|  Nick works for CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. His interests include the resilience of social-ecological systems; matching temporal and spatial scales of institutions to scales of ecosystem processes; the political economy of institutional change; and the long-term adaptation of societies and institutions to environmental change. Nick's capabilities scan environmental economics, institutional analysis, ecological dynamics, and participative research.
Glenn Bailey is the catchment coordinator, technical services, of Namoi Catchment Management Authority, based in Gunnedah, New South Wales. He is responsible for developing and delivering catchment programs (incentives, advisory, educational, training and planning). From 1978–1990 he worked in the Soil Conservation Service of NSW as a soil conservationist, providing advice on soil and land management, and property and catchment planning. From 1990–2002 he worked for the Departments of Conservation and Land Management, and Land and Water Conservation as a catchment manager. In this role, Glenn provided advice to the rural community on aspects of natural resource management, including soil and water conservation, vegetation management, riparian conservation, catchment planning and mining development. He began work with the Namoi Catchment Management Authority in 2003.
 Jim is a resource economist and private consultant. Much of the focus of his work over the past 10 years has been to use a spectrum of market-like approaches to enhance natural resource and environmental management outcomes. He works across a number of areas including vegetation, biodiversity, water (quantity and quality), climate change and sustainable agriculture. In recent years, Jim has undertaken projects using market-like approaches across several states and with a range of clients (governments at all levels, NGOs and private businesses).
Prior to moving into consulting, Jim was the Director of Catchment Economics with the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water.  After graduating from Edith Cowan University in 2004, I moved from Perth to Boyup Brook and began work with the Blackwood Basin Group in April 2005. In 2006 I was assigned as a project officer to the SWCC SaltWise project, which was a trial for an MBI process. I am currently the project coordinator for the Groundworks project, which is continuing the investment in on-ground works using MBIs. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management with first-class honours.
 Anthea is an environmental economist with the Markets, Incentives and Institutions Team in CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems based in Brisbane. Anthea has extensive experience in the design of market-based and other incentives to bring about improved land management outcomes on private land. Anthea has extensive experience in the issues associated with and the design of offsets in a no-net-loss framework. Her research portfolio is becoming increasingly focused on innovative instruments to manage land outcomes in the peri-urban fringe.
 Colin Creighton has been around agriculture and natural resources management long enough to know its time to hand over to the next generation of practitioners. Colin now divides his time between:
- farming – practicing what he has preached
- sailing – where the weather requires good adaptive management skills
- volunteering – under the philosophy that while we always learn, its time to return rather than earn; and
- the occasional challenging science questions – like seasonal forecasting in a changing climate.
 Paul is a Program Support Officer with Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM and have a keen interest in water quality. After Paul completed his Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Science) he joined Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM, and has worked alongside researchers and extension officers to deliver a market-based incentive for landholders in the lower Burdekin cane and grazing sectors. In addition to this, Paul is involved with several other water quality incentive projects currently operating. Paul's other interests are fishing, camping, cycling and more fishing.
 After completing her Honours Degree in Biochemistry at the University of Queensland, Mel spent five years on old growth forest conservation and nuclear industry issues with the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of the Earth, followed by six years working with camels in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. She completed a postgraduate diploma in Education in 2005 and spent 2½ years teaching science to high school students in Alice Springs. Mel joined Rural Solutions SA at Port Augusta earlier this year as an animal and plant control consultant, and is working to develop integrated feral camel management practices to address the large and growing population of feral camels in Australia’s rangelands.
 Richard Fidler is a broadcaster who has had several lives as a musician, writer and performer. He currently hosts the ABC radio program The Conversation Hour, broadcast on 612 ABC Brisbane and 702 ABC Sydney. In another life Richard was a member of comedy group The Doug Anthony Allstars (DAAS), which played to audiences all over the world, as well as just about every town and city in Australia. Since then Richard has presented a very wide range of TV shows over the years, from Race Around the World, to Aftershock, a series on technology and the future, and the incredibly low rating Vulture. For a while he was a comedy executive with ABC TV, notionally responsible for shows like The Glass House and The Chaser. He recently co-wrote a satirical book on Australian politics titled, Jack the Insider: The Insider’s Guide to Power in Australia. Richard lives in Brisbane and he’s currently the president of the Institute of Modern Art in Fortitude Valley.
