Micha V Jackson

Dr Micha Jackson is an applied ecological scientist who is passionate about achieving improved environmental outcomes through collaborative, evidence-based research. Micha has engaged in wildlife research and monitoring in Australia and overseas for more than a decade. Her career began in northern Australia where she worked for the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) to support the land and sea initiatives of Indigenous ranger programs in remote coastal communities. She later specialised in the waterbirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and their wetland habitats, completing a PhD on migratory shorebird conservation at the University of Queensland in 2020. Her research is aimed at providing science-based approaches and tools to decision-makers and managers to support improved habitat conditions and healthy wildlife populations. Micha joined CSIRO's Water Security Program in July 2023 and is working with its waterbirds research team to deliver on the Basin-scale waterbird evaluation and research of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Program (known as 'Flow-MER') and other projects.