Eddie Game
Lead Scientist, Asia Pacific Region
Australia
Eddie Game Eddie Game, Lead Scientist, Asia Pacific Region. © Justine E. Hausheer
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Science in decision making, field expeditions, evidence, monitoring, technology, climate change, GBR
Biography
Eddie Game is the Lead Scientist for The Nature Conservancy’s Asia Pacific region, responsible for ensuring that the Conservancy remains a world leader in making science-based conservation decisions.
Eddie has had the privilege of working on conservation in over 20 countries, helping to apply innovative methods to projects as diverse as community protected areas in Melanesia, grazing management in northern Kenya, snow leopard conservation in Mongolia, forestry in Indonesia, and catchment restoration in Colombia.
Eddie’s work also focuses on how we measure and report on the impact of our work, and the role technology can play in helping do so. Eddie and his team have been enthusiastic adopters of ecoacoustics, developing partnerships that bring together cutting-edge academic research with real-world applications in countries including, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Myanmar, Australia, and Gabon.
He has published more than 75 papers on aspects of conservation science and climate change, and his first book, Conservation Planning: Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet, co-authored with Craig Groves, was published in 2015.
Eddie is currently Editor-in-Chief of the leading conservation journal Conservation Letters. For his work on how climate change data can be used in decision making he was the recipient of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s inaugural prize for innovative concepts to conserve the reef in the face of climate change.
Eddie received his PhD in marine conservation and decision science from the University of Queensland, and holds an adjunct faculty position there.
Feature
Sacred waterholes of the Western Desert
Helping Martu people protect their precious resources.