Saltwater Country Management
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 Saltwater Country
Management for NAILSMA.
Project
The Saltwater People Network is developing tools, relationships
and an environment where Indigenous and non-Indigenous aspirations
and expertise can come together for better saltwater country
management across north Australia. Read
more about the project in our research section >>
