Dugong and Marine Turtle Project Coordinator
Personal
Rod Kennett was born and grew up in suburban Sydney, NSW. In the
mid 1980s, after completing a science degree at Macquarie
University in Sydney, he travelled north to Darwin to enjoy the
tropics, go fishing and study crocodiles. Some 20 years later he is
still in Darwin. While in Darwin he has worked on a range of
wildlife research and management projects.
Professional
He has completed an Honours degree in Zoology at the Australian
National University and then a PhD in Zoology at the University of
Queensland and the (then) fledgling Northern Territory University
(now Charles Darwin University). In addition to this formal
education, Rod worked with Aboriginal people across the Top End
building his experience and gaining an understanding of Indigenous
perspectives on wildlife management and looking after country.
In the mid 1990s as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for
Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management at the Northern
Territory University, he worked with Aboriginal people in eastern
Arnhem Land and the Gulf country on indigenous
management of marine turtles. In 2001 he moved to Kakadu National
Park as the Natural Resource Management Project Officer before
taking on the newly created position of Natural and Cultural
Programs Manager. In 2005 he moved back to Darwin to take on the
role of Coordinator of the Dugong and Marine Turtle Management.
Project
The project is a collaboration of NAILSMA partners across northern
Australia aimed at developing regional an community capacity for
the sustainable community basedmanagement of dugongs and marine
turtles.
Read more about the project in our research section >>
