I conducted research and coordinated Scientific Advisory Panel advice to compile, edit and publish two major reports for the 2005-06 Shoalhaven River Water Supply Transfers and Environmental Flows project, and also coordinated the estuary investigation component of the project.
In 2005, I initiated Stage 2 of the Education about and for Sustainability in Australian Business Schools project for the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES) at Macquarie University.
In 2003-04, I coordinated the Upper Ma Ma Creek Rainforest Restoration Project, which brought together scientific knowledge and local knowledge to carry out weed control trials to assist the conservation of endangered rainforest remnants in the Lockyer Valley in south-east Queensland.
I initiated and developed the Biodiversity Recovery Plan for Gatton and Laidley Shires, South-East Queensland 2003-2008, drawing on a wide range of scientific and local knowledge from a multi-stakeholder recovery team. The Biodiversity Recovery Plan takes a multi-species and ecosystem recovery planning approach, and is linked to local government planning.
I initiated, organised, and convened the 2002 Southern Queensland Biodiversity Conference, which addressed the themes of biodiversity planning, weed threats to biodiversity, conservation and restoration efforts, and people and biodiversity. It was followed by a biodiversity skills course.
I prepared a Land and Environmental Management Plan (LEMP) in 2002 for the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (S.S.A.A.) Lockyer Branch Inc., to support their development application for a Shooting Range in Gatton Shire.
In 2001-02, I coordinated the Holistic Natural Resource Management of Crow’s Nest Shire project (‘Project Green Nest’), which was acclaimed for its innovative incentive-based strategies and the way in which it engaged the knowledge of the community.
I prepared the Living in the Lockyer Property Management Planning Kit in 2001 as an accompanying knowledge resource to the Lockyer Catchment Centre guidebook Living in the Lockyer – A Landholders Guide to Land, Water, Wildlife and Vegetation Management in the Lockyer Catchment and Surrounds.
The Land Use Planning Handbook for the Lockyer Catchment, which I prepared in 2001 from stakeholder feedback on an earlier document, describes the ‘land systems’ planning approach used in NRM planning in the Lockyer Catchment of south-east Queensland.
I initiated, organised, and convened the 2001 Southern Queensland Biodiversity Recovery Conference, which asked: “How do we maximise the ability of Regional Vegetation Management Plans (RVMPs) process, the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAPSWQ), Natural Heritage Trust Stage Two (NHT2) and other key processes and initiatives to deliver biodiversity conservation outcomes?”