 The groups of the Bass Coast Landcare Network were amongst the first to become established in Victoria over 20 years ago. Jodie Gager has enjoyed working with these groups over the past 12 years. Jodie has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Management. Jodie’s role with the Bass Coast Landcare Network has evolved from a field officer position with the Powlett Project through to a Landcare Network Coordinator focusing on corporate engagement and liaison. Bass Coast Landcare Network engages with 11 member groups, and 15 support staff. Traditional Landcare programs are supported by the network, and corporate and agency partnerships have also been pivotal in the success of the Bass Coast Landcare Network.
 Mike Gooey has been Executive Director of Trust for Nature since October 2005. Mike’s experience includes:
- corporate strategy in the Victorian Department of Primary Industries
- managing the Victorian Landcare program
- and leading the NSW Salt Action program.
Mike was Executive Officer to the NSW Snowy Genoa Catchment Management Committee – which encouraged the NSW Government to pursue the Snowy River Inquiry which influenced the current national environmental flows policy. Mike holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in agricultural science and rural development. In 2000, Mike was awarded a Churchill fellowship to study the links between rural community development and environmental management.  Greg is the program manager of the Blackwood Basin Group in Western Australia. He manages natural resources in an area 10 times larger than the ACT, through a network of nine community management zones and 17 shire councils. Greg has formed environmental partnerships with state government agencies, schools, Indigenous groups, local government, and numerous community environmental and Landcare groups. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science (NRM).
Visit Greg Hales in the Little Orange Book (members only access).  Donna Hazell is a catchment coordinator with the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority, based in Braidwood on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. She has played a key role in the development and delivery of the Southern Rivers Bush Incentives Program, one of the first tender-based CMA incentive programs in NSW. The program has been running since 2004. Donna has a PhD in Landscape Ecology from the ANU. She has worked at university, in private industry, and for the Victorian and NSW state governments and the Australian Government. She has had opportunity to work with a range of animal groups, from legless lizards to Baw Baw frogs to long-footed potoroos.
Through her PhD, Donna focused on the conservation of frogs in agricultural landscapes. Her research included a social science component: she considered how ecologists engage with the community, and considered the importance of communication and social context in bridging the gap between ecological research and conservation outcomes. She has also examined regional environmental policy across Australia, particularly in relation to improving government programs that aim to deliver biodiversity conservation on private land. Donna has written a book with several other ecologist colleagues titled Wildlife on Farms, and has published a range of research papers on frog ecology and conservation, chains-of-ponds and science communication.  Brett is Executive Manager of the Asia–Pacific Emissions Trading Forum, and Senior Manager in the Canberra office of the Allen Consulting Group. He is a specialist in climate policy and emissions trading design, and has over 20 years experience as an economist and policy analyst in a range of Commonwealth agencies, and as a senior consultant.
He led the emissions trading work in the Australian Greenhouse Office from 1999 to 2004 (when he joined Allen Consulting Group), and has written a range of reports in this area including: - AGO’s emissions trading discussion paper series;
- the Commonwealth’s ‘credit for early action’ proposal;
- the ‘Deep Cuts’ report for the Business Roundtable on Climate Change;
- the ‘Framework’ report for the state-based Emissions Trading Taskforce;
- advice to the Council of Australian Governments on energy efficiency issues; and
- advice to a range of private sector clients including the National Farmers’ Federation, BHP Billiton, Anglo Coal and the Motor Trades Association of Australia.
 Qualifications: B. App Sc (NRM), Hons B. Env Sci, MBA
Sarah is the Biodiversity Program Leader for the South Australian Murray Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board. Her role includes the management of BushBids, an environmental stewardship program delivered using an auction-based approach. Sarah has coordinated two Designer Carrots seed money projects: a multi-NRM body workshop, and research into the constraints on landholders’ and service providers’ involvement in auction processes. Over the last 12 years, Sarah has worked the length of the Murray–Darling Basin, in many different community, NGO and government organisations. Her work has involved threatened species, Landcare coordination, environmental education, local government support and the management of capacity-building programs.
 Nicola is the manager of Economic Design in the Economics Unit at the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) in Victoria. Nicola began working as an economist at the Productivity Commission on an environmental labelling project. After spending some time consulting for Accenture, Nicola worked at Nolan-ITU, an environmental consulting firm, on issues including packaging, container deposit legislation and plastic bags. She joined the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) in 2003, working on EcoTender, an auction for multiple environmental outcomes. Her work included developing advice for the identification and expression of preferences between multiple environmental outcomes. Nicola’s last role at DPI before moving to DSE was as manager of the auction team for the design and implementation of an electronic combinatorial auction to allocate aquaculture sites. Visit Nicola in the Little Orange Book (members only access).
