Rate My Professor Karen Edyvane

Professor Karen Edyvane is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University Fenner School of Environment & Society. She is an applied marine ecologist with expertise in ocean conservation, resource sustainability, governance, planning and integrated ecosystem-based management. As a lead government scientist, Karen has led major marine biodiversity conservation programs, including Marine Protected Areas, large-scale marine habitat mapping, marine bioregionalisations, and impact assessment and pollution monitoring addressing ocean plastics, fishing debris and heavy metals in South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. This work encompassed developing technical and policy frameworks for marine biodiversity conservation and State of the Environment Reporting, as well as identifying, designing and implementing individual MPAs and MPA networks, such as planning and establishing the Great Australian Bight Marine Park in South Australia and leading the first formal conservation and threat assessment of Giant Kelp forests in Tasmania. Since 2006, her marine research interests have focused on northern Australia and the Arafura and Timor Seas region, including Timor-Leste and Indonesia, with emphasis on coastal sustainability, climate change, Indigenous livelihood development and improving ocean governance. She is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas and a UN-recognised global ocean expert on the Arafura and Timor Seas.