IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

4 Woolcott St.,
Waverton NSW 2060
Australia
Tel: ++61 (2) 992 25275 , ++61 0416 364 722
Fax: ++61 (2) 995 76815
Email: penelope.figgis@ozemail.com.au

In addition to her position with WCPA, Penny is currently a on the Board of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Chair of the Parklands Advisory Committee, and Director of the Parklands Foundation. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University.

She has been a senior member of the Australian environment movement for nearly 30 years, contributing through policy development, public speaking, lecturing and writing. A political scientist by training, she was national lobbyist the Australian Conservation Foundation in the early eighties. She was elected to the ACF Council in 1985 and served seventeen years as Vice President. Other roles include nine years as a Director of the Australian Bush Heritage Fund and four years as Vice President of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW. As well as the boards or committees of the Australian Tourist Commission, the Environment Protection Authority of New South Wales, Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, the Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee, Landcare Australia, the Jenolan Caves Trust, the People and Parks Foundation and the Commission for the Future. She has just stepped down from 4 years on the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council

In 1994 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her services to conservation and the environment, in 2003 was awarded the Centenary Medal for outstanding contribution to the environment and on Australia Day 2006 was awarded one of Australia’s highest honours, an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the environment, nature conservation and sustainable tourism.

Conservation Planning & Management Systems Advisor / Consultant
187 Stone Street,
Wanaka - Otago - 9305
New Zealand
Phone ++64(0)3,4437454
Mobile ++64(0)210678907
Email: brucejefferies@xtra.co.nz

Profession: Protected Area/Conservation Management & Planning Systems Specialist
Nationality: New Zealand
Professional connections IUCN World Commission Protected Areas, IUCN/WCPA World Heritage Advisor Background.

I hold a Diploma Parks, Recreation & Tourism from Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand., and a MSc. from the University of Wales - International Centre for Protected Landscapes. Currently work as a practitioner and consultant / advisor specializing in: Management Planning, Training and Capacity Building, Project design and evaluation a, Project management, Biodiversity monitoring and evaluation, World Heritage Site Appraisal, Tourism and PA Visitor Services. In these areas my knowledge encompasses a range of conservation planning, management and monitoring / evaluation systems and training experience. This understanding was gained in New Zealand, where I was in the New Zealand National Park system for 25 years, in Pacific Island countries, in particular Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste and in South and East Asia (Nepal, Philippines, Lao PDR and Malaysia (Sarawak), Bhutan, and Thailand, China (Yunnan Province) and Indonesia. Contacts

Elizabeth Erasito,
Director,
National Trust of Fiji
PO Box 2089,
Govt. Bldgs, Suva,
FIJI ISLANDS
Telephone: 679 3301807
Fax: 679 3305092
Email : eerasito@nationaltrust.org.fj
 
Elizabeth Erasito is the Director for the National Trust of Fiji. She currently chairs Fiji’s Protected Areas Committee appointed by the National Environment Council, is a member of the Fiji Management Authority for CITIES and the Advisory Board for the Institute for Applied Sciences and was a key figure in re-establishing the World Heritage process in Fiji.

Elizabeth has over 10 years experience in the conservation arena in Fiji and heads a dynamic team at the National Trust of Fiji, which is responsible for the management of sites of heritage significance in Fiji.