ABOUT THE PEOPLE 

Biosphere Soundscapes is a virtual initiative working with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves across the world. Our team is located across Australia, India, USA and Mexico. We operate with a core creative team and an international advisory board. Each project is developed in collaboration with the local communities of biosphere reserves and often involves local artists, scientists and community leaders. 

CORE TEAM

  • Dr. Leah Barclay, Director 
  • Feral Arts, Brisbane, Australia 
  • Dr. Simon Linke (Australia) 
  • Dr. Toby Gifford (Australia) 
  • Ilka Nelson (Australia)
  • Andrew Skeoch (Australia)
  • Emmanuel Galvan Martinez (Mexico)
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2016-2017 INTERNATIONAL INTERNS 

  • Teresa Barrozo (Philippines)
  • Diana Peña (New Zealand / Mexico)
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ASSOCIATE ARTISTS/SCIENTISTS 

  • Dr. Daniel Blinkhorn (Australia) 
  • Franciso Lopez (Netherlands) 
  • Barbara Eillion (Ireland)
  • Sarah Last (Australia)
  • David Burraston (Australia) 
  • Anthony Magen (Australia) 
  • Sophie Jung (Korea) 
  • Jessie Roberts (Australia) 
  • David Rothenberg (USA) ​
  • Dr. Garth Paine (USA) 
  • Dr. Gerardo Dirie (Australia)
  • Dr. Andrea Polli (USA)

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

  • Dr. Monica Gagliano, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia 
  • Dr. Ram Boojh, National Programme Officer, Ecological Sciences, UNESCO Office in New Delhi (Cluster Office for Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka) 
  • Dr. Long Kheng, Director of the Prek Toal Core Area and the director of the Tonle Sap Environmental Management Project, Ministry of Environment in Cambodia 
  • Dr. Sandra Gallo-Corona, bioacoustics specialist and independant biologists, Mexico 
  • Dr. Ros Bandt, International sound artist, Melbourne, Australia  
  • Joel Chadabe, President of Ear to the Earth, New York, USA
  • Dr Vanessa Tomlinson, Associate Professor, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University 
  • Dr Ricardo Dal Farra, Balance-Unbalance Founder, Montreal / Argentina 
  • Eric Leonardson, President of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology 
  • Lyndon Davis, Indigenous Advisor, Queensland, Australia 
  • Dr Shahbaz Khan, Director, UNESCO Jakarta Office (Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and Cluster Office Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines) 
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Biosphere Soundscapes is an interdisciplinary research project working in collaboration with multiple organisations and institutions across the USA, South America, Australia, Europe, India, Indonesia and Cambodia. The project was endorsed by the UNESCO MAB Program in 2013 and is currently based at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. 
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are conducting this research and pay our respect to the Elders, past, present, and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 
(C) BIOSPHERE SOUNDSCAPES 2024
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