Member, Biodiversity Assessment Expert Reference Group @ (March 2024 - August 2024)
Co-Chair, Privately Protected Areas Specialist Group @ (November 2025 - Present)
Member, Australian Expert Assessment Group for Green Listing protected areas @ (June 2017 - Present)
Member, Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship Specialist Group @ (June 2013 - November 2025)
Adjunct Professor @ (April 2023 - Present)
Councillor @ (November 2022 - Present)
Member, Policy and Government Relations Committee @ (January 2020 - Present)
Board Member @ (June 2013 - May 2023)
Member, Sector Development Commitee @ (January 2020 - December 2022)
Adjunct Professor @ (June 2015 - Present)
Adjunct Associate Professor @ (January 2012 - June 2015)
Honorary Research Fellow @ (January 2006 - December 2012)
Climate Response Advisory Committee member @ (January 2024 - Present)
Science and Management Effectiveness Advisory Committee member @ (June 2013 - December 2023)
Member @ Key Biodiversity Areas National Coordination Group (Australia) (June 2018 - Present)
Board Chair @ Nature Conservation Water Fund Ltd (July 2016 - July 2023)
Member, Agricultural Stewardship Advisory Group @ (December 2020 - June 2022)
Senior Project Officer @ (January 2007 - January 2008)
Senior Project Officer @ (January 2005 - January 2008)
Covenanting Policy Officer @ (January 2007 - January 2007)
Protected Area Establishment and Policy Officer @ (January 1999 - January 2005)
James Fitzsimons Education
Deakin University
PhD (Environmental Science)
1999-2004
Deakin University
BSc (Hons) (Environmental Science)
1998-1999
Deakin University
B.App.Sc. (Environmental Management)
1995-1997
James Fitzsimons Skills
Conservation Planning
Protected Areas Policy
Environmental Law
Ornithology
Editing
Land Use Planning
Environmental Management
Conservation Issues
Environmental Management Systems
Environmental Policy
Environmental Science
Research
Science
Policy
Government
Wildlife Management
Ecology
Climate Change
Environmental Awareness
Biodiversity
Environmental Education
Natural Resource Management
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
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James Fitzsimons Summary
James Fitzsimons, based in Melbourne, VIC, AU, is currently a Co-Chair, Privately Protected Areas Specialist Group at IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). James Fitzsimons brings experience from previous roles at The Nature Conservancy. James Fitzsimons holds a 1999 - 2004 PhD in Environmental Science @ Deakin University. With a robust skill set that includes Conservation Planning, Protected Areas Policy, Environmental Law, Ornithology, Editing and more. James Fitzsimons has 4 emails on RocketReach.
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