Staff Profile
Prof Alistair Gilmour BSc. PhD. CBiol. FBiol. FTSE
Emeritus Professor in Environmental Studies
Research Interest
- Environmental policy
- Adaptive management of natural resources
- Environmental planning and assessment
- Coastal management
- Facilitation of stakeholder groups
- Commissions of inquiry and project reviews
Current and Recent
Appointments
- Fellow Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
- Fellow and Chartered Biologist, Institute of Biology, UK.
- Board of Governors, World Wide Fund for Nature, Australia.
Consultancies
Advisor (Environmental Management), Planning Inquiry – Port of Melbourne Corporation Channel Deepening Project. Minister for Environment, Victoria.
Facilitator, Reef Water Quality Protection Plan: Scoping of issues associated with industry practices, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra
Negotiator & Reviewer, Infrastructure Planning Ningaloo Marine Park, Minister for Planning, Western Australia.
Member, Expert Advisory Panel on RT Worldwide Biodiversity Conservation Plan, Rio Tinto HO, London.
Negotiator, Lower Hunter & Central Coast Regional Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, Lowert Hunter and Central Coast Regional Environmental Management Strategy, Newcastle, NSW.
Facilitator, Workshop on Environmental Management Plan, Kooragang Island Wetland Rehabilitation Project, Newcastle, NSW.
Reviewer, Draft Environmental Management Plan, Hornsby Council, NSW.
Reviewer, Regional Studies, Global International Waters Assessment, UNEP.
Member, Editorial Board Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Previous
Appointments
- Professor in Environmental Studies, Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University, Sydney Australia 1985 - 2001
- President World Wide Fund for Nature, Australia, 1993 – 1999.
- Member, National Oceans Advisory Group, Federal Minister for the Environment.
- Member Task Force on Whaling, Federal Minister for the Environment
- Chair, Advisory Council on Fisheries Conservation, NSW Minister for Fisheries.
- Member, Fisheries Resource and Conservation Advisory Council, NSW Minister for Fisheries.
Consultancies
Comissioner, Resource Consent Hearings, Environment Canterbury, New Zealand, Mussel Farms and Christchurch Sewage Discharge, 2001 -2002.
Chair, Review Committee for the Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University WA.
Member, International Expert Advisory Panel, Cockburn Cement Co, Perth.
Facilitator, Recreational Access to Catchments, Sydney Water Corporation & National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Project Leader, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils and NSW EPA, Adaptive Management (AM) Project on Stormwater.
Inquiry Chair, Development of Dredging Protocol, EPA, Victoria.
Facilitator Adaptive Management (AM), SE Queensland Regional Water Quality Management Study.
Facilitator AM, Sydney Catchment Authority
Project Leader, Water Quality Project, Upper Parramatta Catchment Management Trust.
Facilitator AM, North Sydney Waste Management Board.
Facilitator AM, Manly Lagoon Project, Manly Council.
Facilitator AM, Tuggerah Lakes Project, Wyong Shire Council
Past
Appointments
- Executive Officer, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 1980 – 1985.
- Director of Marine Studies, Ministry for Conservation, Victoria 1979 – 1980.
- Assistant Director, Marine Pollution, Fisheries and Wildlife Division, Ministry for Conservation, Victoria 1975 - 1979.
- Office in Charge, Marine Pollution Studies Group, Fisheries and Wildlife, Victoria 1969 - 1975.
- Chairman Joint Technical Working Group on Marine Pollution, Australian Environment Council and Australian Fisheries Council.
- Member Technical Advisory Committee of the State Pollution Control Commission.
- Member Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee, Federal Minister for Administrative Services
- Member Jervis Bay Marine Ecology Study Scientific Advisory Committee, Department of Defence.
- Member Board of Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Member NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee on Environmental Education.
- Member Environmental Advisory Committee, Australian Tourism Industry Association.