Jeff Burgett

Jeff Burgett has been Conservation Coordinator for the Science Applications Division in the Pacific Islands since 2010. Jeff is responsible for designing and administering a science development and dissemination program to inform climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.

Learn more about climate change adaptation of marine and terrestrial resource management with a wide variety of stakeholders. Jeff has worked for the Service in Hawaii since 1995 for both Ecological Services and Refuges, focused on wetlands, endangered species recovery, invasive species invasive species
An invasive species is any plant or animal that has spread or been introduced into a new area where they are, or could, cause harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health. Their unwelcome presence can destroy ecosystems and cost millions of dollars.

Learn more about invasive species and avian disease, and coral reef monitoring. He has a BA and PhD from the University of Hawai’i, and an MSc from the University of Auckland, all with a focus on marine ecology.