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Adjunct Professor, James Cook University

I recently retired from my position as a Senior Principal Research Scientists with CSIRO in the Sustainability Pathways Program and now am an adjunct (honorary) Professor with James Cook University's Cairns Institute. I am an internationally-recognised expert in the science of ecosystem governance and multiple knowledge systems for sustainability, including biodiversity futures, climate change and how indigenous knowledge can inform resilience. I a member of the IUCN Commission on Environment Economic and Social Policy, the World Commission on Protected Areas and Chair of the Gondwana World Heritage Advisory Committee (Qld section).

Experience

  • –present
    Adjunct Professor, James Cook University

Education

  • 1999 
    James Cook University, Doctor of Philosophy

Publications

  • 2024
    see https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7426-3132, > 70 https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=RSdVkgkAAAAJ&hl=en

Professional Memberships

  • World Commission on Protected Areas
  • Commission on Economic, Environment and Social Policy of IUCN
  • Chair, Gondwana World Heritage Advisory Committee (Qld section)
  • Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas Consortium
  • Program on Ecosystem Change and Society, Collaborative Governance Working Group