Expertise

• Environmental policy
• Legislative and institutional reform
• Catchment management
• Planning/landuse

Background

• Director and Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
• Former Environmental Policy Adviser, Australian Environment Minister, Senator Robert Hill
• Former Deputy Director General, Science and Information, NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources
• Director, Land Repair Australia
• Member, Science and Information Board, NSW Department of Natural Resources
• Director, Cosier Environmental Planning Pty Ltd
• Former Member, CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Advisory Council

Publications & Speeches

The Economics of Nature and Its Implications for the Australian Federation

An Operational Method to Assess Impacts of Land Clearing on Terrestrial Biodiversity

Impediments to Sustainable Water Use

Economics of Nature - Melbourne University March 08

The Economics of Nature

Will climate change cost us the earth: an update on the science

Climate Change: The Choice

Is Australia’s climate changing Australia?

Will climate change cost us the earth

It’s time to stop talking and start acting

Positive news on the environment

Key environmental issues in NSW

Australia’s journey: exploring, conquering, conserving and growing

Working together in an Australian landscape

Native vegetation reforms in NSW

The great greenhouse gamble: can governments handle the crisis?

Use markets to repair rivers

Let the market set the water mark

Publication links

Silent Numbers