These are the people
that spoke at the Summit.
Professor
Brendan Mackey
Prof Brendan Mackey is
Director, ANU WildCountry Research and Policy Hub at SRES/College of
Science, The Australian National University. He is also Co-Chair Ethics
Specialist Group, IUCN Commission on Environmental
Law.
www.sres.anu.edu.au/people/mackeyb.html
Andrew
Walker
Andrew Walker is a
senior associate at Hunt & Hunt Lawyers. His principal area of
expertise is environment, planning and local government law, and he
is a Law Institute of Victoria accredited planning and environment
law specialist.
Andrew has over 7
years experience in advising local government, statutory
authorities, developers and objectors regarding development rights,
development approval processes and the use and development of Crown
land.
Andrew is also the
convenor of The Lawyers for Forests Law & Policy section, and in
this capacity as prepared submissions to government on various
aspects of environmental law, including the Sustainable Forests
(Timber) Act 2004 (Vic), the Environment Effects Act 1978 (Vic) and
the Flora & Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Vic). One of Andrew's principal
concerns is the application of the Environment Protection
Biodiversity & Conservation Act 1999 (Cwth) to logging
operations.
Dr Jacqueline
Peel
Dr Jacqueline Peel joined the Law Faculty at the
University of Melbourne in February 2002 and was appointed a
Senior Lecturer in Law in September 2004. She holds the degrees
of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws (Hon I) from the
University of Queensland and Master of Laws from New York University
where she was a Fulbright scholar. In 2003-2004, Jacqueline returned
to NYU Law School as a Hauser Research Scholar and Emile Noel
Fellow, undertaking a project on international trade and its
environmental law intersections. Prior
to her appointment at Melbourne, Jacqueline completed an internship
at the United Nations International Law Commission, working with
Professor James Crawford on the ILC's State responsibility articles.
From 1997 to 1999 she practised environmental and planning law at
the national law firm of Allens Arthur Robinson.
Jacqueline's major
research interests are in the areas of environmental law,
international environmental law and international trade law and she
has published articles on these topics in a number of prominent
academic and international journals. Jacqueline has also recently
completed a book on the implementation of the precautionary
principle, published by Federation Press.
Dr Michael
McCarthy
Dr Michael McCarthy
conducts research on the ecology and conservation of plants and
animals. He has a particular interest in quantitative methods such
as population modelling and risk assessment. He is interested in
developing tools that can help managers conserve biodiversity in the
face of uncertainty. He obtained his PhD from The University of
Melbourne, and has worked at The Australian National University, The
University of Adelaide, and UC Santa Barbara. He is currently the
Senior Ecologist of the Australian Research Centre of Urban Ecology,
a division of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, and a Research
Fellow in the School of Botany of The University of
Melbourne.
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/%7Emccarthy/
Professor David
Farrier
Professor David
Farrier is Professor
of Law and Director for Centre for Natural Resources Law and
Policy at the University of Wollongong.
www.uow.edu.au/law/staff/david.html
Senator Christine Milne
Senator Christine Milne is a Vice President of IUCN (International
Union for the Conservation of Nature) and a former President of the
Australian Committee for IUCN 2002-2003. She is currently a member
of the ACIUCN Executive and the Oceania Regional
Committee.
www.iucn.org/members/council/bios/council-australia.html
Professor Gary Meyers
Prof of Law and Director, Indigenous
Lands: Rights, Governance and Environmental Management Project,
Murdoch University School of Law; a Fellow of the Asia Research
Centre at Murdoch University, specialising in Environmental & Natural Resources Law, Indigeneous
Rights and Biotechnology.
www.arc.murdoch.edu.au/staff/meyers.html.
