Rate My Professor Joel Heinen

Specializing in biodiversity conservation policy, Heinen's research interests encompass conservation biology and policy as well as terrestrial vertebrate ecology. His publications include "Perceptions of, and Motivations for, Land Trust Conservation in Northern Michigan: An Analysis of Key Informant Interviews" (Sustainability, 2021), "Regulatory compliance of community-based conservation organizations: Empirical evidence from Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal" (Sustainability, 2020), "Trends, patterns and networks of illicit wildlife trade in Nepal: A national synthesis" (Conservation Science and Practice, 2020), "Palm snags are a critical nesting resource for woodpeckers in an urbanized tropical region" (Urban Ecosystems, 2020), "Challenges in the conservation of an over-harvested plant species with high socio-economic values" (Sustainability, 2019), "Browse-mediated succession by deer and elk 40 y after a clearcut in northern lower Michigan" (American Midland Naturalist, 2019), and many others addressing conservation attitudes, policy implementation, and wildlife management in Nepal, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Florida. Heinen has received the Fulbright Senior Scholar award in 1999 for Kyrgyzstan, East-West Center Visiting Fellowship in Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation in 2000, Teaching Incentive Program Award from the State University System of Florida in 1997, Matriculation Merit Award from FIU in 2001, and Provost's Faculty Research Award in 2001. He is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission since 1995, served on the United States National Ramsar Committee from 2007 to 2012, and holds affiliated faculty positions in Asian Studies and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at FIU. His contributions have advanced understanding of community-based conservation and protected area management.