Professor Rob Fowler

Appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Law School, University of South Australia in 2009; held Chair in Environmental Law at UniSA from 2002 until retirement in 2008; previosly was an Associate Professor, Law School, University of Adelaide (and Dean of Law, 1995-1998)

Co-founder of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (a joint centre of ANU, Sydney and Adelaide Universities) in 1992, and Director of its Adelaide Branch, 1992-1995 and 1999 - 2001

Prior to his retirement in 2008, his position at the University of South Australia (UniSA) involved serving as a Program Leader in the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment & Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE). In this capacity, he was responsible for the development and implementation of research projects related to the legal, policy, social and economic aspects of site contamination.

Prior to assuming his role in CRC CARE, Professor Fowler's role at UniSA involved leading a number of AUSAID-funded projects from 2001-2005 to deliver training in Environmental Law and Enforcement to Indonesian judges, prosecutors, police, environmental officials and NGO representatives - both in Indonesia and for groups visiting Australia.

During this period, he also developed and delivered training courses in environmental law and enforcement for authorised officers appointed under environmental protection and natural resources management legislation in South Australia and a series of courses on environmental mangaement and compliance for the private sector.

He has served on numerous State and Federal bodies in Australia that are concerned with environmental and natural resources issues, and consults regularly to government agencies on environmental law matters. He has over 100 publications in the fields of environmental and natural resources law.

In addition to continuing to teach environmental law in his new capacity as an Adjunct Professor, he also serves in a voluntary role as Chair of the South Australian Defenders' Office; as a Councillor and Board member of the Australian Conservation Foundation; and as the elected Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. He is also a member of the IUCN Environmental Law Commission (since 1996) and serves on two of its Specialist groups concerned with soils and forests.

Awards received include: - National Environmental Law Association award for contribution to Australian Environmental Law (1989); - Fulbright Senior Scholar (1992);

• Environmental Law - Australia
• Natural Resources Law - Australia
• International Environmental Law
• Comparative Environmental Law

National Environmental Law Association

Environment Institute of Australia & New Zealand

International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN), Environmental Law Commission

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law

LL.B.(Hons.)

LL.M.

• Climate change law and policy
• Site contamination law
• Soil conservation law and policy
• Water resources law and policy
• Environmental litigation
• Environmental impact assessment law
• Forestry law - international and comparative aspects
• Sustainability and the law

“The Role of Marine “Forests” and Soils as Carbon Sinks: Enhanced Bio-sequestration as a Mitigation Strategy to Help Avoid Dangerous Climate Change” (forthcoming, 2009, chapter in Edward Elgar publication).

“Environmental Impact Assessment Law : South Australia” (forthcoming 2009, chapter in Federation Press publication).

“Emissions Reduction Targets Legislation”, in Bonyhady, T. and Christoff, P. (eds.), Climate Law in Australia (Federation Press, Sydney, 2007) 103 -123.

“SA Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007” (2007) 6(3) Local Government Reporter 43 – 44.

Environmental and Natural Resources, Vol 4 The Laws of Australia, (co-editor with G Bates), Law Book Co, Sydney, 1997-1998 (650 pp).

“Legal Responses to the Problem of Soil Contamination - The Australian Experience”, in Naidu, R et al (eds), Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australia-Pacific Region (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1996) 267 - 280.

“International Environmental Standards for Transnational Corporations” (1995) 25 Environmental Law 1-30.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Law

• Environmental Law - Australia
• Natural Resources Law - Australia
• International Environmental Law