James FITZSIMONS

Dr James Fitzsimons is the Senior Advisor, Global Protection Strategies with The Nature Conservancy. His work includes policy and implementation of the global 30×30 protection target and other targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, management effectiveness and evolving policy on biodiversity credits. He was previously Director of Conservation and Science with The Nature Conservancy’s Australia Program, overseeing the organization’s conservation planning, science and policy functions for that country, including major conservation programs in the tropical savannas of northern Australia, the diverse central deserts, temperate estuaries of southern Australia, the wetlands and floodplains of the Murray-Darling Basin, and urban landscapes and the development and delivery of a major protected area establishment strategy. He holds adjunct professor positions at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University and the School of Law, University of Tasmania, where his research includes private land conservation. He’s previously worked in the fields of conservation policy and planning for government environment departments and agencies, and for non-government environment organisations.