Mike is the voice and inspiration behind the FATE program. As Dean of Science at UNSW he continues to speak about the potential conservation benefits of commercial use of our native species at every level, including university lectures, corporate boardrooms, mainstream media and the Premier's Office. He is in constant contact with the progress of the FATE program.
Peter is working collaboratively with Mike Archer and other UNSW staff and partners to advance the FATE program. He has Bachelors and Masters Degrees in agricultural science and has worked in education and agricultural consulting. He has expertise in using participatory methodologies in rural research and development, project management and developing and implementing communication strategies.
Alex joined the FATE team in July 2005. He has an Honours degree in environmental science and several years experience working on the harvesting of native species of plants and animals with the Australian Government.
Katrina commenced work in July 2006 as the the Local Coordinator and Research Officer for the Barrier Ranges Sustainable Wildlife Enterprises Trial. Working out of the Western CMA Broken Hill office, Katrina spends half of the week in this role and the other half as a Community Support Officer with Western CMA. Broken Hill born and raised on local sheep and cattle stations, Katrina's background is very diverse and includes ten years as a local pastoralist with experience on both sides of the fence-as a kangaroo trapper and a landholder. In the last six years, she has been exploring other career paths, such as regional business development, business tourism, youth and community management, rural reporting for ABC radio Broken Hill and now natural resource management.
Dr Rosie Cooney is a research fellow based with FATE working on projects such as developing models for collaboration in wildlife harvesting and policy and regulatory barriers to sustainable use initiatives. She has a high level of international experience in the area
of biodiversity conservation, working on research and policy development for
a range of international environmental organisations, including WWF, IUCN-The
World Conservation Union, Flora & Fauna International, TRAFFIC, and ResourceAfrica.
For WWF she led the development of policy on wildlife trade and CITES (the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), and in recent years
she has led an international collaborative initiative developing policy guidance
on the implementation of the precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation
and natural resource management.
Collaborations have commenced with UNSW staff from a number of faculties, Schools and Institutes on projects that enhance FATE as well as other research agendas of UNSW. Collaborative UNSW projects in motion involve staff from:
Last Updated 24 January 2008
