Staff profile

Project Leader
Knowledge Brokering for Indigenous Land Management. NESP Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub. (2016-2020).

Project Leader
Development of Joint Management Plan for Dja Dja Wurrung Parks. Victorian Department of Land, Water, Environment and Planning. (2016-2019).

Project Leader
Design of Indigenous Indicators and Metrics Reef 2050 and Pilot of Indigenous Indicators and Metrics Reef 2050 Australian Institute of Marine Sciences and Reef Trust Partnership. (2017-2020).

Project Leader
Traditional Owners in the Reef 2050 Plan. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (2017-2019).

Principal Research Scientist
National Indigenous Climate Change Dialogue. NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub (2016-2020).

Ph D
James Cook University

Masters of Natural Resources
University of New England

Diploma of Education
University of New England

Bachelor Science (1st Class Honours)
University of Queensland

Workshop Facilitator, IPBES Oceania and Pacific Science-Policy Dialogue, Canberra, 4-5 April. Fully funded by partner.
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Tokyo

Invited Keynote Speaker Australian Meteorological and Atmospheric Society Annual Conference. Fully funded by partner.
Australian Meteorological and Atmospheric Society Annual Conference

Workshop Facilitator, “Living with the bees”: Indigenous landscape management dialogue, Hin Lad Nai, Thailand. Partly funded by partner.
SwedBio

Invited Workshop Participant “Developing the Multiple Evidence Base”. Medellin, Colombia, 15-26 March. Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm Resilience Centre

Theme Plenary Address at the Resilience Conference 2017, Stockholm, Sweden http://resilience2017.org/speakers/ Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm Resilience Centre

Workshop Leader, Biosphere Stewardship in a Changing World, Resilience Conference. Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm University

Invited workshop Participant. “Developing the Multiple Evidence Base”. Stockholm, Sweden. 15-20 August. Fully funded by partner.
Stockholm Resilience Centre

Facilitator, IPBES Workshop on Indigenous and Local Knowledge of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in the Asia-Pacific, Chiang Mai, Thailand 2016. Fully funded by partner.
UNESCO

Facilitator, IPBES Workshop on Indigenous and Local Knowledge of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in the Oceania Subregion. Fully funded by partner.
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Tokyo

Workshop Leader, Indigenous Knowledge for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Minzu University, Beijing, China. Fully funded by partner.
Minzu University, China

Invited Global Workshop Participant/Facilitator, Participatory Scenarios for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Fully funded by partner.
United Nations University, Tokyo

Highly Cited Research Award
Elsevier

Excellence in Publications for Articles in Nature and Science in the same week
CSIRO Recognition Award

Excellence in IPBES Assessment work
CSIRO Cash Award ($500)

Excellence in Administration with O2D
CSIRO Cash Award ($100)

Invited Global Workshop Participant/Facilitator, Scenarios and Models in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Lorne, Australia. Hosted by the University of Melbourne. Fully funded by partner.
University of Melbourne

Award of Excellence for Contributions to the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce
Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia

Excellence in Innovation for Yalanji Warranga Kaban Yalanji People of the Rainforest Fire Management Book
Cooperative Research Centres Association

Member, Wakefield Futures Group (Interdisciplinary scientific network)

Member, Collaborative Governance Working Group, Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) (Interdisciplinary scientific network)

Expert Member, Indigenous and Local Knowledge Taskforce of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (Interdisciplinary scientific network)

Coordinating Lead Author, IPBES global assessment Pollinators and Pollination in Food Production

Invited Member, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. (Interdisciplinary science-policy network)

Invited Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) (Interdisciplinary science-policy network)

Leader, Managing for Resilient Rainforests Research Program, Terrestrial Ecosystems Hub, National Environment Research Program,

Member, Australian Landcare Council. (appointed by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992.)

Member, Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce. Ministerial Appointment.

Board Member, Wet Tropics Management Authority (appointed by Minister for Environment and Resources under the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 Queensland)

Editor, Sustainability Science

Editor, Ecosystems and People

Reviewer, Ambio

Reviewer, Austral Ecology

Reviewer, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Reviewer, BiodivERsA (European Union funding call)

Reviewer, Biological Conservation

Reviewer, BioScience

Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Reviewer, Conservation Biology

Reviewer, Conservation Letters

Reviewer, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Reviewer, Ecological Economics

Reviewer, Ecological Indicators

Reviewer, Ecology & Society

Reviewer, Ecosystems and People

Reviewer, Ecosystem Services

Reviewer, Ethnobiology

Reviewer, Forestry

Reviewer, Geographical Research

Reviewer, Gladstone Healthy Harbours Partnership Indigenous Indicators

Reviewer, Global Environmental Change

Reviewer, Human Ecology

Reviewer, Local Environment

Reviewer, CSIRO Julius Career Awards

Reviewer, Macquarie University Research Fellowships applications

Reviewer, Moreton Bay Quandamooka & Catchment Forum 2016 (book published from the forum by U of Q)

Reviewer, Nature Sustainability

Reviewer, Rights and Resources Initiative (tenure tracking results for Australia)

Reviewer, Scottish Government Rural Affairs Food and Environment Research Program

Reviewer, Society and Natural Resources

Reviewer, State of the Environment (Australia). Chapter.

Reviewer, Sustainability

Reviewer, Water Policy

Editor, Ecosystem Management

PhD Examiner, Flinders University

PhD Examiner, Charles Darwin University

PhD Examiner, Charles Darwin University

PhD Examiner, Melbourne University