana ga Gwamnatin Ostiraliya. A shekara ta 2016 ya shiga Cibiyar Kula da Nature Conservancy a matsayin Babban Masanin Kimiyya. A watan Satumba na 2020, an nada shi Babban Masanin Kimiyya na Queensland.

A lokacin aikinsa na ilimi, Possingham ya buga takardu sama da 650 da aka yi wa nazari kan takwarorinsa, kuma ya kula da masu bincike na digiri na uku da na uku 135.  Ya haɗu da haɓaka manhajar Marxan don tsara tsare-tsaren kiyayewa na tsari, wanda ake ɗauka a matsayin "babbar gudummawa ga ilimin halittu na kiyayewa da ya fito daga al'ummar bincike ta Ostiraliya".  An yi amfani da shi don tsara hanyoyin sadarwa na ƙasa da na ruwa don kashi 5% na saman Duniya, gami da Babban Barrier Reef na Ostiraliya. 

## Matsayin jama'a
Possingham ya kasance Babban Masanin Kimiyya na Queensland daga 2020 zuwa 2022, inda ya ba da shawarwari masu zurfi game da kimiyya, bincike da kirkire-kirkire ga Gwamnatin Queensland kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jakadan kimiyya a Queensland.  

Possingham memba ne na Ƙungiyar Masana Kimiyya ta Wentworth, ya jagoranci kwamitocin Gwamnatin Ostiraliya kan wuraren da ke da zafi a tsakanin halittu, da kuma kan bambancin halittu, [undefined] Majalisar Wayar da Kan Jama'a ta Gwamnatin Queensland, [undefined] da Majalisar Kimiyya ta Ƙasashen Daji ta Ƙungiyar Wilderness.[1]

Possingham ya rubuta "Sanarwar Brigalow"  tare da Dr. Barry Traill, wanda Firayim Ministan Queensland Beattie ya yi amfani da shi don tallafawa kawo ƙarshen share filaye a Queensland. Share filaye a Queensland yana cire hekta 500,000 na ciyayi na asali kowace shekara, kuma shine ke da alhakin kashi 10% na hayakin iskar gas na Australiya; dakatarwar ta ba Ostiraliya damar cimma burinta na Kyoto Protocol. A shekarar 2009 ya ba da shawarar ware wani kaso na kudaden shiga na caca don ceton nau'in da ke fuskantar barazanar rayuwa, don a zaɓa shi ta hanyar zane-zane da aka nuna a talabijin kafin gasar cin kofin Melbourne. 

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