Clive has forty years’ experience in the environmental profession. He started as a ranger in Tasmania, followed by New Zealand and then Kakadu National Park. Clive has also held executive leadership roles in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Following his distinguished executive leadership career, Clive continued to contribute to the profession by coordinating the Protected Area Management Course of study offered by the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Queensland. Clive also provided assistance to the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organisation in Fiji, contributing to a program designed for Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Area Management practitioners.
Clive holds a degree in Urban and Regional Planning and majored in natural resource management. Clive is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP), a Member of the EIANZ and also a member of the IUCN and the WCPA.
Clive currently runs his own consultancy business and is a Justice of the Peace (Qualified). He is a member of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland and the Queensland Maritime Museum. Clive also serves on the Skyrail Rainforest Foundation Board, sits on the Executive Council of the Protected Areas Learning & Research Collaboration and is Chair of the Protected Areas Practitioners Committee.
Clive’s ongoing interest is in the recognition, development and promotion of excellence in governance and management of protected areas and biodiversity conservation outcomes and in the recognition, development and promotion of excellence in environmental management across the sector. Clive is a worthy recipient of an EIANZ Fellowship.