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BMWHI Staff

	Dr John Merson Executive Director  Contact John: j.merson@bmwhi.org.au (+61 2) 9385 5728
John Merson (PhD) was a co-founder (with Rosalie Chapple) of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute in 2004, and Executive Director until 2008, when he stepped down due to his appointment as Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies at UNSW. John was reappointed Executive Director in January 2012 and remains engaged with the Institute of Environmental Studies at UNSW as an Adjunct Professor and as the Coordinator of the PhD program in Environmental Policy & Management. John has been a consultant to the UNESCO, APEC, IUCN, DEST & Dept of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Australian Indonesia Steering Committee on Science and Technology, and the Australia Korea Forum. He is the author of six books and a wide range of academic papers and research covering issues of Environment & Development, Adaptive Environmental Policy & Management and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. For his journalistic work he is the recipient of a United Nations Media Peace Prize.
	Peter Shadie Research Manager Contact Peter: p.shadie@bmwhi.org.au (+61 2) 9385 5728
Peter Shadie is Research Manager (part time) for the Institute. The first 20 years of his career was spent with the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) working in the field as a Ranger, Park Superintendent & Research Manager. Since 1999 he has been working with IUCN (The International Union for the Conservation of Nature) at international and regional levels. His initial posting was in IUCN’s Global Headquarters with the Union’s Global Programme on Protected Areas. As Executive Director of the IUCN 5th World Parks Congress he planned and staged the Parks Congress in Durban in 2003. In 2006 he moved to IUCN’s Asia Region where he was head of IUCN’s Regional Protected Areas Programme across 23 countries in Asia until 2010. Peter is also a Senior Advisor, World Heritage, for IUCN globally and a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas.
	Jacinta Green Operations Manager  Contact Jacinta: j.green@bmwhi.org.au (+61 2) 9385 5653 Please note: Jacinta's work days are Tuesday and Thursday
Jacinta comes to the BMWHI with a background in Ecology, Information Technology and Conservation. She had a long and varied corporate career in IT before returning to university to study science. She is currently putting the final touches on her doctoral thesis investigating chemical interactions of marine alga and in her spare time works with a number of grass roots conservation groups.