Barbara Anne Bollard also known as Barbara Breen and Bollard-Breen, is a New Zealand academic, and is a professor at

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. She was previously a full professor at Auckland University of Technology, specialising in using remote sensing and drones to map and manage conservation areas.

Academic career

Bollard attributes her love of science to her father, New Zealander John Bollard, who was involved in the development of solid fuel propellants for the US space programme, and had been involved in training

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. Bollard completed a

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titled ''Integrating social and biophysical data to develop and evaluate marine protected area planning at a local scale: the 1998 Cairns Area Plan of Management as a case study '' at

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in 2006. Bollard then joined the faculty of Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor in 2022. She is now a professor at the

. Bollard's describes herself as a "techno-nerd". Her research focuses on using geospatial mapping, including remote sensing and drone technology, for the identification and management of protected areas. She has used these techniques to map three areas in Antarctica, as well as deserts in

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. She is also exploring how the three-dimensional maps created for conservation planning can also be used in gaming, allowing a virtual experience of remote environments. Bollard's work to create a photo-mosaic of the area around Scott Base was featured in the

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and

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-produced programme ''Continent 7: Dangerous Science''. In summer 2023 Bollard worked with researchers from the University of Wollongong and

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on an Australian Antarctic Division project to map moss beds around

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, to better understand the areas at risk and the effects of climate change.

Selected works

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References

External links

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Mappping by drone - Africa to Antarctica
' Ted talk by Breen July 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bollard, Barbara New Zealand academics New Zealand women academics James Cook University alumni