Phoebe Barnard

Phoebe Elizabeth Barnard (born June 10, 1961) is an American global change scientist and professor of conservation biology and environmental futures at the University of Washington.

Moving to the maritime provinces of Canada, Barnard graduated in 1983 with a BSc (Hons) in biology from Acadia University with minors in geology and education, specializing in ornithology and ecology.

Barnard has written and edited over 180 peer-reviewed scientific and policy publications, including books, reports, chapters and papers on biodiversity, global change, early warning systems, climate resilience, and ornithology.

[5] Impatient with the dry strictures of scientific publications, she increasingly balanced peer-reviewed journals with popular and policy summaries and, from 2013 onwards, filmmaking for greater societal impact.

Barnard and John Bowey have co-produced short- and long-format documentaries on big issues for society and the planet since 2018, including My Otherland and The Climate Restorers.

Barnard received a Fulbright Program Full Doctoral Grant in 1993-1994 and a Society for Conservation Biology Distinguished Service Award in 2002.