07_007.jpg) Dr John Mackenzie is a research fellow in the Socio-Legal Research Centre at Griffith University. John is a political sociologist with experience researching questions of environmental governance, community-based natural resource management, social impact assessment and Australian water reform.
He was previously a lecturer in environmental politics at the University of Queensland and a senior social scientist in the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water. His current research is with the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge Research Hub (TRaCK), and is exploring collaborative approaches to water planning and management. Visit Dr John Mackenzie's profile in the Little Orange Book (members only access) or learn more about him on the Griffith University website.  John has over 15 years experience in applying economics to primary industries, infrastructure and natural resource issues. He has recently established a consulting company after seven years at Hassall & Associates. He has lead a number of projects across all areas of economic and strategy including research, policy development, review and impact assessment.
John has a background in farming. He was raised on a sheep and wheat property in the Riverina of NSW. Before managing the Hassall & Associates Australian Division, John worked at CSIRO and NSW Agriculture. This experience has provided an extensive understanding of rural and natural resources issues. These skills have been applied in the areas of forestry, meat processing, live export, incentive program design, water planning, weed management economics, interstate water trading, native vegetation and assessment of infrastructure. John was head of the program management team for the Round 2 National Market Based Instruments Pilot Program research projects. This overview of issues and knowledge of on-ground natural resource management has provided John with an opportunity to critically assess the possibilities for MBIs in Australian contexts.  Mary has worked in environmental planning and natural resource management in various arenas including government panels and boards, non-government sector and professional bodies, tertiary education and local government and, for the last 15 years, in her own consultancy, Mary Maher & Associates.
During the 1990s, Mary played a significant role in establishing a collaborative, regional approach to managing the Brisbane River. She has a strong appreciation of the water industry, local government planning and natural resource management. Consultancy work since 1992 has included a number NRM projects including high-level national and state strategies, local governments training in NRM, social impact training, as well as a number of performance evaluation projects. Mary now specialises in facilitation work in all areas and with any sector aiming to transform themselves to achieve living more within our environmental means.
Visit Mary Maher in the Little Orange Book (only members of the website have access).
 Honorlea works for the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance on the Enterprise Development Project, which is a two-year project funded by the Australian Federal Government. Previous to this, she worked for various other government and non-government NRM organisations, generally associated with the commercial use of natural resources by Indigenous people.
Visit Honorlea Massarella in the Little Orange Book (members only access).  Don is the Catchment Coordinator for the Snowy/South Coast region of the NSW Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority. Don left farming to work on one of the first Landcare projects in western Victoria in the late 1980s. For the past 20 years he has worked on a broad range of natural resource management programs. His focus is building partnerships with community, government, and industry groups to put projects on the ground in the south-east corner of NSW.
 Margie is the Regional Networks Coordinator for Growcom. Growcom is the representative organisation for commercial fruit and vegetable growers in Queensland. Margie’s role is to optimise the involvement of the growers’ industry in regional NRM programs and processes and to assist with the meeting of appropriate regional NRM targets. Margie works with the nine regional NRM bodies in Queensland where fruit and vegetables are grown.
Margie holds a Masters in Environmental Management, a Masters in International Studies, and a Bachelor Business in Agricultural Commerce. Community positions she holds include: - Director of Landcare Queensland
- Member of Norman Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (N4C)
- Secretary, Rural Press Club
- Member, SES Brisbane Unit, Southern Group.
 Kellie Nichols has worked with the Bass Coast Landcare Network over the past seven-and-a-half years. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Management and Masters in Landscape Ecology. Kellie’s role with the Bass Coast Landcare Network has evolved from a field officer position through to the Landcare Network Coordinator acting as the executive officers to a Board of Management. The groups of the Bass Coast Landcare Network were amongst the first to become established in Victoria over 20 years ago; the network is now made up of 11 member Landcare groups, representing 1000 families, and is supported by 15 staff. Traditional Landcare programs are delivered by the network to community members. Corporate and agency partnerships have also been pivotal in the success of the Bass Coast Landcare Network.
 Ken Moore is the Program Manager of the Social and Institutional Research Program at Land & Water Australia. He is shaping the Social and Institutional Research Program to be an integrator and generator of economic, social, scientific and technological knowledge focussed on the big challenges that Australia now faces in natural resource management and agriculture.
He has a wealth of experience in and a passion for innovation, integrated knowledge, multi-disciplinary skills, adaptive management and inclusive leadership in social and institution R&D.
Ken is from Western Australia and in the past 10 years he has been researching, interviewing and writing prolifically on future directions for agricultural industries and natural resource management, including water.
