About

Climate Change & Resilience Expert ,
Australia - Pacific Climate Partnership

Summary

Dr. Bartlett has been living and working in Melanesia since 2002, currently as Knowledge Manager for the Australia-Pacific Climate Partnership. His extensive work with communities, civil society, private sector and governments in the Pacific have shaped his current action research interests. These include innovative and science-based solutions and strategies for dealing with change in the Pacific, including climate change. After his PhD at James Cook University, he joined Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom's lab at Indiana University to investigate the emergence of networks of community-based MPAs and taboos. Dr. Bartlett resides in Port Vila, Vanuatu and makes frequent consulting, speaking and training trips around the world.

Work experience
Gender mainstreaming
Legal specialist (climate change/environmental law/MEAs)
Community development specialist
Proposal writing/Report writing
Community trainer specialist
Capacity building specialist
Environmental and social safeguards specialist
Marine and Terrestrial Ecology
Nguna-Pele Marine and Land Protected Area Network, Resident Marine Biologist, Vanuatu, Nguna and Pele Islands, Vanuatu, Project Director, Assessing the Status and Effectiveness of Local Protected Areas, Nguna and Pele Islands, Technical Advisor, Community Adaptation and Marine Conservation, 110,000Euro program
SPC-GIZ Climate Change, Technical Adviser, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Pele Island, West Coast Santo, Technical Adviser, Community Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Site
Australia-Pacific Climate Partnership, Knowledge Manager, Pacific Region