Hello World!

I am José Rafael Ferrer-Paris
Senior Lecturer at the
Centre for Ecosystem Science
University of New South Wales, Sydney

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My research

I develop methods and frameworks to inform ecosystem science and the conservation of biological diversity. My research is influencing global and national policy on conservation.

More about my research

Read about the functional classification of the ecosystems of the world , or how to measure risk of collapse of tropical glacier ecosystems.

Learn how these tools will inform national and global policy in the following years.

Or explore my academic profiles to discover all my publications:

I share my experience

I learn and teach by sharing experiences, challenges, solutions and insights.

I contribute to capacity building around the world, outreach activities and training workshops.

I mentor staff and students at UNSW.

Sharing resources online

Check my contributions on my personal GitHub profile, as well as the organisations I often contribute to like RLE science team, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW codeRs, and the Ecosystem Indicators Workflows project.

I like sharing tips and tricks in my blogs: Spatial one, Natural code .

Visit the UNSW codeRs website

I create

I am often busy coding and creating documents, scripts, and maps.

I use R, python and shell scripts, Markdown and Quarto, and leverage popular JavaScript libraries to create useful online resources.

I create

Visit the Global Ecosystems webapp

Or browse my datasets, code, pre-prints and projects in scientific and software repositories:

I travel and observe

Isn't this a wonderful world?

I invite you to browse my biodiversity observations and photos

Do you want to know more?

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