The Harvey Irrigation Systems project led by Ken won the 2005 Environment Award in the water management category. He was the inaugural program coordinator in establishing the Social and Institutional Research Program in 1999.
In past lives, he was an Executive Director with Agriculture WA and an Assistant Secretary with the Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy. In the mid and late 1980s, he was involved in policy that established the rural R&D arrangements and the reform of Australia’s statutory marketing authorities.
Ken owns a farm in tall karri country in Northcliffe, WA (western South Coast). He led the raising of $1.25m for a modern IT, library and visitor centre for his local community, the gateway to a world class forest sculpture trail.
 Dr Patrick O’Connor is an ecologist and MBI practitioner with particular interests in biodiversity conservation. Patrick is Director of O’Connor NRM Pty Ltd, a consulting group specialising in both the design and implementation of market-based instruments for conservation and in effective monitoring and evaluation of natural resource management programs. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide and undertakes research on monitoring vegetation condition change. He has designed and implemented several different tender-based conservation and restoration projects including BushBids and the River Murray Forest project in South Australia, and has provided training in MBI concepts and design around Australia.
Visit Dr Patrick O'Connor's profile in the Little Orange Book (members only access).  Hugh completed his DPhil at Oxford University in 1987 as a Rhodes scholar. In 1995 he was appointed Foundation Chair of Environmental Science at The University of Adelaide. He is currently an ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Mathematics and Ecology at The University of Queensland and Director of AEDA.
The Possingham lab includes 30 postdocs and PhD students working on conservation and applied population ecology. He has coauthored 170 papers in international scientific journals. Hugh’s sits on many state and federal government and NGO committees where his impact is negligible. In 2005 he was elected to the Australian Academy of Science. He suffers from obsessive bird watching. Visit Hugh Possingham in the Little Orange Book (members only access).  Rohan is a postdoctoral researcher with the University of Western Australia. He worked with Associate Professor Ben White on the project ‘Auction for Landscape Recovery Under Uncertainty’ funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under Round 2 of the Market Based Instruments Pilot Program. In this project they used the Landsat image archive to predict possible benefits of conservation. This information was used to optimally select conservation projects, and to design optimal monitoring strategies, while taking into account ecosystem variability. In general, Rohan's background involves incorporating remote sensing and statistical computing into modelling ecosystem processes, which are then fed into decision tools for optimising management. A current project he is involved with is the use of high resolution hyperspectral and lidar data to design prescribed burning regimes across landscapes. You can learn more about Rohan's work at http://www.plants.uwa.edu.au/home/research/research_centres/ergo/staff/rohan_sadler.
 Jill Windle is a resource economist at Central Queensland University. Her research interests are focused on the application of choice modelling to assess the public benefits of environmental improvements, and in the design and implementation of MBIs. Jill has been involved in:
- two Round 1 and one Round 2 National MBI Pilot Programs
- assisting in the design and implementation of five conservation tenders in Queensland – 3 for water quality and 2 for biodiversity outcomes
- writing the national guidelines for conservation tenders.
She is currently involved in a number of choice modelling valuation projects as part of the Environmental Economics Research Hub under the Commonwealth Environmental Research Facility.  Vikki is a manager, researcher and facilitator who has worked with communities in developed and developing countries to improve quality of life. Her particular focus is on the sustainable management of water and sanitation for the health of both people and the environment. Vikki is currently completing the evaluation of the national MBI Capacity Building Program. Her favourite things are bright blue skies, clean air, beautiful big old trees, fat rivers, simple but clever ideas, and being part of a caring community.
 Mike Young is Professor of Water Economics and Management at the University of Adelaide and a Member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.
Mike Young has played a key role in the development of water policy in Australia and has been identified by the Canberra Times as one of the 10 most influential people in water policy reform. He has been awarded the Land and Water Australia Eureka Award for Water Research and a Centenary Medal for his contribution to environmental economics. Recently, the Sunday Mail identified Mike as one of the 50 most influential people in South Australia and the person most likely to change the place we live in.  Charlie holds a PhD in ecology and has spread his professional career between academia and government positions. He is currently Assistant Secretary of the Biodiversity Conservation Branch in the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, where he is responsible for national biodiversity, vegetation and forest policy issues, and for developing market-based approaches to biodiversity conservation.
From 1999 to 2005 he was Professor of Land Use Studies and Director of the Land Use Research Centre at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. From 1990 to 1999 he held a variety of senior policy positions in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Department of the Environment and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Before that, he held academic positions at the Australian National University, the University of San Diego and Macquarie University.
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