Phil Boon
Chief Editor of Aquatic Conservation
Phil is a Zoology graduate from Newcastle University, with a PhD on Trichoptera in the River North Tyne.
Following various academic appointments in Newcastle, London and Jamaica, he led the freshwater work at the Nature Conservancy Council. Phil joined Scottish Natural Heritage when it was formed in 1992 and worked there until his retirement in 2017.
Most of Phil’s time is spent as Chief Editor of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the River Restoration Centre, and the Freshwater Conservation Committee of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission, and chairs the Advisory Group of the Rivers and Lochs Institute in Inverness. Phil continues to be involved in projects on river restoration and river ecosystem services, and in the development of European monitoring standards for fresh waters.
