Summary
Rosie Cooney is an ecologist and a biodiversity and environmental policy specialist, with ten years experience in biodiversity policy research, analysis and development. After taking first class Honours degrees in Zoology and in Law from ANU and a PhD in Zoology from Cambridge, she has worked for six years for international conservation organisations (based in Europe), including IUCN – The World Conservation Union and WWF, and for five years in Australia in research, teaching and consulting. Her work focuses on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, with a strong emphasis on finding approaches that both meet human needs and conserve biodiversity.
Experience
- Consultant, biodiversity policy, Consultant 2006 – present
- Visiting Fellow, Australian National University 2006 – present
- Visiting Fellow, University of NSW 2006 – present
- Principal Project Officer, NSW Dept of Environment and Climate Change 2008 – 2009
- Research Fellow, FATE Program, University of NSW 2007 – 2008
- Coordinator, Precautionary Principle Project, IUCN, FFI, TRAFFIC and ResourceAfrica 2003 – 2005
Education
- University of Cambridge, PhD in Zoology, 2000
- Australian National University, LLB (Hons, First Class), 1995
- Australian National University, BSc (Hons, First Class), 1993